Admissions sample shows highs.HERE'S AN EARLY LOOK AT WHAT SOME NATIONAL institutions are reporting regarding this year's undergraduate applications, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Morrison & Tyson Communications. * Amherst College Amherst College, at Amherst, Mass.; founded 1821 as a college for men, coeducational since 1975. A liberal arts institution, Amherst maintains a cooperative program with Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, Hampshire College, and the Univ. of Massachusetts. (Mass.) reports a record 6,645 admissions for the Class of 2011. Dean of Admission Tom Parker says admissions from African-Americans, Latinos, and mixed-race students also have reached new highs. * Ball State University (Ind.) applications are up more than 23 percent over last year. "We raised our admissions standards for the Honors College and have still seen an increase of 22 percent in admissions there," says Tom Taylor This article is about the dramatist and editor. For other uses, see Tom Taylor (disambiguation) Tom Taylor (October 19, 1817 – July 12, 1880) was a dramatist and editor of Punch magazine. He was born at Bishopwearmouth, near Sunderland, in north-east England. , vice president for enrollment, marketing, and communications. * Binghamton University (N.Y.) reports an increase of 23 percent to 21,726 from this time last year; that increase is across the board. Binghamton is seeing a 48 percent increase in out- of-state applicants, and a 22 percent increase in in-state applicants. Both the number of applications received and the number of students accepted at the institution have risen in the last several years. * Colorado College reports an all-time record for first-year applicants to the college. To date, the college has received more than 4,700 applications, which is a 38 percent increase in five years. The increase is attributed to a campus-wide effort to increase the college's visibility. * Hampshire College Hampshire College, at Amherst, Mass.; coeducational; opened 1970. The emphasis of the academic program is on the individual needs of the students. Hampshire participates in a cooperative arrangement with Amherst, Smith, and Mount Holyoke colleges and the Univ. (Mass.) saw a sizable increase in early action applications this year, from 371 to 450 (21 percent). In the past five years, Hampshire has seen a 30 percent increase in applications. Applications from students of color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color have increased during that same period by 74 percent. * Hobart and William Smith Colleges Hobart and William Smith Colleges, located in Geneva, New York, are together a liberal arts college. The Colleges adhere to a "coordinate system", which retains some elements of the original single-sex institutions, though the student experience is largely co-ed. (N.Y.) says applications for Early Decision are up about 20 percent from a year ago. The colleges also note an increase in the number of applications from minority students. Admissions Director John Young attributes part of the increase to the adoption of the "testing optional" policy. * Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (abbreviated RHIT), formerly Rose Polytechnic Institute, is a small, private, non-sectarian college specializing in teaching engineering, mathematics, and science. RHIT is highly regarded for its undergraduate engineering program. (Ind.) Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Jim Goecker reports an increase in applications over last year, "even as the interest in engineering continues to be static nationwide." |
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