Posts Tagged ‘Freshmen’
Bigger, not better, than ever »
Anyone who's been on campus has probably noticed an even-more-abundant number of confused permateenagers tripping off their brand-new longboards on campus, and this time, it's not even our imagination that they're everywhere. According to UA News, the current freshmen class is the biggest in the UA's history: About 7,300 students make up the [...]
Regents to Raise Out-of-State Enrollment Caps? »
Faced with dramatic decreases in state funding, falling academic reputations, and dismal graduation rates, Arizona leaders are debating whether to raise the maximum percentage of out-of-state students allowed into Arizona universities from the current 30% maximum level to allow for 40% of students to be from other areas of the US. The always-keen [...]
Bizarro World: Where Up is Down and Failure is Success »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcjSDZNbOs0 Luke's on the Money (please forgive me): Undergraduate enrollment in Arizona schools has more than doubled over the last decade. According to statistics from the 2011 almanac for the Chronicle of Higher Education, Arizona schools experienced a 121 percent growth in undergraduate enrollment from 1998 [...]
Is smarterer than dumm sophomorez? »
It's less than 350 words, but try reading President Nagata's letter to the editor in today's paper without letting your eyes glaze over. Technical entrepreneurs take note: there is much money to be made in an English-Bureaucratese generator. University overhead could be reduced by up to 30 percent! At any rate, I come not to mock Caesar, but to [...]
Survey says. . . »
Before getting into this, the Office of Student Affairs deserves appreciation for the manner in which access to this survey data was provided. After sending an email wondering if we could access the full survey, and not just the summary, we quickly were informed that a hard copy of the survey would be available for pick up in the Administration. [...]
White Paper: Undergraduate Writing »
This one will be a bit long, if only because it is (a) an important issue and (b) because I find the thrust of the paper incorrect. First though, a three sentence summary: eliminate the current English composition program, and move composition courses into the various colleges. Greater focus would be put on specialized writing as it pertains to a [...]
Demographic Ho-Hum »
The latest story from UANews is chock-full of demographic details about the UA and the class of 2012, including the headlining fact that enrollment has topped 38,000. However, more is not always better. Arbitrarily, I'd say that 40,000 is a good number to set an absolute bar at -- given current trends, it'll probably end up being around half of [...]
ASUA Meeting #2 Wrap-up »
This meeting was mercifully short, and really discussed only one important issue at length: the Student Affairs Fee. Before I get into this, though, there are two broader points worth making: 1) In spite of what criticism has/will come out of this blog, President Bruce is a damn effective president. Having two years helps, but his wonkish [...]