UL Lafayette Sees Positive Enrollment Changes

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The 小蝌蚪APP小蝌蚪APP檚 higher admissions requirements are attracting better prepared high school students and enrollment numbers for Fall 2008 indicate that more students are on track for college success.

小蝌蚪APP While overall enrollment remains stable, the makeup of the student body is changing in significantly positive ways,小蝌蚪APP said UL Lafayette President Dr. Joseph Savoie. 小蝌蚪APP淧reliminary enrollment for the Fall 2008 semester is 16,320 小蝌蚪APP a difference of only 25 students from 16,345 in 2007.

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In addition to improving undergraduate student success rates, significant growth is occurring in UL Lafayette小蝌蚪APP檚 Graduate School. The 2008 enrollment figures show a 9 percent increase in graduate students. That amounts to 119 more students in master小蝌蚪APP檚 and doctoral programs, as compared to 2007 figures.

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