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Student anendance dipped 4.78
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·we. are taking other Heps to streamline and 1fduce our operaung bud·
percent this :-prln~. making the low• mentdropped 510 studenlli lrom 1he get 1n order to keep tuition est enrollment sinct• at least fall or !all ol 20 I O10 the fall ol 2012. anl3 lees as low a.\ pos· 2004. The dechnmgpopulaUon In Nonh s.ible,. he said.
·Toe b!g picture I!. thacour gradu• ating cla5.Se$ tht l~ t r....o years have be-en l~er than our freshman cln.(.• said Keith Lamb, \'!Ct pres.dem of
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since fall 201 2. ?a.nialiy, l.amb said, oecaust moit' studtnts t:a\·e been graduaung than have bf>en enrolhnti
·t,.11dwe$tem's enrollment de crea.5,fC by 510 srudenu from the fall 2010 ~mesttr 10 the: fall 2012 st>mesttr. • Lamb s.11d ·Toe drop IS a comblnauon of several item): geography, due to the populaOon fn this ,q.lon of TU H
decllnmg: mcreased admiss.!on s1an• dards; avallal>!e rts0urces for uien• uty,ng
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smaU sophomore and 1umor d us. w1lh a luge expected gfiduaun& c lass thL) spring.· Lamb said. •As
such, 1he Increase of freshman and transfer students will help Stablhze.• Teu s 1s a\w a factor In Midwestern 's Lamb said when the fall enroll• Bastd on lhe amount of enrollmen1 woe-s, Limb said. ment numbers were nnallzed, the ¥ecrult1ng . !or Incoming fttshWith 5,437 S!Udents, Rogers said unlverJ11y al31us1cd its esumate lor man cla~. enrollment enrol!meni LS ,almost exactly the lhe spring and was wlthm 13 of lha1 ' will being 10 grow, Lamb number 1hat admm1nuto~ ant1cl ad1usted ~uma1e. • said. pated since the spnnR enrollmen1 1s The senior class. wllh 1.902, 1s According 10 Lamb, the: wstd upon the fall enrollment. the l.1rg~t class. succes.s of Saturday's Mustan& wlFall enrol!mentl too was down However. Rogers said the number Ralty wu a good mdlcator for future: about 4.5 ptrcent." Rogers said. or freshmen applicants has increasel3 a1tend1nce • Add11lonally the l)ecember waduat a} a rrsult or moie promotion and ·The1e. were 301 studcnlS In at ing dass was very large. We are Uk· contn cll. tendance, a 78 perc~m Increase ovt'r Ing so many mruure lha1 I would ·Our numbers of beginning fresh· lut spnng. anti a 4()8 parents m at not begin to delineate each them.· men for fall 2013 Is up considerably. tendance, 1 6Q percent mcre.ilSe over I .st fall. a drop m tnrollmem re All umvers111es are recruiting more last sprmg, • Lamb said sultel3 m a S1 mllhon shonlall. ap.gres&vety than ever,· Rogers said. In addIlion to making budiet At a Studem Government As.so-L.imb said whlle Midwestern will C-UlS. getting more. students 10 look cuoon mttling Ju i week. Rogers hive a larger freshman class and a1 Mldwtsttm is one of Lamb"s key ~ Mudfflt'f' o( .a ~ raH more tnJRr .studfflis- In thP-fltt- goah An tggrttm'e malitf"'JnR camm 1ui11on If stace funding IS cut, but 2013, overall enrollment should be pa1gn to S0,000 lugh ~hool seniors 5.1113 a d('(lme in enrollment would rer1uvely flat. not result Jn a 1u1tion Increase. 'MSU '""""" ' h,s "'""''''
