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http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=221374&pub=1&div=News

MSU president reveals ideas

STARKVILLE - Mississippi State University President Robert "Doc" Foglesong revealed Thursday a slate of ideas to increase enrollment and improve retention rates for students.

Along with increased recruiting of native Mississippi students, he said MSU will intensify efforts for veterans and international students, which may include new facilities for them on campus....

..."We're going to make this a user-friendly place for veterans across America," said Foglesong, ...

...A few years ago MSU officials set an enrollment goal of 20,000 students, but Foglesong said the exact number should be re-evaluated. MSU has seen a slight enrollment decline while the most recent years had an increase of about 100 students.

"We're at the point when I'm hoping we've bottomed out and get our growth rate to something sustainable and logical," Foglesong said.

While he mentioned the foreign students and veterans, Foglesong said the university will strive to convince more homegrown students to attend MSU. He recently announced the MSU Promise, a program that allows high school students with a 3.0 grade point average from lower-income families to attend MSU without paying tuition and fees. University officials say the program will ensure these bright students can attend the university without borrowing thousands of dollars.

"We just want to appeal to students across this state," Foglesong said. ...


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... He recently announced the MSU Promise, a program that allows high school students with a 3.0 grade point average from lower-income families to attend MSU without paying tuition and fees. University officials say the program will ensure these bright students can attend the university without borrowing thousands of dollars. "We just want to appeal to students across this state," Foglesong said. ...
Aren't these students USM's major "customer base"?  Can USM match this free tuition & fees offer?  Seems like this should be a "system wide" policy of the IHL.

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http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=219225&pub=1&div=News

NE MS DJ, 5/12/06

Foglesong rolls out MSU 'Promise' award

To qualify for a Promise award

- 3.0 GPA in high school
- Maintain 2.5 GPA at MSU
- Family income less than $30,000
- Must be an incoming freshman...

...Mississippi State Promise Awards are being established for incoming freshmen who meet required academic qualifications and whose family incomes fall below $30,000. The program also provides on-campus work opportunities to help offset other non-tuition costs.

The program will cover the cost of tuition and required fees....

...Full-time students may receive the Promise award for a maximum of five years.

To fund the awards, MSU will draw on institutional grant funding with federal and state grants and private gifts, said Bill Kibler, vice president for student affairs.

"We'll also make use of other institutional scholarships and waivers to ensure that the entire cost of tuition and required fees is covered with student gift aid," he said....

...Kibler said early estimates show about 25 students will receive the income and academic sensitive grants for the 2006-2007 academic year, although more students likely will receive the financial aid.

The grants are expected to average about $700 per semester, Kibler said.

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Rather than just say he wants more students, the new MSU president identifies categories where they might attract more students such as veterans, international students, and low income students. At USM there was lots of talk about 20,000 students but no mention of where they would come from or how it would be done. As we now know, enrollment never changed much at USM from year to year and Hattiesburg enrollment actually declined prior to Katrina.

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The slight of hand that resulted in inflated enrollment numbers in the fall of 2003 were an attempt to make us the big guy on the block.

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Incredulous wrote:

Rather than just say he wants more students, the new MSU president identifies categories where they might attract more students such as veterans, international students, and low income students. At USM there was lots of talk about 20,000 students but no mention of where they would come from or how it would be done.

It makes a world of difference when the institution has a president experienced in developing and carrying out strategic initiatives.


 


 


 



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