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<p class="MsoNormal">Please see below and the attached. Have a great day!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Joyce<o:p></o:p></p>
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D. Hammer, Ph.D. (she/her)</span></b><b><span style="color:#006600;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:10.55pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:#003764">Deputy Executive Director for Education</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:10.55pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#003764">Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:10.55pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:jhammer@sbctc.edu">jhammer@sbctc.edu</a><span style="color:#003561">
</span><span style="color:#003764">• o: 360-704-4353 • c: 206-920-8101</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.sbctc.edu/"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">sbctc.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#003561">
</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#003764">• Twitter:
</span><a href="https://twitter.com/SBCTCWashington"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">@SBCTCWashington</span></a><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#003764"> • Facebook:
</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/wasbctc/"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">@WASBCTC</span></a><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#1F3864">SBCTC Vision:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#1F3864">“Leading with racial equity, our colleges maximize student potential and transform lives within a culture of belonging that advances racial, social, and economic justice in service to our diverse communities.” </span></i><b><span style="color:#006600;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:red">This message will be distributed broadly to the college system</span></i><span style="color:#1F497D">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear State Board members, chancellors, and presidents,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Washington’s Community and Technical Colleges (CTCs) enrolled 117,106 full-time equivalent students (FTES) in spring quarter of 2023, an increase over spring 2022 of 4 percent (+4,666 FTES). This includes 81,067 state-funded FTES (up 5
percent, or +3,559 FTES), 34,383 contract-funded FTES (up 2 percent, or +791 FTES), and 1,656 self-funded FTES (up 24 percent, or +316 FTES).
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<p class="MsoNormal">Full-time equivalent enrollment for all quarters in Academic Year 2022-23 increased 2 percent (+3,184 FTES) compared with the prior year, with 133,357 FTES enrollment across the CTC system. State-funded enrollment ended the year with 94,594
FTES, roughly flat compared with the prior year (+63 FTES). Year-over-year enrollment of contract-funded FTES increased 8 percent (+2,672 FTES) to 36,834 FTES, while self-funded full-time equivalent enrollment rose 30 percent (+448 FTES) to 1,930 FTES.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Compared with last year, spring quarter of 2023 saw enrollment increases for:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Apprenticeships: up 22 percent (+581 FTES);<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Applied Baccalaureate: up 5 percent (+201 FTES);<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Basic Education for Adults: up 29 percent (+3,109 FTES);<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Basic Food, Employment and Training (BFET): up 17 percent (+416 FTES);<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Corrections: up 32 percent (+496 FTES);<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">I-BEST: up 2 percent (+53 FTES);<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">International: up 12 percent (+531 FTES);<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">International Contracts: up 18 percent (+611 FTES);<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Running Start: up 0.2 percent (+35 FTES); and<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">WorkFirst: up 38 percent (+351 FTES);<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">CTC enrollment of Worker Retraining students declined 9 percent (-395 FTES), and eLearning enrollment was down 4 percent (-3,164 FTES)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The attached reports are also posted on the <a href="https://www.sbctc.edu/colleges-staff/research/annual-reports-archive/enrollment">
SBCTC Policy Research website</a>. Please <a href="mailto:tdulany@sbctc.edu?subject=Allocation%20and%20Enrollment%20Monitoring%20Reports">
contact Travis Dulany</a>, Associate Director of Policy Research, with any questions about the reports.
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