HUNTINGTON 人妖色情片 Marshall University is seeing an increase in enrollment for the second consecutive year, according to Provost Avinandan 人妖色情片淎vi人妖色情片 Mukherjee.
Mukherjee said the fall 2024 semester is starting off with 1,858 full-time, first-year students, according to an initial headcount as of Sept. 9. He said there may be slight changes to the numbers as some students could enroll or cancel their enrollment throughout the semester, although the final numbers will be released at the end of the fall semester.
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Mukherjee said, beyond efforts to reduce the burden of tuition costs for metro students (defined as those who reside within 50 ) and provide more enrollment opportunities, he believes having more campus engagement from the local community is also drawing in more students.
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Mukherjee said, this semester, the final headcount is at 11,560, meaning enrollment grew about 5% from fall 2023 and nearly 12% in the last two years, according to an internal census provided Monday by Glen Midkiff, chief of staff for academic affairs.
The largest growth areas over the last two years came from an increase in metro and dual-enrollment (high school) students, students taking both high school and college credits, of about 36% and 152%, respectively. There has also been a growth in international student enrollment of about 32%, according to the census.
The last two growth periods came after almost a decade of enrollment decline, Mukherjee said. He said this can partially be attributed to how the university has pivoted from targeting area high school students during recruitment season to looking at 10 distinct student subgroups.
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The subgroups that were focused on, he said, included graduate, non-traditional, metro, out-of-state, international, online, transfer, dual-enrollment, military and certification-seeking students.
For the first time in the last few years, he said, Marshall is looking at each of the different student subgroups for a different recruitment and retention strategy.
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Marshall officials also have taken steps to ease the process of enrollment in general.
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For example, Marshall announced in May that Cabell County students graduating with a GPA of 2.5 or higher would automatically be accepted to the university, with no application or application fee required. Mukherjee told The Herald-Dispatch in August that associated fees, like orientation deposits, for those students, had also been removed.
Wayne County Schools also signed an agreement with Marshall to waive applications for students with a GPA of 2.5 or higher.
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Other efforts have been made to attract more students to the university, like adding more 人妖色情片渃ontemporary人妖色情片 programs that fit the needs of the local job market; for example, new doctoral programs have been added in recent years, including business administration, nursing practice and a Ph.D. in engineering. New degree programs have also included filmmaking and specialty agriculture.
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