Can UConn absorb 40,000 more students?

[MilliniumPrince]

There are many majors at UConn that have 0 to 10 total enrollment. Someone should examine the need for some majors and maybe they should be offered at other state universities instead. That said, you can still have professors teaching classes on a subject for electives, but you may not need to offer a major in a subject.

Keeping empty Majors on the books can be an accreditation issue.

 

[temery]

How does adding 8000 more students attract more high performing students? High performing students are the first accepted.

 

[CL82]

How does adding 8000 more students attract more high performing students? High performing students are the first accepted.

Because we are leaving some high performing students on the table?

 

[temery]

Because we are leaving some high performing students on the table?

They accepted me.

The only way I can think of adding 8k students would attract more high performing students is if they offer a free ride to the top students, and the new students all pay a premium.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Yeah, but your argument is that Connecticut kids go to school away and then we lose that talent, but out of state kids come to Connecticut and don't stay? It seems inconsistent.

For what it's worth Connecticut students receive aid that out of state students do not. So there is an economic incentive to taking out of state students. (Of course, those out-of-state students may be entitled to merit scholarships or economic need grants.)

I don't see the inconsistency about reciprocal out of state students staying at university location.
In terms of policy it is entirely possible out of state kids come to UConn, get their degree and decide the state doesn't offer what they want to live their life.
Connecticut is below the median US population growth rates for over a decade now. It's not like out of state college kids not staying in CT, or in-stste CT kids leaving and not coming back, is inconsistent with overall trends.

 

[CL82]

I don't see the inconsistency about reciprocal out of state students staying at university location.
In terms of policy it is entirely possible out of state kids come to UConn, get their degree and decide the state doesn't offer what they want to live their life.
Connecticut is below the median US population growth rates for over a decade now. It's not like out of state college kids not staying in CT, or in-stste CT kids leaving and not coming back, is inconsistent with overall trends.

It is entirely possible. It's also entirely possible that Connecticut kids who leave the state to go to school elsewhere will return and live in state.

 

[UConnJim]

How does adding 8000 more students attract more high performing students? High performing students are the first accepted.

The bigger issue for UConn over the years is that they did not have an Early Decision or Early Action admissions option. Now they have an Early Decision process so I would expect the acceptance rate to go down (maybe by a lot?) as ED kids are required to go if they are admitted. Also, UConn has been late to the party in letting highly qualified students know if they would be admitted. If you have 3 Early Action acceptances in hand, 2 to 3 months before you hear from UConn, you probably made a decision to attend one of them. I know some kids that already decided where they were going to go before they were even told if they got into UConn.

 

[temery]

The bigger issue for UConn over the years is that they did not have an Early Decision or Early Action admissions option. Now they have an Early Decision process so I would expect the acceptance rate to go down (maybe by a lot?) as ED kids are required to go if they are admitted. Also, UConn has been late to the party in letting highly qualified students know if they would be admitted. If you have 3 Early Action acceptances in hand, 2 to 3 months before you hear from UConn, you probably made a decision to attend one of them. I know some kids that already decided where they were going to go before they were even told if they got into UConn.

things may have changed, but when I was teaching, I was told that you could only apply for one early action school. I'm not sure how that was ever enforced.

 

[BigTenFan]

The bigger issue for UConn over the years is that they did not have an Early Decision or Early Action admissions option. Now they have an Early Decision process so I would expect the acceptance rate to go down (maybe by a lot?) as ED kids are required to go if they are admitted. Also, UConn has been late to the party in letting highly qualified students know if they would be admitted. If you have 3 Early Action acceptances in hand, 2 to 3 months before you hear from UConn, you probably made a decision to attend one of them. I know some kids that already decided where they were going to go before they were even told if they got into UConn.

Couldn't agree more. Both my kids accepted early action from out of state Universities by Feb 1. By the time they got the Uconn acceptances- the deposit checks were cashed by their school.

Not sure why Uconn wouldn't offer that....

 

[UConnJim]

things may have changed, but when I was teaching, I was told that you could only apply for one early action school. I'm not sure how that was ever enforced.

You can do 1 Early Decision and as many as you want Early Action. But there is also Early Decision 2, so if you don't get into ED1, you can't apply to 1 other school for Early Decision.