Arkansas State University - Indian Yearbook (Jonesboro, AR)

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EXPANDING ENROLLMENT Enrollment has reached record heights this year at ASU. This makes the second straight year for record setting attendance. Presently 8,504 students are enrolled. This number is up 58 students from the previous re- cord of 8,446 students last fall. In addi- tion to the incoming freshmen, 100 new students enrolled at ASU this fall, according to Karen Toombs, Director of Admissions. The freshman class number is down from previous years. This is due to the end of the baby boom era which has resulted in fewer students graduating from high school. The largest loss of students, 62, occu- red in the freshman class. The highest gain was 72 in the Jr. class. Ms. Toombs stated that ASU is pleased to be able to increase enrollment in spite of declining incoming freshman. The enrollment classification breaks down as follows: Freshman - 3,057 stu- dents; Sophomore - 1,432 students; Junior - 1 ,287 students; Senior - 1 ,465 students; Graduate - 1 ,048 students; Unclassified - 215. Ms. Toombs stres- sed that recruitment of new students was an important campus-wide con- cern. Equally important is the retention of students presently enrolled.

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