Not only do Bermudians register for the course work, but non-Bermudians comprise 25 percent of those enrolled. The overall atmosphere stimulates cross-cultural friendships. Since the inception of the CEDP, there have been more than 50,000 registrations. High enrollment has enabled costs to be minimized. Seventy-five percent of participants are repeat students often taking two or more courses each semester.
Many businesses sponsor employees to take accounting, management, supervisory or computer courses.
Senior citizens and children have not been ignored. Scores of seniors take advantage of the opportunity to stay mentally and physically active as do numbers of children placed by parents in the Holiday Fun Camp Program, which is active over the Easter, midterm and Christmas holidays. CEDP's goals for 1998 include developing additional community programs, among them the establishment of a central Community School Resource Center at the new CedarBridge Academy. Having faced and overcome various financial problems during the nearly four decades since its establishment, the school has emerged as a strong educational provider. Its young graduates often go on to earn placements in institutions overseas.