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2 <br /> <br />Matt Williams made the following PowerPoint presentation: 1 <br /> 2 <br />Durham Tech 3 <br />2018 – 19 Orange County Budget Presentation 4 <br /> 5 <br />Orange County Campus Enrollment 6 <br />Highest Enrolled Programs 7 <br />Durham Tech’s Orange County Campus programs with the highest enrollment include our Arts, 8 <br />Sciences, and University Transfer programs; Public Safety programs; and our Health programs. 9 <br />We also serve a large group of students who come to take one or two courses (visiting 10 <br />students). 11 <br /> 12 <br />Recent High School Graduates 13 <br />Enrollment of recent high schools graduates has increased dramatically since Orange 14 <br />ConnectFunds became available. For 2016-17 academic year, a total of 167 Orange Connect 15 <br />fund scholarships were awarded totaling $83,500. In the 2017-18 academic year, 298 16 <br />scholarships were awarded totaling $149,000, not including summer 2018 term. 17 <br /> 18 <br />Dual-Enrollment Students 19 <br />Durham Tech continues to experience enrollment increases for students who are dually-20 <br />enrolled in high school and Durham Tech. In the Fall Semester 2016, 56 Career and College 21 <br />Promise (CCP) students enrolled at Durham Tech from Orange County. In the Fall Semester of 22 <br />2017 we had 78 CCP students from Orange County. In addition, there are 51 high school 23 <br />students from the two school districts in Orange County currently enrolled in our Middle College 24 <br />High School program. Early Fall Semester 2018 enrollment data indicate this number will 25 <br />increase again. 26 <br /> 27 <br />Orange County Enrollment (table) 28 <br />Note: Total Seats Used represents the overall number of students enrolled in all the curriculum 29 <br />and Con Ed classes each academic year. 30 <br />Unduplicated headcount for curriculum students also indicates significant growth as there were 31 <br />611 OCC students in 2008-2009 compared to 1,066 OCC students in 2016-2017. 32 <br /> 33 <br />ConnectFunds Recipients Demographics (table) 34 <br />A total of 178 students have received Orange County ConnectFunds this academic year. 35 <br />Orange ConnectFund recipients represent graduates from Orange county high schools, with 36 <br />the largest groups coming from Orange High School, Chapel Hill High School, and East Chapel 37 <br />Hill High School. 38 <br /> 39 <br />Commissioner Rich asked if there is a reason why more males are receiving 40 <br />scholarships. 41 <br />Matt Williams said it is not that more males are receiving scholarships, but just that 42 <br />more males are coming from the high schools to Durham Tech. 43 <br /> 44 <br />Student Retention – Term to Term (table) 45 <br />Durham Tech provides a range of supports so that our students stay in college and complete 46 <br />what they start. These data represent the retention rates for three groups of students: a) first-47 <br />time Durham Tech enrollees (all ages) for a given fall term; b) first-time recent high school 48 <br />graduates enrolled at the college; and c) first-time Orange ConnectFunds recipients. 49 <br /> 50