Correction: A previous version of this story misspelled “report” as “repost” in the headline. It has now been corrected.
With fall semester enrollment opening up this month, some students have reported that they have been unable to enroll during their priority registration period, despite meeting requirements for the program.
This issue has primarily affected honors and EOPS students but it is still unknown if other programs have also experienced difficulties.
Without access priority registration, students have reported being unable to enroll in classes needed to graduate on time due to the classes filling up before even getting the opportunity to register.
This especially impacts students who have work schedules or family responsibilities that necessitate them to work classes into their busy life.
“We were not aware of this issue,” said Superintendent-President Mike Munoz, “but if there are issues, it’s important that we address these concerns.”
According to Nohel Corral, the college’s executive vice president of student affairs, this issue might have started due to an overhaul in the way students could be eligible for priority registration before the start of the 2023 fall semester.
“Historically, we have seen that students with priority registration, only 50-60% actually use it,” Corral said. “So we wanted to take active measures. I had all of our (programs designated with priority registration) collect information on how students utilize their priority registration.”
Corral also explained that students might be missing certain prerequisites that make them eligible for priority registration such as meeting with a counselor that semester and having an updated Student Education Plan on file.
If students are sure that they have met the requirements above, but still experience issues enrolling during their priority window, Corral advises them to reach out to their program advisers or coordinator to resolve the issue.
“I’m hoping if students experience issues with priority registration that they reach out to me or their program advisers. If we don’t know about issues like this, we can’t address the issue,” Corral said.
Additionally, students are welcome to reach out to Corral through his email, mailto:ncorral@lbcc.edu to get connected with faculty members who can help.