Wonderful. Imagine the fun these freshmen will have at our alma mater.
This article shows what a good job SIU has been doing in recruiting new students vs. the other major public state schools and is a good read. Still more work to do, but this is positive.
For the Edwardsville College apologist crowd...SIU is up 2.3% and Edwardsville has dropped 3.8% in each of the past two years.
How much of the enrollment increase is on-campus vs online? As far as I saw, the university didn’t separate them. I am just wondering if the enrollment increase is actually resulting in more students in Carbondale, or if it’s just a result of the new online class program tied to community colleges.
@packerdawg The biggest increases were driven by new freshman enrollment, not transfers. So the majority of the increase the last few years were on campus. Online and satellite campuses will certainly be a focus moving forward though.
How I would fix enrollment:
• Do a very affordable 2/1 tuition system. Out of state tuition very cheap at $4000. In state at $2000.
• Give high class valedictorians 90% off their tuition. 2nd in class 70%. And let them keep it so long as they keep their GPA at 3.8 or above.
• Apply to rebrand the Kaskaskia, Wabash Valley, Rend Lake, Frontier, Southeastern Illinois, Shawnee, and John A. Logan community colleges as Southern Illinois University-(town name)-Center. So Shawnee would become Southern Illinois University-Ullin Center. The Ohio State university does something similar. Fully integrate them into the SIU academic style and push finishing their bachelor's at SIU.
"Enrollment for undergraduates is up 4.39% from spring 2023 while graduate enrollment rose 3.48%. Enrollment also increased among Black and Hispanic students, 5.39% and 3.47%, respectively. There are 8.72% more international students as well."
The positive trend continues. Good to hear. SIU Spring Enrollment Rises
Let’s hope this trend continues. Thank you for sharing the info.
How I would fix enrollment:
• Do a very affordable 2/1 tuition system. Out of state tuition very cheap at $4000. In state at $2000.
• Give high class valedictorians 90% off their tuition. 2nd in class 70%. And let them keep it so long as they keep their GPA at 3.8 or above.
• Apply to rebrand the Kaskaskia, Wabash Valley, Rend Lake, Frontier, Southeastern Illinois, Shawnee, and John A. Logan community colleges as Southern Illinois University-(town name)-Center. So Shawnee would become Southern Illinois University-Ullin Center. The Ohio State university does something similar. Fully integrate them into the SIU academic style and push finishing their bachelor's at SIU.
That sounds like a great idea. Use a pipeline to fill our majors that might lead to paying jobs.
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