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