Enrollment Up At Lee College As Spring Figures Rise
Lee College reports higher spring enrollment with headcount up about 11 percent and contact hours up around 15 percent from 1986. Spring headcount reaches 3,607 from 3,210, with contact hours increasing to 41 614 from 35 776, while Texas Department of Corrections enrollment grows to 1 290 from 1 173. Other Houston area colleges show mixed results amid a weak local economy.
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Lee College weighs $2 million funding cut and budget shor t
LC faces potential state funding loss of about $2 million with the 1985 86 level of $7.23 million, prompting administrators to draft contingency budgets. Possible cuts include leasing cost reductions, staff pay schedules, program eliminations, and energy saving plans while prioritizing student needs and growth.
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Shares the Dream Martin Luther King Celebration
About 750 people attended the Martin Luther King event at Rundell Hall auditorium on January 19 with 200 in the morning and 550 in the evening performances. The program King, The Man Remembered honored Dr. King with guest speakers plays and music.
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Texas College Student Debuts on Texas College Lantern
The regional monthly supplement Texas College Student launches on campus with Tracy Duncan as managing editor. It will be distributed in Lantern newsracks the first week of each academic month and seeks campus correspondents to cover Texas College Student.
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Lee College Lantern
Tracy Duncan
Duncan
Texas College
Kathy Clausen
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Lee College faces potential 28 percent funding cuts
Rumblings in the legislature hint at state funds being reduced by 28 percent for community colleges. Lee College officials say a $2 million budget loss plus $140,104 in local tax revenue could force drastic student service cuts. Administrators urge students to contact state and federal representatives, citing Reagan era proposals threatening work study and Pell Grants.
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Reagan
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Lee College adopts procedures after bomb threat
A bomb threat at Lee College led to new emergency procedures. About 80 people were evacuated in seven minutes after a noon warning received at 11 45 a m on January 15. No alarm system exists, one student was left in the music wing, and after an hour of searches, buildings were reopened. The plan routes alerts through building secretaries and deans, with no immediate plans to reinstall the old bell alarm.
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Lee College
Kyle Jennings
Jennings
Vivian Blevins
Robert Cloud
Leatha Whitaker
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