UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO STUDENTS ARE BACK IN CLASS THIS WEEK ... A WEEK AFTER CENTRAL NEW MEXICO COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS RETURNED TO SCHOOL. BRAD MOORE WITH CNM TELLS 770 KKOB ENROLLMENT IS DOWN SLIGHTLY TO 26-THOUSAND-900 THIS SEMESTER COMPARED TO SPRING SEMESTER LAST YEAR. HE SAYS THEY'RE DOWN ABOUT 2 PERCENT ... WHICH WAS EXPECTED AFTER A RECORD HIGH ENROLLMENT OF 30 THOUSAND STUDENTS IN 2010 DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE RECESSION. 

 

MOORE SAYS THOSE STUDENTS WERE BACK IN SCHOOLS TO GET RETRAINED AND BETTER POSITIONED FOR THE JOB MARKET. HE SAYS CNM OFFERS TWO YEAR PROGRAMS AND CERTIFICATES, SO A LOT OF THOSE STUDENTS HAVE ACHIEVED THEIR GOALS. MANY STUDENTS ALSO DO THEIR FIRST TWO YEARS OF COLLEGE AT CNM BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO UNM. 

 

UNM, MEANWHILE, REPORTS ENROLLMENT IS FLAT THIS SPRING SEMESTER COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.