Enrollment at Ivy Tech Community College-Columbus grew by 8 percent this spring compared to last spring’s enrollment numbers. The headcount this spring is 6,623; last spring at this same time, the headcount was 6,130.

Over the past five years, the headcount at Ivy Tech Columbus has increased by 158%. Spring 2007 enrollment was 2,563; this spring the enrollment is 6,623.

“Ivy Tech-Columbus has grown quickly in a short period of time, and we expect another strong increase this coming fall,” said Randy Proffitt, Ivy Tech executive director of marketing and communications. “This is only a snapshot early in the semester. We have been unable to keep pace with dual credit students and haven’t input them all into our system. We expect our actual growth will be significantly higher than 8 percent.”

What is known about the brain and how the brain works has increased exponentially during the last twenty years. Frequently, when I teach the course Introduction to Early Childhood Education at Ivy Tech and share some interesting facts about brain development, a student will say, “I think everyone should have this information before they become parents.” Brain growth during the first three years is truly amazing. (more…)