Despite a closing campus, summer enrollment reached all-time high

by Jennifer Johnson
The Collegian
Issue date: 8/11/08

Temperature and gas prices are not the only things that have been soaring lately.

Georgia Perimeter College enrolled 13,540 students in its 2008 summer courses, setting a new record in GPC's 43-year history.

This increase of 6.6% over last year's numbers is surprising, given that the Lawrenceville campus is being phased out of the GPC system.

Nearly 4,000 students enrolled in summer courses at Lawrenceville campus last year, according to Dr. Anthony Tricoli, President of GPC. This summer, no regular classes were offered at the campus.

From this point on, only joint enrollment students and students in the Nursing program will continue to take a limited number of courses at Lawrenceville campus.

In a press release by the college, Tricoli speculated that the rise in summer enrollment is due to students becoming aware of the non-traditional hours offered, the
value of lower tuition costs and the extensive online classes offered at our institution.

"At GPC you can find students with families and students who already have full-time jobs," Tricoli stated. "Online coursework increases our accessibility to these nontraditional students."