For its $1 billion (including interest) 40-year master plan, McHenry County College assumed a 3% annual increase in students.
The figure was apparently just picked out of the air.
No document has been disclosed that justifies use of the number.
Today the Chicago Tribune has an article talking about decrease in numbers of children under ten in Illinois and the Chicago metropolitan area.
Census figures show that segment of the population is down. 1.9% in McHenry County.
The internet title of the article is