Rising Enrollment, Less Availability

As the last group of UH-Manoa students — mostly incoming freshmen — began registering last week, college deans and department chairs were forced to increase class sizes and find instructors to teach additional class sections to prevent students from being shut out of high-demand prerequisite courses.

--Honolulu Advertiser

With enrollment for the University of Hawaii on the rise, many classes are forced to take in more students as the UH searches for more teachers to instruct the additional classes needed. The state cut $76 million from the school's budget for this year despite enrollment up 10%. Community colleges faced an even great 15% rise in enrollment. Education is the path to success and the state is denying students the possibility, the right, to it.

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