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March 27, 2010

Some St. Cloud students start their school day before the dawn

Tim Post:

At 6:30 or 7:00 each morning, you may just be rolling out of bed or finishing up that first cup of coffee. But some students at St. Cloud Technical and Community College have already been in their first class of the day.

Because of a demand for courses in the health sciences, the school now offers a 6:30 a.m. anatomy course.

It's part of a nationwide trend. Because of skyrocketing enrollment, community colleges are scheduling classes at unusual times to squeeze more students in.

Things move quickly during Liz Burand's 6:30 a.m. physiology and anatomy course. She begins her pre-dawn class with a short quiz, then moves into a brief discussion about the cross-section of cells featured on the test.

After that, Burand runs a video showing an up-close, and rather gory, throat surgery.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at March 27, 2010 1:04 AM
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