2008 Woodie Awards
Enrollment up in Ohio schools
Catherine Couretas
Issue date: 11/4/08 Section: Campus
Enrollment in Ohio's public colleges and universities has increased for the second consecutive year, according to the Ohio Board of Regents.
Applications for admission to Miami are up 55 percent from fall 2007, according to Director of Admission Laurie Koehler.
She said the university has been working hard to get the message out about the quality and value of a Miami education.
"We like to think it means more students are excited about Miami and that's a really good thing," Koehler said.
She also said an essay was removed from the supplement of the application, which may be why applications are up at this point in the year and students are choosing to complete the application earlier.
In the fall of 2008, Miami saw more than a 4 percent increase in enrollment.
In applicants for the class of 2012, Miami saw 30 percent of prospective students accept offers of admission, whereas only 29 percent of applicants for the class of 2011 accepted offers, according to Koehler.
"We saw a slightly larger first-year class this year than our target and some of that was because we saw our yield rate go up by one percentage point, which makes a difference," Koehler said. "To move yield up or down by one or two percent sounds like a small number, but (it) is actually a sizeable jump."
According to Eric Fingerhut, chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents, enrollment in universities is up statewide, increasing 2.3 percent from 2007 and 1.9 percent between 2006-07. The enrollment rate was flat from 2005-06 and there was a decrease from 2004-05.
Fingerhut said the increase is part of Ohio's larger strategic plan for higher education, which he and Gov. Ted Strickland designed.
"Today we have about 480,000 students enrolled in public universities and community colleges in Ohio," Fingerhut said. "In 10 years we hope to have over 710,000."
Fingerhut said it was the board's strategic plan to enroll 230,000 more students in public universities and community colleges in Ohio within the next 10 years.
Applications for admission to Miami are up 55 percent from fall 2007, according to Director of Admission Laurie Koehler.
She said the university has been working hard to get the message out about the quality and value of a Miami education.
"We like to think it means more students are excited about Miami and that's a really good thing," Koehler said.
She also said an essay was removed from the supplement of the application, which may be why applications are up at this point in the year and students are choosing to complete the application earlier.
In the fall of 2008, Miami saw more than a 4 percent increase in enrollment.
In applicants for the class of 2012, Miami saw 30 percent of prospective students accept offers of admission, whereas only 29 percent of applicants for the class of 2011 accepted offers, according to Koehler.
"We saw a slightly larger first-year class this year than our target and some of that was because we saw our yield rate go up by one percentage point, which makes a difference," Koehler said. "To move yield up or down by one or two percent sounds like a small number, but (it) is actually a sizeable jump."
According to Eric Fingerhut, chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents, enrollment in universities is up statewide, increasing 2.3 percent from 2007 and 1.9 percent between 2006-07. The enrollment rate was flat from 2005-06 and there was a decrease from 2004-05.
Fingerhut said the increase is part of Ohio's larger strategic plan for higher education, which he and Gov. Ted Strickland designed.
"Today we have about 480,000 students enrolled in public universities and community colleges in Ohio," Fingerhut said. "In 10 years we hope to have over 710,000."
Fingerhut said it was the board's strategic plan to enroll 230,000 more students in public universities and community colleges in Ohio within the next 10 years.
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