The news of overall 4.7% growth systemwide comes after a five-year downward trend in student enrollment.
Student enrollment is up at University of Alaska campuses overall, chancellors told the board of regents at their meeting Thursday.in student enrollment. College enrollment has declined nationally over the last decade, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“These growths are from a valley,” she said. “What’s reflected here is the confidence of the public in the ability of the university that we didn’t have over the past several years.” of college bound Alaska high school students attended college in the state in the last two years, according to a study by the Alaska Commission of Postsecondary Education.
But UA chancellors boasted of full student residences and bustling campuses in the first days of the new school year. They urged the regents to invest in continued growth by modernizing campuses and empowering educators.
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