In the academic years from 2008 to 2011, community college enrollment dropped by 500,000 students, said Paige Marlatt Dorr, a system spokeswoman. Last year, California's community colleges had to turn away 200,000 students who could't get into a single course, she said. But that may change. The California Community Colleges' Board of Governors has voted to adopt a major system-wide change to student enrollment. The new policy, approved by the governing board at a meeting in San Diego this week, gives enrollment priority to transfer students and students working toward a degree or certificate. The change is a departure from the "all-comers" open enrollment philosophy that welcomed avocational or hobbyist students to the world's largest higher education system. California community colleges serve about 2.4 million students at 112 campuses.
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