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Sept. 28, 2005
º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓÆµ Enrollment Up for Fall 2005 Semester
The University of Louisiana at Monroe is pleased to announce that the enrollment for the 2005 fall semester is 9,275. This is a 5% increase from last fall's total enrollment, which was 8,836. Since 2002, enrollment has gone up by 13.6%.
"We were confident that we were going to see an increase this year. This university's renaissance of the last 3 years has served to remind everyone that º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓÆµ is a great institution with talented faculty and outstanding programs." º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓÆµ President James Cofer said.
Cofer said, "Because of higher admission standards going into effect this year, º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓÆµ was projected to have a decrease in enrollment. The opposite happened. This says a lot about our university."
Lisa Miller, Director of º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓÆµ's Recruitment and Admissions said, "We recruited students who are academically prepared for higher education. Recruiting students who are ready for the rigor demanded of a college degree are more likely to be successful. Ultimately, this will begin to affect our retention and graduation rates."
In fact since 2002, there has been a 42% increase in beginning freshman. Miller says this is encouraging and is a direct indication of the combined efforts of the faculty and staff at º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓÆµ.
Visiting students displaced by Hurricane Katrina also made an impact on º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓÆµ's numbers. The university enrolled 214 new students but, lost 148 students, many due to the affects of Katrina, including a number that were called to National Guard duty. Even without counting the displaced students, º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓÆµ had an increase in enrollment.
Another point of pride for º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓÆµ is the fact that this year the university was again given high marks from students in the student satisfaction survey. º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓÆµ's student satisfaction rating was 3.79; last year it was 3.6. Since 2002, º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓÆµ's general student satisfaction rating has increased more than 16%. See the full story here:
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