State turns to two-year colleges to house enrollment boom ajc.com:
"The University System of Georgia expects to enroll between 400,000 and 450,000 students within the next decade and has to find space for the nearly 100,000 additional students."
Chancellor Erroll B. Davis Jr. said much of the growth must be handled by the state’s two-year colleges. These colleges are cheaper to operate and can quickly add programs and make other changes, officials said.
The challenge is persuading students to attend a two-year college when many think of the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech as their only options. The solution, Davis said, can be found at Atlanta Metropolitan College.
The two-year college used to have a declining enrollment but is now setting records after focusing on students and academics. Fall enrollment at the southwest Atlanta college is 2,688 students, an increase of about 60 percent since 2006.