MU is currently the only Big 12 school seeing an increase in applications for fall 2009, according to a report sent to university administrators Monday.
The number of freshman applicants has increased almost 49 percent over this time last year, and the number of freshmen admitted has increased by nearly as much.
But MU spokesman Christian Basi [...]
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MU sees increase in applications
Posted in Admissions, tagged Big 12, Columbia Missourian, Emily Younker, enrollment, MU, University of Missouri-Columbia on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Enrollment Throughout the Years
Posted in 32974, Admissions, Miscellaneous, tagged Affirmative Action for Boys, Columbia College, Stacey Talarovich, The New York Times, Time Magazine, To All the Girls I've Rejected, U.S. Census Bureau, University of Missouri on April 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Earlier this month an essay was published in Time Magazine entitled “Affirmative Action for Boys.” The piece raises awareness around the issue that the number of women on college campuses in the U.S. is starting to surpass men; noticeably at some universities. As mentioned in the essay Gibbs spoke with Jason Zelesky, associate dean of [...]
The Under-the-radar Initiative
Posted in Admissions, Financial aid, tagged 2008 Election, affirmative action, Economic Crisis, Iraq War, Matt Blunt, Missouri, Missouri Flooding, Missouri Ice Storm, Super Tuesday for Equal Rights, Ward Connerly on April 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thus far, the first three months of 2008 have already provided the potential for one of the more memorable and influential elections years Missouri and the United States has seen in recent memory. Consider the following:
Serious consideration for either the first female or black presidential candidate
Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt’s decision not to seek re-election
The completion [...]
Branding yourself to get into college
Posted in Admissions on November 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
College applicant branding.
A recent New York Times article describes it as molding a child’s talents, extra-circulars, and SAT scores into a product as marketable as a cereal box design, all to set him or her apart from other college applicants. I can’t speak for the rest of my peers, but I can say that I [...]
UM System joins Access to Success
Posted in Admissions on November 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The UM system and 18 other university systems have joined the National Association of System Heads and the Education Trust in an effort to increase the accessibility of higher education.
With financial assistance from the Lumina Foundation, the Access to Success initiative aims to improve the availability of public universities to low-income, underrepresented and first-generation students. [...]
Challenging Missouri’s race-based programs
Posted in Admissions on October 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Chronicle of Higher Education: The prominent affirmative-action critic Ward Connerly appears well on his way to getting up to five states, including Missouri, to vote in November 2008 on ballot measures banning the use of racial, ethnic, and gender preferences by public colleges and other state and local agencies.
