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Enrollment up in Ohio schools
Catherine Couretas
Issue date: 11/4/08 Section: Campus
"People are starting to understand the need for more education to get a good job," Fingerhut said.
Fingerhut said he thinks most of this growth will take place in community colleges and branch campuses of public universities because they are more affordable. He said an increase in first-year and transfer students will be seen in public universities as well.
Miami specifically has seen an increase in transfer students, according to Koehler.
Miami enrolled 278 transfer students in the fall of 2008, up from 240 in 2007, but Koehler said predicting enrollment for the coming years will be tricky given the state of the economy.
Fingerhut said Ohio is seeing growth in enrollment for both in-state and out-of-state students.
"We hope to become more of a magnet for talent outside of Ohio," Fingerhut said. "We're increasing internship opportunities and have many good jobs for students here in our state, so we hope they stay."
Fingerhut said Miami has the largest percentage of out-of-state students of any of the university in Ohio.
"Miami has a world-class academic program and an undergraduate program that's second to none," Fingerhut said.
He added that schools will need to be prepared to see in an increase in enrollment.
"There's no question that there will need to be updating and modernizing across the state," Fingerhut said. "We are anticipating that."
One thing Miami will be keeping in mind with the increase in enrollment is the sophomore housing requirement, in addition to the role the economy will play, according to Koehler.
"These are the issues we talk about when trying to set the targets for the year," Koehler said. "Everyone has been very sensitive to that and thoughtful about the fact that students will be on campus. We want to make sure there's a level of housing availability maintained."
Other reasons the Ohio Board of Regents cited in relation to the enrollment increase are Ohio's tuition freeze, the partnership between the state's public colleges and universities and an increase in resources for non-traditional students.
Fingerhut said he thinks most of this growth will take place in community colleges and branch campuses of public universities because they are more affordable. He said an increase in first-year and transfer students will be seen in public universities as well.
Miami specifically has seen an increase in transfer students, according to Koehler.
Miami enrolled 278 transfer students in the fall of 2008, up from 240 in 2007, but Koehler said predicting enrollment for the coming years will be tricky given the state of the economy.
Fingerhut said Ohio is seeing growth in enrollment for both in-state and out-of-state students.
"We hope to become more of a magnet for talent outside of Ohio," Fingerhut said. "We're increasing internship opportunities and have many good jobs for students here in our state, so we hope they stay."
Fingerhut said Miami has the largest percentage of out-of-state students of any of the university in Ohio.
"Miami has a world-class academic program and an undergraduate program that's second to none," Fingerhut said.
He added that schools will need to be prepared to see in an increase in enrollment.
"There's no question that there will need to be updating and modernizing across the state," Fingerhut said. "We are anticipating that."
One thing Miami will be keeping in mind with the increase in enrollment is the sophomore housing requirement, in addition to the role the economy will play, according to Koehler.
"These are the issues we talk about when trying to set the targets for the year," Koehler said. "Everyone has been very sensitive to that and thoughtful about the fact that students will be on campus. We want to make sure there's a level of housing availability maintained."
Other reasons the Ohio Board of Regents cited in relation to the enrollment increase are Ohio's tuition freeze, the partnership between the state's public colleges and universities and an increase in resources for non-traditional students.
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