Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Full-Court Press - Kavita Kumar, ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

In what most college admissions officials agree is shaping up to be the most uncertain, nail-biting enrollment year that they can remember, many universities like SLU are pulling out all the stops to make sure the economic recession doesn't deter high school seniors from attending their school. The looming questions that are turning college administrators' hair gray these days are: Will more students bypass the more expensive, private universities and opt for cheaper, public universities instead? Will more students start out at community colleges?