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[email protected] 264601 www.casawtx.org 501 S. Birdwell 432-264-6616 1301 S. Gregg St. • (432) 264-1800 289813 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 VOLUME 113, NUMBER 306 COPYRIGHT 2018 75 CENTS DAILY/$1.25 SUNDAY Howard College enrollment numbers, contact hours up over last year By ROGER CLINE "For enrollment for percent, and SWCID had than enrollment, indi- ed thus far. In February Staff Writer the fall, overall in the a 5.31 percent increase." cating students are tak- or March, they'll update college district, we have In addition to the in- ing, on average, more our spring numbers, Howard College trust- an increase of 5.96 per- crease in the number hours this year than and that's what we'll be ees heard a report on cent," said Howard Col- of students across the they did last year. funded on for two years enrollment at the Big lege President Dr. Cher- Howard College district "As you know, we're in going forward." Spring, Lamesa, San yl Sparks. "The head since last year, Sparks a base year right now. Sparks said that con- Angelo, and SouthWest count on that is 4,642. said students are enroll- In a base year, we're tact hours at Howard Collegiate Institute for By site, Big Spring had ing for more hours. Con- generating our contact are up 7 percent for the the Deaf campuses dur- a 5.02 percent increase, tact hours – the metric hours,"Sparks said.