U of California Campuses Prepare for Bumper Crop of Freshmen
A number of campuses in the University of California system are bracing for higher-than-expected freshman enrollment this fall.
Almost 750 more first-year students than expected accepted admissions offers to UC Davis this year. That amounts to a freshman class that is roughly 6 per cent larger than expected. To accommodate the increased number of students, UC Davis administrators are converting dorm rooms from doubles to triples, renovating common rooms into residence space, and expanding advising and health services.
Other UC campuses coping with population surges are UC San Diego, which has about 350 more freshmen than expected, and UC Irvine, which is about 400 students over its usual enrollment.
Enrollment is unexpectedly high at some private California schools as well. Santa Clara University received approximately 150 more confirmations from admitted applicants than it expected, making for its largest-ever freshman class.
California's experience reflects admissions trends across the U.S. Colleges and universities in New Hampshire, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island also received unusually high numbers of acceptances from admits this year. Some observers have noted that this trend is especially strong at state universities, and suggest that tuition costs may have reached a tipping point where a greater percentage of Americans will choose less expensive public schools over private colleges and universities.
Source: "State Campuses Struggle With Enrollment Surge," by Tanya Schevitz - the San Francisco Chronicle, August 14, 2006
Almost 750 more first-year students than expected accepted admissions offers to UC Davis this year. That amounts to a freshman class that is roughly 6 per cent larger than expected. To accommodate the increased number of students, UC Davis administrators are converting dorm rooms from doubles to triples, renovating common rooms into residence space, and expanding advising and health services.
Other UC campuses coping with population surges are UC San Diego, which has about 350 more freshmen than expected, and UC Irvine, which is about 400 students over its usual enrollment.
Enrollment is unexpectedly high at some private California schools as well. Santa Clara University received approximately 150 more confirmations from admitted applicants than it expected, making for its largest-ever freshman class.
California's experience reflects admissions trends across the U.S. Colleges and universities in New Hampshire, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island also received unusually high numbers of acceptances from admits this year. Some observers have noted that this trend is especially strong at state universities, and suggest that tuition costs may have reached a tipping point where a greater percentage of Americans will choose less expensive public schools over private colleges and universities.
Source: "State Campuses Struggle With Enrollment Surge," by Tanya Schevitz - the San Francisco Chronicle, August 14, 2006
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