By: J K

J K — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 17:24:33 +0000

OK, so there was a glitch in StarRez. But clearly, there are more students on campus than rooms available for them. Can you get more information regarding reports of “over enrollment” for the incoming class? I understand that the college admits a certain number anticipating that some percentage will decline the offer and enroll elsewhere, and that this class may have exceeded the expected numbers, but I have also heard that students were admitted from the waiting list. If students were admitted from the waiting list, how would there be an over-enrollment for the first-year class? Can you clarify what the facts are? Is there higher than anticipated on-campus enrollment for other reasons, such as fewer students than anticipated going abroad, other students back from being on leave? What number of actual dorm rooms are simply unavailable because they need to be refurbished? Presumably the StarRez problem was a one-time glitch, but how does the college plan to address for next year the basic problem of too few dorm rooms for the number of students? Will the college simply cut back the number admitted in future years until additional rooms are available to accommodate everyone? Offer incentives for students to study elsewhere/abroad in programs that don’t require an exchange of students on the W campus?

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By: J K