Most students take 1 or 2 classes a semester. There is an increase in teachers enrolled in the media specialist program. Palm Beach County School System - Shortage of media specialists. Advertised and got over 100 teachers interested. The program at USF has some full time students, although most are non-traditional students.
Some students are young.
There also have been some talks with St. Lucie. The University of Puerto Rico currently has an accredited library school and a second school is trying to get accredited. The program is relatively small. FSU has a campus in Panama and will have 50 Central American students starting in the Fall of 2001. They already have bachelor's degrees in Library Science.