This is a 17.6 percent increase over last year's tally of 902 students at this same time. Recent student surveys showed a demand for more evening and weekend classes and additional course offerings at outreach locations. As a result, we expanded our schedule this spring to include more evening and Saturday classes at the West Plains campus and additional course offerings at the Mtn. And, for the first time, we are offering courses to Houston area residents during evening hours at Houston High School. The ETC is scheduled to open this spring.
Tentative figures show enrollment increases in all areas.
The number of on-campus students jumped 13.7 percent, while the number of students taking courses at the Mtn. Grove campus increased 9.3 percent. Nine students are taking advantage of the courses being offered in Houston, and a total of 31 area high school students have joined the dual credit program this spring. SMSU-WP officials expect these figures to fluctuate over the next several days as a result of schedule changes and the late registration period, which ends Friday.