First-year enrolment rose twenty-two percent this term, a record for the institution, with administrators crediting an expanded scholarship fund and the opening of the long-awaited southern campus.
“The barrier was never ability. It was the bus fare and the rent.”
— University registrar
Scholarships widen the intake
The scholarship fund covered full tuition for four hundred and eighty students this year, up from one hundred and ten. Nursing, agriculture and information technology recorded the sharpest increases in applications.
Faculty representatives raised concerns about lecture hall capacity and the student-to-tutor ratio, which has risen for a third consecutive year.
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