Tech college enrollment at all-time high

ATLANTA - The Technical College System of Georgia set a new record high in annual enrollment in Fiscal Year 2009, growing by 7% over the previous year... with Lanier Tech reporting a 32 percent increase.

The TCSG enrolled 156,271 students in the year that ended June 30, an increase of 10,281 students.

Almost 60% of that increase was among students ages 26 and above, a reflection that many of the new students are laid-off or under-employed workers who, TCSG officials say, are turning to the TCSGâ