RVCC 2019 NECHE Self-Study

RVCC students who are 25 and over make up the remaining 53% of our college
population. This cohort is more difficult to recruit as they are adults who have already
established themselves in their personal and professional lives. To reach out to this
population, our enrollment team advertises and hosts open houses prior to each semester
and holds Quick Admit days every month at each of our locations. The team also
participates in many community events including job and employment fairs, home shows,
farmer’s markets, sporting events, and civic events. The enrollment team also works with
the New Hampshire and Vermont Department of Employment Security, New Hampshire
and Vermont Adult Learning, and local correctional institutions.
The majority of students at RVCC are part time students. In consideration of this, we
assume that most of our applicants are balancing work and family life and will continue to
do so when they enroll at RVCC. To accommodate this working population, RVCC offers
courses and programs with varying meeting times on campus, online, and in hybrid
formats to accommodate students’ busy lives. We see our online course enrollment data
continue to climb with an increase of credits sold reaching over 15% in Spring 2019. To
recruit this population of working people, our team reaches out to area employers,
including businesses who offer tuition reimbursement to ensure they have our materials
available to their employees. RVCC is a member of the local Chambers of Commerce,
Rotary, and other civic organizations. The team also reaches out to local social service
agencies and participates in events to help unemployed and under employed people find
an educational path that fits their lifestyles.
RVCC is home to the Respiratory Therapy program, which is the only program of its kind in
NH; and the Medical Laboratory Technician, Occupational Therapy Assistant, and Physical
Therapist Assistant programs which are the only of their kind in the Vermont/New
Hampshire area. For these programs, recruitment efforts are targeted in geographic
regions that are not typically served by RVCC. These programs have, in recent years,
attracted New England students from as far away as Berlin, NH and Burlington, VT to the
north; Rutland, VT to the west, and Laconia, NH and Nashua, NH to the west and south.
While the majority of our students are NH Residents, we do attract out of state students
occasionally coming from as far away as Oklahoma, North Carolina, and Washington State.
These applicants often identify internet sources or local family and friends as ones who
bring RVCC to their attention.
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