Recent Virginia Community College System statistics show that Rappahannock Community College had the greatest percentage of increase in head-count enrollment among the 23 colleges of the system during the academic year of 2010-11.

RCC’s head-count increase was 9.9 percent, as compared to the system average of just over two percent, according to school spokesperson Tom Martin. "In full-time equivalent enrollments (calculated by dividing the total number of credits taken by all students by the 15 credits considered a full course load), RCC scored second of the 23 colleges with a 10.2 percent increase; the system average was 4.8 percent," Martin said.

Greater-than-average growth means that RCC receives "a slightly bigger portion of the (VCCS) funding pie, which has been very useful these past several years," said RCC president Elizabeth Crowther.
However, she said "growth just for the numbers and a slight competitive advantage is not our driver. What...