Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Oak Yearbook / INSTANO Yearbook (Indiana, PA)

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J Cynthia Carmickle Top: lUP ' s football crowds increased, change. A tore; One of I UP ' s freshmen was it the record enrollment or their enjoys a football game. Other Page: winning season? Left: The Oak Grove Students keep their eyes open during a is filled with students as classes crowded night class. A Slice Of Life 9

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Ha 1 M n : Ir i 1 j; mi|iiijgnT liimn Colin kictn ... undergraduate enrollment increases to 13,248 in the fail of 1|86. the highest in I U P s hislorv. Two Hundred More Freshman lUP ' s Enrollment Reaches Record lUP ' s slice of life grew a lit- tle larger this year as total graduate and undergraduate enrollment increased to 13,248 in the fall of 1986. the highest in I LP ' s history. Two hundred more freshmen were admitted this year than last year, due to the Learning Assistance Act. but this will change, according to Dr. Fred Dakak, dean of admissions. IL ' P will not have to accept more freshmen in upcoming years, although more students are applying than in past years. More students are interest- ed in ILP than ever before, Dakak said. We will be ad- mitting the same number of students, but our standards will be better. According to a survey ad- ministered to freshmen, this in- terest in lUP can be attributed to five main factors: cost, aca- demic reputation, location, size and available curriculum. An expanded marketing ef- fort has brought these factors to more prospective students than before, according to Da- kak. IL ' P is visiting more schools, gets invited to more college nights, and uses more publicity than it has in past years, he said. But along with this increased interest and increased enroll- ment comes the problem of housing. Because of the unex- pected increase, many fresh- men were not guaranteed on- campus dormitory housing upon receiving their accep- tance to IL ' P and had to look for accomodations off-campus instead. Students who would not be provided with housing were warned in advance when they were accepted, according to Melanie Wardrop, assistant di- rector of on-campus assign- ments for the office of housing and residence life. The students were told up front there would not be enough housing and were put on a waiting list, Wardrop said. These students, most of whom were late admitlants, were given information on off- campus housing and dorms. Some delayed enrollment until January, but the majority went into private housing, according to Wardrop. Some students can be hap- pier in private dorms, she said. It ' s a community atmosphere. Although not all of the stu- dents who had to live off-cam- pus were satisfied, many were grouped with other freshmen who couldn ' t live on campus. lUP ' s enrollment trends will probably continue to increase in the future as state schools around the country find their enrollment increasing for the same reasons as IL ' P, Dakak said. .And because of students who graduate or more off-cam- pus, enough on-campus hous- ing should be available to in- coming freshmen in future years, accordind to Wardrop. -Dana Smith Colin Klein

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Be oiv; These Phi Delts show their spir- this be one of lUP ' s study hounds? it at homecoming. Bo«om; This group Other Page: The Big Indians raise enjoys a few beers at Wolfendale ' s; are their helmets following their PSAC they lUP party animal s? R( jr; Could State Championship victory. 10 A Slice or Life