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Saw this in the Aberdeen American news. Moronic on so many levels and coming from the AD!
Enrollment cap debated
Forum member says move might bring more students to NSU
By Russ Keen, American News Writer
Published on Tuesday, October 23, 2007
If the state capped the number of students allowed to attend South Dakota State University in Brookings, maybe enrollment at Northern State University in Aberdeen and other public universities in the state would benefit.
That idea came Tuesday night from Bob Olson, Northern State's athletic director, at a public forum in Aberdeen on higher education in South Dakota.
A few states have capped enrollment at land-grant universities, said Tad Perry, executive director of the South Dakota Board of Regents.
“But I don't know of too many,” he said.
“The regents have talked about it” added Regents' President Harvey Jewett of Aberdeen. “But I don't think there's any sense it would work or benefit other schools.”
Land-grant universities were authorized by federal laws passed in the 1860s; the acts funded the universities by granting federally controlled land to states. SDSU is South Dakota's only land-grant university.
There's no guarantee that students denied admission to SDSU would go to another public university in South Dakota; they might just get mad and go elsewhere, Jewett said.
There are, however, indirect ways to cap enrollment, he said.
“Some schools raise their standards to cap enrollment,” Jewett said.
And the University of South Dakota in Vermillion is in the the process of doing just that, he said.
SDSU has more students than any other of the state's public universities. SDSU had a headcount of 11,706 students this fall and a full-time equivalent count of 9,722. The numbers are up 2.9 percent and 2.7 percent respectively.
NSU has a headcount of 2,555 and an equivalent of 1,802 full-time students this fall, for increases of 10.2 percent and 2.6 percent respectively.
Enrollment cap debated
Forum member says move might bring more students to NSU
By Russ Keen, American News Writer
Published on Tuesday, October 23, 2007
If the state capped the number of students allowed to attend South Dakota State University in Brookings, maybe enrollment at Northern State University in Aberdeen and other public universities in the state would benefit.
That idea came Tuesday night from Bob Olson, Northern State's athletic director, at a public forum in Aberdeen on higher education in South Dakota.
A few states have capped enrollment at land-grant universities, said Tad Perry, executive director of the South Dakota Board of Regents.
“But I don't know of too many,” he said.
“The regents have talked about it” added Regents' President Harvey Jewett of Aberdeen. “But I don't think there's any sense it would work or benefit other schools.”
Land-grant universities were authorized by federal laws passed in the 1860s; the acts funded the universities by granting federally controlled land to states. SDSU is South Dakota's only land-grant university.
There's no guarantee that students denied admission to SDSU would go to another public university in South Dakota; they might just get mad and go elsewhere, Jewett said.
There are, however, indirect ways to cap enrollment, he said.
“Some schools raise their standards to cap enrollment,” Jewett said.
And the University of South Dakota in Vermillion is in the the process of doing just that, he said.
SDSU has more students than any other of the state's public universities. SDSU had a headcount of 11,706 students this fall and a full-time equivalent count of 9,722. The numbers are up 2.9 percent and 2.7 percent respectively.
NSU has a headcount of 2,555 and an equivalent of 1,802 full-time students this fall, for increases of 10.2 percent and 2.6 percent respectively.
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