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Another SUNY Canton record broken: summer enrollment

Posted 6/30/12

CANTON -- SUNY Canton’s summer session has broken enrollment records for the fifth consecutive year. Almost 1,800 students have enrolled this summer, and one more session is yet to begin. Total …

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Another SUNY Canton record broken: summer enrollment

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CANTON -- SUNY Canton’s summer session has broken enrollment records for the fifth consecutive year.

Almost 1,800 students have enrolled this summer, and one more session is yet to begin. Total enrollment is up more than 20 percent from last year’s summer session, which broke the previous year’s records with 1,400 enrollments.

“Almost 150 of our 170 summer session courses are being offered through SUNY Canton OnLine, allowing students to enroll from anywhere,” said Kyle Brown, SUNY Canton’s director of online learning and information services. “We’ve seen a surge of students enroll from other colleges around the country and even internationally.”

Much of the growth is attributed to the course selection, which includes many core courses or general education credits applicable to many popular majors at all SUNY colleges and most private universities, according to Brown. Students and faculty members have explained that the abbreviated but intensive online format fits well into plans for vacations, family obligations and work schedules.

Several offerings might provoke interest, including a course on serial killers and their victims taught online by Criminal Investigation Assistant Professor Elizabeth A. Erickson. There is also a traditional classroom-based section of digital photography, taught by Graphic and Multimedia Design Instructor Jason E. Hubbard.

The final term of Summer Session begins on July 9. For more information, visit http://www.canton.edu/courses/summer.html.