Sinclair360

Driven by both the economic downturn and the lowest tuition rate in the state for Montgomery County residents, Sinclair Community College is working to preserve the high quality of education it offers to each of its 25,345 students.

Record-breaking enrollment has encouraged Sinclair officials to evaluate current growth and strategically plan for continued development throughout our five campuses.

“There’s space here; it just needs to be reconfigured to work a little better for us,” Sinclair Community College President Dr. Steven Johnson told the Dayton Daily News on September 25, 2009. “We are hoping for some significant economic recovery and expecting our enrollment could then back off a bit because of that,” he said. “But if we need to go to 27,000 or 28,000 students in the next year or two, we’ll be ready.”

As we continue to grow and evolve, it’s clear that Sinclair remains devoted to its continuing commitment to downtown Dayton and the Miami Valley:

• Six-year facilities master plan – $75 million in capital project for the downtown Dayton campus
• $4 million earmarked for the Dayton Public Schools-David H. Ponitz Career Technology Center partnership
• $200,000 in memberships and event sponsorships in downtown Dayton
• Continued expansion of growing Fast Forward Center (out-of-school youth program)
• 20–25 sworn officers lending support to the Dayton Police Department
• Numerous board resolutions confirming continuous development of the downtown Dayton campus as a strategic priority
• Minimal deferred maintenance and no debt for the downtown Dayton campus
• Commitment to landscape and maintain the downtown Dayton property

By Meghann Heft

Meghann Heft recently graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Communications from the University of Dayton. She can be reached at meghann.heft@gmail.com.