FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 17, 2003
CONTACT: Kay Hendricks, ACCD Coordinator of Communication
210.208.8006

ACCD COLLEGES' SUMMER ENROLLMENT AT ALL-TIME HIGH

The colleges of the Alamo Community College District (ACCD) achieved a record enrollment for the first summer session of 2003! Enrollment increased by 443 students, or 1.8%, over the first summer session of 2002. The total enrollment for Summer I 2003, including students enrolled for the spring Flex II session, is 23,505, compared to 23,062 for the same period in 2002.

"This increase in our summer enrollment serves to affirm the first-rate job our colleges are doing in meeting the educational needs of our community," said ACCD Interim Chancellor Dr. J. Parker Chesson, Jr. "Our summer sessions offer an excellent opportunity for our students to earn credits they need before the fall semester and for students from four-year institutions who are home for the summer to earn credits they can transfer this fall," he added.

Northwest Vista College, Palo Alto College, St. Philip's College and San Antonio College, the colleges of the ACCD, enrolled more than 48,000 credit students for the spring 2003 semester, more than half of the college population in San Antonio. The ACCD colleges offer day, evening and weekend classes, plus Internet courses and telecourses. Several of the colleges also offer weekend degree options that allow students to earn a two-year associate's degree on weekends.

The four ACCD colleges are conveniently located on the southside, northwest, north central and eastside of San Antonio. Classes are also offered at St. Philip's College's Southwest Campus, located at East Kelly AFB, at the Northeast Campus, located at Loop 1604 and IH 35N, and at off-campus locations, including businesses and local military bases. Tuition at the ACCD colleges is the lowest in Bexar County and a wealth of financial aid, including scholarships, loans and grants, is available for qualified students.

Phone and web registration for the ACCD colleges' second summer session is going on now. Classes begin July 11 at San Antonio College and St. Philip's College and July 14 at Northwest Vista College and Palo Alto College. For more information, call 733-2020.