Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Bakersfield College may impose unit limits to early registration

Bakersfield College is thinking about imposing a 14 unit limit during early registration.

Of course BC is trying to stop certain students from hogging all of the classes in early registration, dropping down to what they really want to carry.

Due to tight budgets, community colleges have fewer classes to offer. With "registered", "waiting list", and (unofficial name) "waiting to get on the waiting list", the old system of showing up hoping to get into class when people drop is ancient history. And with UC and CSU systems fees rising, more students are going to community colleges vying for those precious fewer classes.

If the proposal is implemented, there would be as much as 900 or more class positions available for students per semester. But if you or anyone you know is someone who takes 18 units ("to get this done and move on"), that may get a lot harder.

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