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WHITTIER COLLEGE September 14, 1995 l^ker Campus The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914 ▲ Women's Soccer Cindy Bock, a freshman, goes up against a player at Saturday's Whittier Invitational soccer tournament where they placed second, pg 14 C A M .P Uil S & ► Mr. President A past football player, a die-hard Republican and Whittier's student govern- ment president, senior Brian Brown is the president and more. pg 7 C O L L E G L E G E. ► Carnegie Hall Six Whittier College students took the trip of a lifetime when they traveled to New York, NY last June to sing at Carnegie Hall. pg 10 ► Computer L.A. Professors at the University of Southern California are creating a data base on Los Angeles. The $5 million, five- year project will include Census data from lhe graphs and numerous other bits of data. The project is the first to gather the history, culture, economy and geology of a single city in electronic format, said its developers. , ,.:';. • .„.:-.. •;.-,:■ in :,j Higher Education Freshman Class Smaller, More Diverse ADMISSIONS ► This year's freshman class decreased by 38 over last year's as campus approaches full capacity. Meanwhile, the applicant pool has increased significantly. by VUK MILOJKOVIC QC Senior Staff Writer After gradually increasing over the last five years, Whittier's freshman enrollment decreased slightly this year, according to the Office of Admissions. This Fall the incoming class consists of 336 freshmen and 94 transfer students compared to last year's total of 374 freshman and 94 transfers. "This year's number is a little smaller than last year's by design since we have reached peak" enrollment. As a result of that we denied more students offers of admission than was the case in the past," said Tom Enders, Dean of Enrollment, who cautioned that the final numbers will not be available until after the drop-add period. While the number of students enrolling as freshmen has decreased, the number of applicants has almost doubled since 1990 (please see graph) and increased from 1712 to 1894 since last year. Among the significant changes in the composition of the fresh man class is the increase in the number of males, 41% to 48%, and African-Americans, 4% to 7%. "We have a very balanced class in terms of males and females which is important for a small community such as Whittier. We had a desire to enroll more African-American students and thatincreaseis very significant...," Enders said. Enders was satisfied with the overall diversity of the class with 42% of freshman belonging to minority groups. "The incoming class is also a lot less local and we have more students from outside California than before," he commented. Regarding the school' s recruiting strategy, Enders said a lot of preliminary research is done before sending Admissions staff on road shows and other recruiting trips. "We do a lot of sophisticated research before selecting cities and areas to target. After that, we start a mailing campaign which usually lasts two to three years and is a lot less expensive than sending people to those cities. "Then, we analyze the response from our mailing campaign and decide where to send people on road shows," Enders said. President James Ash said in a written statement to the QC that he was very pleased with the increase of enrollment over the last U.S. News Ranks College Low, Reports Poor Retention COLLEGE IN THE NEWS ► Whittier ranks in the third tier of the U.S. News rating, which gave added emphasis to retention rates this year. by MEGAN A. TAYLOR QC Managing Editor For the second year in a row, Whittier College ranked in the third tier of National Liberal Arts Colleges in "America's Best Colleges 1996 Annual Guide," as rated by U.S. News and World Report in an issue released Monday. This places Whittier between 80 and 120 out of 161 schools in the category. After years of ranking in the top ten of the Regional Liberal Arts Colleges list, Whittier moved to the more selective "National" category last year. This followed a revision by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching of the college classifications which U.S. Freshmen Admission Statistics 2000 Enrollees Admits Applications 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Acceptance Rate 1990 1995 five years and attributed this increase to the College's ability to successfully refocus the unique qualities of Whittier College in its marketing efforts. "I believe that the College's admissions process will continue to be more and more selective in the coming years. Given a stable size of future freshman classes, a growing applicant