Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Enrollment has gone down by 431 students at the University of Kansas this year, despite enrollment at all six state universities reaching over 90,000 for the first time ever.
A University press release cited the new College of Liberal Arts and Sciences standards, which dismissed 884 students last year, as one of the reasons for a decline in enrollment.
Jill Jess, University spokeswoman, said that the University didn’t look for huge increases from semester to semester and that a 1.2 percent decrease was normal.
“With a university as big as we are, it’s absolutely normal to have such a small decline,” Jess said.
Emporia State University was the only other state university to have a decrease in enrollment from 2006. Fort Hays University went up 5.1 percent, Kansas State University went up .8 percent and overall the state’s enrollment increased by .6 percent.
Jess said the University is particularly pleased that the freshman class ACT average at the University is equivalent to last year’s at 24.6. Also, the University had a 1 percent increase in the number of minority students enrolled, and the University of Kansas Medical Center had a 9.8 percent increase in minority students.
“KU remains a draw for a diverse mix of talented students,” Chancellor Robert Hemenway said in a press release.
Jess said it is the goal of the University to be as diverse as possible.
“This benefits the students and presents them with a multifaceted campus,” Jess said.
The six state universities have a total of 90,063 students enrolled this year, which is a 2.8 percent increase over the past five years.
— Edited by Amelia Freidline
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