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11/19/2001
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Board of Commissioners
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SUMMARY PRESS RELEASE ....... FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> <br />For Further Information Contact: <br />Ann Hovey <br />Operations VP <br />Rowan-Cabarrus Community College <br />P.O. Box 1595 <br />Salisbury, NC 28145-1595 <br />(704) 637-,0760 ext. 350 <br /> <br />B. Carruth <br />A. Fennel <br />R. Freeman <br />C. Privette <br />R. Suggs. <br /> <br />RCCC CAPS ENROLLMENT. PLACES HOLD ON NEW PROGRAMS AND NEW <br />CONSTRUCTION <br /> <br /> RCCC President Brownell called Monday for a cap on student enrollments, and a <br /> moratorium on new program development and new construction. The state budget ct/sis <br /> and required budget reversions have had a deeper impact on RCCC than on many of the <br /> state's other community colleges, he said, forcing immediate action to preserve college <br /> operations. <br /> Although all community colleges are suffering severe financial strains, RCCC's <br />status as the state's first multi-campus college has meant operating for years on a far <br />leaner budget than other colleges. Due to inadequate funding for its multi-campus <br />operations, RCCC must annually absorb an amount equal to $600,000 through <br />economies, conservation, and increased workloads. <br /> Furthermore, because of the dynamics of its service region, RCCC's 35% growth <br />over the last five years exceeds that of most other colleges in the system, placing <br />additional pressures on the institution by straining its stretched resources even further. <br />Brownell says the college just cannot continue to serve rising numbers of students <br />without additional resources. <br /> This year RCCC is serving as one of 16 Phase II colleges in NC implementing the <br />statewide College Information System (CIS) for the community college system. The <br />project represents an additional cost to the college in terms of additional workload, <br />equipment, and training for employees. An estimated investment of $500,000 over two <br />years is required. <br /> It is the coincidence of all these factors that places RCCC in an extraordinarily <br />difficult position among community colleges during this budget crisis, and has led to <br />Brownell's action. In addition to the enrollment cap and the hold on new program <br />development, an inescapable necessity caused by the funding crisis, Brownetl stressed, is <br />the moratorium on new construction. He pointed out that the college has neither the funds <br />today nor the prospect of funding in the immediate future to hire the faculty or purchase <br />equipment needed to conduct classes in a new building. The moratorium has the <br />immediate effect of canceling construction of a new classroom building planned for <br />RCCC's South Campus, in Cabarrus County. However, without the ability to utilize the <br />building, there is no real effect from the action. "To proceed with the construction would <br />represent a squandering of county and state funds, as the empty shell would stand <br />unused." A portion of the funding for the new building comes from the state bond <br /> <br /> <br />
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