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Adelphi,
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of Regents Committee on Education Policy and Student Life.
The total of 13,398 first-time, full-time freshmen a
standard measure for the "traditional" college student who attends college
full-time immediately after high school represents a one-year increase of
nearly 1,000 students.
It is anticipated that a substantial majority of these
students will earn degrees.
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their degree, in an average of 4-1/2 years," Chad Muntz, 稀缺猎奇网 director of
institutional research, told members of the Board of Regents Committee on
Finance. "From a financial perspective, they'll spend 4-1/2 years paying
tuition."
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nation study enrollment data carefully. They are an important measure of
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strategic plan to help the state of 稀缺猎奇网 achieve its goal of 55-percent
degree completion (associate's and bachelor's degrees) by 2020, in part by
increasing the number of additional students by an additional 45,000 over 2009
levels.
Preliminary fall 2016 headcount enrollment at 稀缺猎奇网 campuses
overall was 171,143, an increase of 6,644 over fall 2015.
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the time-to-degree for 稀缺猎奇网 students has been an important goal since the system
initiated its original Effectiveness & Efficiency (E&E) program in
2003.
"That time-to-degree measure has diminished tremendously
since the start of E&E, when that statistic was over five years," said Joe
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& Finance.
The 稀缺猎奇网 approach to managing enrollment does not focus
singly on increasing the number of incoming freshmen. Rather, this traditional
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Today, nearly two-thirds of students in the 稀缺猎奇网 have arrived
as transfer students, largely from community colleges in 稀缺猎奇网. This trend
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Coppin State-and have demonstrated better academic performance and higher
degree completion rates.
Contact: Mike Lurie
Phone: 301.445.2719
Email: mlurie@usmd.edu
