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Fall Enrollment Defies Economy

Freshman commitments hold steady, but at a cost of increased financial aid

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(Newser) – Despite the recession, colleges aren't seeing the dip in freshman commitments they anticipated, reports the New York Times. The percentage of accepted students who have confirmed their enrollment at places like Yale, Harvard, and the University of Virginia and Wisconsin is about the same as last year. But it hasn't been a free ride for colleges. Many institutions have significantly increased their financial aid offerings, say administrators.

The schools represent a sliver of the nation's 2000 four-year universities, and it will be months before the economy's full toll can be gauged. But the statistics so far have eased worries.  “For all the Chicken Little and dire predictions, it seems to have worked out just fine here,” said a dean at California's Pomona College, which has nearly filled its freshman class.

This year's freshman commitments are about as high as last year's, despite the recession.
This year's freshman commitments are about as high as last year's, despite the recession.   (Shutter stock)
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oldgoat
May 11, 09 2:49 AM CDT
It worked out though because they realized that they needed to help with getting the affordability down. If they had continued on with reaising their costs and not aiding the students with grants and the like then you would have seen more. I did see a segment on TV about how many students were going to Canada for their educaton. I know of kids that have planned on going to some of the higher class schools, but now are staying at home to the local university just simply because of economics. Reply
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Derni
May 11, 09 8:45 AM CDT
Still-remeber: You pay the most at the college level and the worst teaching and the oldest methods are used to educate our young adults-college teachers are not certified in teaching-most only know one method-lecture. Boring and outdated and left over from the industrial revolution. Reply
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justapirate
May 11, 09 3:48 PM CDT
Agreed! One thing needs to be stressed: college teachers are not certified in teaching. That right there is a huge problem. The kind of teacher you have can really make all the difference in how well you perform in a class- which is something I have come to understand while studying in college at the moment.
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