Haley Murray
Daily Egyptian
Although enrollment in the College of Education and Human Services and
the College of Liberal Arts were equal last fall, the College of
Liberal Arts has the highest percentage of on-campus undergraduate
enrollment this summer.
Both colleges had an enrollment of 18.5 percent of total on-campus undergraduate students last fall.
This summer, however, students in the College of Liberal Arts make up
24.2 percent of the total on-campus undergraduate enrollment, while the
College of Education and Human Services decreased to 18.1 percent
enrollment of the 4,207 on-campus undergraduate students, according to
Director of Admissions Anne M. Deluca.
"It probably has most to do with the types of classes offered in the summer," Deluca said.
Anita Hutton, the coordinator of recruitment and retention in the
liberal arts college, said the college houses the majority of core
curriculum classes that all students must take before they graduate.
To graduate, each student must take three credit hours of fine arts,
six credit hours of social sciences and six credit hours of humanities,
according to the Core Curriculum Web site. These classes are offered by
the College of Liberal Arts.
"Even students in a different major are taking advantage of the classes to get their core classes done," Deluca said.
Hutton added that the increased percentage of enrollment for the
college might also be attributed to the introduction of two new foreign
language classes, Arabic and Polish.
"Those classes went pretty quick," she said.
The college also offered a wide array of classes, both within the
eight-week interim and several shorter sessions that last only four
weeks, Chief Academic Adviser Wanda Oakey said.
"Nearly every department offered courses this summer," she said. "Some began right after the spring semester ended."
Most students are interested in degree completion and taking summer classes is a quick way to do that, Oakey said.
That is precisely why Cindy Haynes, a senior studying administration of justice, is enrolled.
"I needed to take some classes," Haynes said. "I graduate next fall and I want to get it over with."
Reporter Haley Murray can be reached at
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