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Could Mesa's Red Mountain campus close?
Maricopa Community Colleges board to discuss future
McGrath cited a $7.1 million annual operating cost for 1,000 students.
But a college official and board member clarified that the campus has a $5 million annual operating cost and serves 4,000 total students, or the equivalent of 1,000 full-time students. . .
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Here's just a few snippets: READ MORE context and the narrative:
". . . The Red Mountain campus, near Power and McKellips roads, faced possible closure or downsizing in 2015 because of declining enrollment. A task force assembled by then-Mesa Community College President Shouan Pan attributed the enrollment slump to a drop in high-school graduates and increased competition from other colleges.
The Red Mountain campus was established in 1996 using modular buildings with $20 million in new facilities opening in 2001.
The 100-acre campus was designed to be innovative and environmentally sensitive. It's common to see the occasional coyote wandering among the campus' saguaro cactuses, ironwood trees and creosote bushes. . . "
