[Vision2020] Wal-Mart to Hire up to 150,000

[Ron Force]

The numbers in the enrollment report are comparing this Spring to last
Spring's enrollment.

Recently, the UI has had very large graduating classes-- last June and this
December set records-- so we have to recruit like crazy to make up for the
losses.

The University is concerned about losing students, and regularly polls
dropouts for the reason why they left.  The last one I saw did have
"Insufficient work opportunities" on the list, but it trailed other reasons
by a considerable amount.  More important were:

Personal problems (stress, homesick, relationship issues)
UI didn't have the major I wanted
Poor advising
Was bored
Unhappy with on-campus living arrangements
Unsupportive faculty
Increase in tuition (out of  state students)

One of the things I've observed over the years that cuts into available jobs
is the large number of graduates who hang on after graduation, taking
whatever jobs they can find, just to stay in Moscow. It's a testimonial to
the desirability of living in Moscow, but the despair of professors who'd
like to see their students out in the world, spreading the UI's reputation.

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Ron Force          Moscow ID USA
rforce at moscow.com

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-----Original Message-----
From: Donovan Arnold [mailto:donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 7:56 AM
To: Ron Force; vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Wal-Mart to Hire up to 150,000


Ron,

Almost all schools lose enrollment between Fall and Spring. What is so
unusual and telling about the UI enrollment drop is that we get plenty of
new students every year but still lose enrollment. It is the current
students that are not returning. What that means is that we are attracting
people to UI, but once they get here and try it out, they do not return.
Usually when a student population drops it is because of lack of new
enrollment. UI is excellent at attracting people, it is getting them to stay
where we are having a problem.

You also have to realize that UI is also a graduate school, and enrollment
in graduate school usually goes up because of foreign student enrollment.

You also fail to take into consideration that Latah County, is also losing
population, not just the UI.

Take Care,

Donovan J Arnold

Ron Force <rforce at moscow.com> wrote:
All the state's HE schools, except BSU and CSI, have lost enrollment as
compared to last spring. NIC blames it on the improving job market as
students leave school for full-time employment. Vocational enrollment showed
the greatest losses, which would tend to corroborate that outlook.

All the schools (except BSU) showed losses in academic full-time student
enrollment.

http://www.boardofed.idaho.gov/statistics/students/index.asp

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Ron Force Moscow ID USA
rforce at moscow.com
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It is absurd to suggest that job availability has anything to do with UI’s
decreased enrollment. I won’t speculate why UI’s enrollment is down
other than to say that well-publicized internal problems at UI as well as
the increased quality and popularity of other universities in the state has
more to do with it than a lack of part-time jobs in Moscow. There are likely
other relevant factors of which I am unaware. (I still think that UI is the
best state university in Idaho, by the way!)




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