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Show UTC enrollments high Addressing the Utah State Advisory Council for Vocational and Technical Education, President J. Marvin Higbee of Utah Technical College at ProvoOrem told members of that group that the college has increased by 15.5 percent per-cent in full time equivalent students and 13.2 percent in total enrollment. "With over 5,590 students on campus and a full time equivalent population of 4,768, Utah Technical College at Provo and Orem will face continued enrollment increases up to 50 percent in the next ten years," Higbee said. For the first time in the history of the College, Utah Technical College at Provo and Orem has surpassed the enrollment of Utah Technical College in Salt Lake City. Current functions of Utah Technical College at Provo and Orem include both vocational and technical training, transfer programs to universities, student and personnel services, general education studies, community service functions and the developmental education function - that of developing basic learning skills. Higbee pointd out that 21 percent of students transferring internally move from general education to vocational programs. Only 14 percent move from vocational to general education and 63 percent per-cent move from one vocational program to another. "There is no other state institution in Utah Valley for students to attend," he said. "If a student cannot afford to either move to another area for education or afford the cost of private institutions, Utah Technical College at Provo and Orem is the most legitimate type of education available. |