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Kristen Salter
Issue date: 10/1/07 Section: News
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According to the Tennessean, Volunteer State Community College's enrollment dropped 5.5 percent from an estimated 7,373 to 6,966 for the Fall 2007 semester.
During the summer, six out of the 19 Tennessee Board of Regents schools switched from Blackboard Incorporated's WebCT system to SunGard Higher Education Solutions' Banner System.
Jan Roark is developing a committee to research the factors that lead to the sudden decrease. The committee is in its preliminary stages of research. So far,the committee has found that the top reasons for students not registering are going to a different college, not going to college, personal and financial reasons, and having issues with the Banner system.
Roark estimated that non traditional, non degree seeking students are down by 184 students and first time freshman are down by 43 students.
"If the decline happened after students have been here a year, perhaps community college was more rigorous and challenging then they thought," Adjunct Professor Bobbie Kilbane said.
"[The Banner System] confused the heck out of me. I applied late at Vol State and tried applying for classes. It kept giving me the same error over and over again. I just got tired of it and gave up for this year," would-be freshman Mikkalah Folwer said.
"I haven't had any trouble with it. I guess I'm just blessed," sophomore Katie Grace said.
"[The Banner system] is easier than going through an advisor," Thomas Henson, first time freshman, said.
During the summer, six out of the 19 Tennessee Board of Regents schools switched from Blackboard Incorporated's WebCT system to SunGard Higher Education Solutions' Banner System.
Jan Roark is developing a committee to research the factors that lead to the sudden decrease. The committee is in its preliminary stages of research. So far,the committee has found that the top reasons for students not registering are going to a different college, not going to college, personal and financial reasons, and having issues with the Banner system.
Roark estimated that non traditional, non degree seeking students are down by 184 students and first time freshman are down by 43 students.
"If the decline happened after students have been here a year, perhaps community college was more rigorous and challenging then they thought," Adjunct Professor Bobbie Kilbane said.
"[The Banner System] confused the heck out of me. I applied late at Vol State and tried applying for classes. It kept giving me the same error over and over again. I just got tired of it and gave up for this year," would-be freshman Mikkalah Folwer said.
"I haven't had any trouble with it. I guess I'm just blessed," sophomore Katie Grace said.
"[The Banner system] is easier than going through an advisor," Thomas Henson, first time freshman, said.
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