NDNU enrollment continues to grow
Nick Lane
Issue date: 2/1/10 Section: News
As of Jan. 22, NDNU's enrollment has gone up for yet another term, providing a silver lining to a dark spot in our current economic state.
Vice President of Admissions Hernan Bucheli says this spring term boasts the highest enrollment figures for the past five years. This upward trend in enrollment figures has been constant since last spring. Enrollment in every category is up from last year s figures except for those students interested in graduate certification, a minimal group. Total enrollment of students at NDNU has gone up by over 130 students, an estimated nine percent, from this time last year. However, some students expressed difficulty in returning for this term, a fact Bucheli admits to.
"Finances continue to play a significant role in students ability to persist [at NDNU]," says Bucheli. Working one-on- one with students is a continu- ing trend.
Bucheli also has several plans in the works for this
semester and beyond. The Financial Aid Office will be relocated to St. Mary's Hall across from the Business Office sometime this spring in an attempt to service students better and allow for easier in- ter-departmental communication and collaboration. It s also a move geared at the retention of students by way of better customer service, according to Bucheli. All of these changed have been made in response to the Student Satisfaction Survey taken last spring.
"Voices have been heard, and [we are giving] significant attention to benefit the student body," said Bucheli.
Bucheli is also helping in part to develop collaborations with other institutions in the Bay Area. In essence, with many other school systems in California going up between 20 and 30 percent in tuition, that leaves room for institu- tions like NDNU to move in on part of that market. By offering comparable prices and what is believed to be better customer service and individual attention because of our size, Bucheli is hoping to take advantage of the opportunity to increase revenue and enrollment population.
Part of this strategy is to create partnerships with local community colleges and universities and offer convenient opportunities for students to transfer between schools. NDNU also agreed to host a class for San Francisco State University due to their lack of ability to hold that class, and NDNU is sharing in those profits. Further programs are in communications with the deans as of now, according to Bucheli.
Finally, NDNU is now a Hispanic Serving Institution, meaning that the university has an enrollment of Latino or Hispanic students over 25 percent, which allows for up to $500,000 in federal funds in order to serve those students, and NDNU as an extension of them. The school plans on applying for these funds later this spring.
As of now, the trend continues to climb and NDNU's future is stable in a troubled economy.
Vice President of Admissions Hernan Bucheli says this spring term boasts the highest enrollment figures for the past five years. This upward trend in enrollment figures has been constant since last spring. Enrollment in every category is up from last year s figures except for those students interested in graduate certification, a minimal group. Total enrollment of students at NDNU has gone up by over 130 students, an estimated nine percent, from this time last year. However, some students expressed difficulty in returning for this term, a fact Bucheli admits to.
"Finances continue to play a significant role in students ability to persist [at NDNU]," says Bucheli. Working one-on- one with students is a continu- ing trend.
Bucheli also has several plans in the works for this
semester and beyond. The Financial Aid Office will be relocated to St. Mary's Hall across from the Business Office sometime this spring in an attempt to service students better and allow for easier in- ter-departmental communication and collaboration. It s also a move geared at the retention of students by way of better customer service, according to Bucheli. All of these changed have been made in response to the Student Satisfaction Survey taken last spring.
"Voices have been heard, and [we are giving] significant attention to benefit the student body," said Bucheli.
Bucheli is also helping in part to develop collaborations with other institutions in the Bay Area. In essence, with many other school systems in California going up between 20 and 30 percent in tuition, that leaves room for institu- tions like NDNU to move in on part of that market. By offering comparable prices and what is believed to be better customer service and individual attention because of our size, Bucheli is hoping to take advantage of the opportunity to increase revenue and enrollment population.
Part of this strategy is to create partnerships with local community colleges and universities and offer convenient opportunities for students to transfer between schools. NDNU also agreed to host a class for San Francisco State University due to their lack of ability to hold that class, and NDNU is sharing in those profits. Further programs are in communications with the deans as of now, according to Bucheli.
Finally, NDNU is now a Hispanic Serving Institution, meaning that the university has an enrollment of Latino or Hispanic students over 25 percent, which allows for up to $500,000 in federal funds in order to serve those students, and NDNU as an extension of them. The school plans on applying for these funds later this spring.
As of now, the trend continues to climb and NDNU's future is stable in a troubled economy.
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