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November 20, 2006

Rise in female and minority enrollment at Case

The Observer, November 17, 2006

According to "Minorities in Higher Education: The 22nd Annual Status Report," the enrollment of females and Hispanics in higher education institutions has increased by 51 percent, within the last decade. Case's efforts to bring in underrepresented students can be seen, as the report implies, in the increase of first-year female students. While comprising only 44 percent of last year's freshmen class, this year females make up 47 percent of first-year students. In addition, Case's campus also witnessed an increase of black first-year students. From last year, the number of black students increased by 30 percent. Read article.

Posted by: Heidi Cool, November 20, 2006 03:12 PM | News Topics: Students, The Observer