"I feel very good about the enrollment Juture ofMSU. " lllTH I.AMI VICE PRESIDENT OF STUDENT AFFAIRS A.NOENROLLMENT
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LLMUIT: Spring 2004 • 6.052 I Fall 2004 • 6.341 I Spriag 2005 • 5,962 1f■ ll 2005 • 6.279 1Spring 2006 • 6.1142 1F■ll 2006 • 6.1142 1Spring 2007 • 5.1051Foll 2007 • 6.027 1Spriag 21101 • 5,746 1Foll 21101 • 6.093 200! • s.m I Foll 2009 • 6.341 i Spring 2Q10 • 6.056 I Foll 21110 • 6.42& I Spring2011 • 6.1191 1foll 2011 • 6.111 I Spring 2012 • s.no I Foll 2012 • 5.916 ISPIIIIIG 2013 • S.A37
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;o meet the requir<'menis of the Ou.ilny En l Plan lhrouW, undugraduafe re!,('arch. 14 de-..iwm lS mean! 10 erhance t.he recrwUn~ of ~ 1."'! Mudents bv olferrng ihem belier sch<>l lrul ;o 11ecN'ilSf overhead cosls ol running th~ ~ ~ne~i~~:·lhe fT\('('Ung with the Hc,n ~ am.~ H,Uary ~ommer ·- - "This derision ors students announone; the lmpte Cotren, honors prowam (O . mentat!on of the Rr dwme Scholars '\'.,,)al\1 meant to enhance / e Program, clari6cat1011~ ha\'(' tttn m U," tau. the honon •, · .,./' made but chanRes ha·1e yet 10 be Id· .:i 11r,n bl! calt('d the Redwine recrut tng o· ,, mmlStered. Prngr1.1>. lr.'\!Nd of having achieving students.... · Honon llousm11, ....111 continue ~.c:, Dirwo1, the Redwine HIL.1.ARY SOMM(RHAUSEJ-COENt:N and siudent who panic1paie m the ... i'-~.im ....,w be dirteit'd HONORS PROGRAM COORDINATOR Rrd ....·mr !:,cho!ars ptL'£Tl,m WIii sun ?.it rn;y()l.1 s O!IICI' ThiO:Jf,h The W3dUilt' wiU'L Hon on. 1 he Honors • i:Mincem,f't Plan, 1here p Siudent Commmre wm contmue to be 1n tif.'!1 ,0tr•-1!,f'.J locll.\ on undcr~radt.:ate rt'St'arch rogrtmth. g.h 11 rnav need a naf:'le change: Sommer· ~lll'lflo"'\ rrog, ~m has pre\·1ous1v encouragi'd u~, ~o~:~~:1~en ~1d ~-,:~ •c, tr g,1~,. m re$-rar.:h. bu! 1inder thr ne ~ a· PrQgJ"am ::,rudent Comm111« Trea.~urtr : • 11 u_O\' it ·t~uremen: for rvcr.· 5turlent, He~~~~~iilktr ~/11 )he beli,.,,.es t.t:c char.gts !>el1lg made r i'~r \..otn<:n siid. h rogru n are po!,ltll'f and will t>endt }Ii.dents bV ~ ~r:t wn:O!' Honof'\ \ludrnis w!ll ~ verv l:nt~ ~: l e :gm l:"lder,graduaft' r-r-;earch. ~l ,J:;o <hnff" t-,e.illf i"lili1e 10 1ne ; . ~ Flrs ~ e chanllt) work tfflN fo: m, bt'Ci u$e I am a '>.co.~~ ~ar \!U •rnr!< will bt .iL!i' lo ~pp,y .lu lhe mfsL"\' :imor: an,j I ~re.a:Jv part:csp.ate m rt':SE"ardl. ..,..:"-"=-"ri'ar5\:p If ch<•-"~. ttir:r i:Jdr'lh w,I' t,.1- :e ~~ hf!~ mf' '10 t:ave a ~rogram that empha.1.azes re 111 .:.~ 1-m,t•p:i> •~'1. an ur.dN)Jid~!e rt:"a~t\ ::ir\ uch niiht't man ti~vlng the 1wo progr.,ms bt sepa .., ~i th<,· .,u, vcl~ lnwm:n~h•1nur<,S•IJJ{'(\{\ W ' Y' • ~ke-s.a!.:I 'lf •1:, "aflr~h,p ,:1ur-;(' ·.,,h;c." v."1i ' 1a•·eJS!r.al!cr rat~ aa oMccr.of trr s1u:1en: commmte. B.a:l.tr said .;: •p,~t. H~t Huno"'S ltn;, 1 "i,·11·.1nar , . • •I. >! ~lte !ecb ti:c new prcgran: will give 5tu.1rnll a chance ,1 .,,.,:i ri:oll m a -.,,n1£lr )('rr.,rw .au;o,h, by t" s;1:1 ",.,.l,~ :, : ~U•it 't"W.ut. 1n \\-tr ... h thPY v. il! pttst!ll
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