UC remains an enrollment growth outlier
Nationally, college enrollment has decreased at a rate of about 1.5% each year since 2011. Ohio’s higher education institutions aren’t exempt from the national trends. In the last 10 years, total enrollment has decreased 11.4%, according to the Ohio Department of Higher Education.
The university system of Ohio enrolled a total of 509,714 students in fall 2014. This fall, that number dropped to 451,477 students.
UC President Neville Pinto says making a college education more accessible to the region and beyond is an important part of the university’s mission.
“Where are we going to be as a country if we don’t continue the growth of our talent pool,” Pinto told the Cincinnati Business Courier. “Is it sufficient to just have 39% of our population going to college? Or do we have to aspire for a higher number?
“We’ve got to start to reach out to populations that otherwise would not go to college … and build the structures and the programs that create pathways for them to come here. We cannot have this elitist model … to have a strong democracy, everyone has to have equal opportunity.”
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Featured top image of UC President Neville Pinto speaking during the grand re-opening of Siddall Hall. Photo by Andrew Higley/UC Marketing + Brand.
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