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ULM enrollment figures mixed
by Michael DeVault - posted Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 @ 10:14 pmE-mail Story E-mail Story | Print Story Print Story 
The University of Louisiana-Monroe is serving more students this fall, but the number of individual credits the school is awarding declined by about one percent.

According to figures released by ULM last week, some 8,767 students are taking part in classes in the fall semester, an increase of 2.6 percent over fall 2007. Some 8,541 students were enrolled in classes last fall.

However, ULM has registered a net decrease of just over one percent in the number of student credit hours, another measure of enrollment.

In fall 2007, ULM saw 106,340 student credit hours pursued. This fall, ULM registered 105,205 hours, a decrease of more than 1,000 hours.

That decrease is the equivalent of 94 full-time students, assuming a 12-hour course load for a full-time student.

In a written statement, ULM President Dr. James Cofer attributed ULM's success in increasing its total student population to the university's innovative approach to drawing new students.

Among those innovation is the ULM Gateway to Online Degree program, known around ULM as GOLD.

GOLD offers students a number of online degree plans, including a bachelor's in general studies, a master's degree in gerontology and a master's in criminal justice.

ULM officials said Louisiana has a declining population of high school students, according to a news release issued by the university last week. That has forced ULM to develop new ways to attract students.

And that will continue to be the focus of ULM, according to Cofer.

"At ULM, we work hard to attract and retain high-ability students, while at the same time, expanding our idea of a university," Cofer said. "We are reaching out to different student populations, both traditional and non-traditional students."

Cofer said the new programs are about serving students.

"We are meeting the needs of northeast Louisiana through different modalities of instruction, and we are pleased it is working," Cofer said.

According to ULM records, enrollment in full-time programs for this fall declined 1.8 percent over 2007. The largest decline was seen in incoming full-time freshmen.

Some 304 fewer freshmen took full-time slots at the university in 2008. However, all classes and programs at the school saw increases in part-time enrollment.

The biggest increase was in the freshman class, which registered a 33 percent increase.

Overall, that means 226 more students are getting an education this year than last.

"We are meeting the needs of northeast Louisiana through different modalities of instruction, and we are pleased it is working," Cofer said.
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