pool of increasingly stronger candidates will translate into greater selectivity...," Ash wrote. . According to Enders, the Admissions committee is not aware of financial needs of students when making its decisions, a process he called "need-blind admissions." Desi Danganan/QC Graphics Editor "We have a commitment to provide an opportunity to those students who can not afford an education at Whittier on their own," Enders said. He added that the number of students who do not require financial aid has historically been under-represented at Whittier compared to similar institutions. Please see CLASS pg. 6 ► QC Editorial Whittier is on the right path towards diversity. pg2 Dean Allen Marries Trustee News uses to rank the 1,419 accredited four-year institutions in the country. President James Ash was quoted in the Sept. 8 Whittier Daily News as saying, '"We are pleased to be in this category. We are >- pleased to be in the most difficult ranking.'" The top rated National Liberal Arts College was Amherst College in Massachusetts. Local colleges ranked in the top 40 included Pomona (8), Claremont McK- ehna (16), Scripps (37) and Occidental (39). The rankings within each category are based on six weighted factors: academic reputation, fac- Please see RANKING, pg. 6 j 1#MM...f.#:.?.#] : ► Question U.S. News has placed Whittier in the third tier. Where would you rank Whittier? Call us. QC Comment Line ext. 4856 ::'hV.y,: :^:Jj;iC>v . -i ir'-: ,V June 18, 1995 in Newport Beach. . through 1996. Currently, he is the Manager of Public Affairs for the i id Water District and the West ■' : ■■-.:.■.■ ■ ■ . : '." ':. ' ' : ■■:■■■.■■■.■... ■■■ hoatby:, ...... ^ked m the western shore of Ireland ISSUE 2 • VOLUME 82
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Title | The QC, Vol. 82, No. 02 • September 14, 1995 |
Publisher | Associated Students of Whittier College |
Description | The Quaker Campus (QC) is the student newspaper of Whittier College. The newspaper has been in continuous publication since September 1914. |
Subject | Student newspapers and publications -- Whittier College (Whittier, Calif.) |
Date | September 14, 1995 |
Language | eng |
Format-Medium | Newspaper |
Format-Extent | 16 pages ; 17 x 11.25 inches |
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Repository | Wardman Library, Whittier College |
Rights-Access Rights | Property and literary rights reside with Wardman Library, Whittier College. For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact Special Collections. |
Date-Created | 2013-10-15 |
Image publisher | Whittier, Calif. : Wardman Library (Whittier College), 2013. |
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Title | 1995_09_14_p001 |
OCR | WHITTIER COLLEGE September 14, 1995 l^ker Campus The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914 ▲ Women's Soccer Cindy Bock, a freshman, goes up against a player at Saturday's Whittier Invitational soccer tournament where they placed second, pg 14 C A M .P Uil S & ► Mr. President A past football player, a die-hard Republican and Whittier's student govern- ment president, senior Brian Brown is the president and more. pg 7 C O L L E G L E G E. ► Carnegie Hall Six Whittier College students took the trip of a lifetime when they traveled to New York, NY last June to sing at Carnegie Hall. pg 10 ► Computer L.A. Professors at the University of Southern California are creating a data base on Los Angeles. The $5 million, five- year project will include Census data from lhe graphs and numerous other bits of data. The project is the first to gather the history, culture, economy and geology of a single city in electronic format, said its developers. , ,.:';. • .„.:-.. •;.-,:■ in :,j Higher Education Freshman Class Smaller, More Diverse ADMISSIONS ► This year's freshman class decreased by 38 over last year's as campus approaches full capacity. Meanwhile, the applicant pool has increased significantly. by VUK MILOJKOVIC QC Senior Staff Writer After gradually increasing over the last five years, Whittier's freshman enrollment decreased slightly this year, according to the Office of Admissions. This Fall the incoming class consists of 336 freshmen and 94 transfer students compared to last year's total of 374 freshman and 94 transfers. "This year's number is a little smaller than last year's by design since we have reached peak" enrollment. As a result of that we denied more students offers of admission than was the case in the past," said Tom Enders, Dean of Enrollment, who cautioned that the final numbers will not be available until after the drop-add period. While the number of students enrolling as freshmen has decreased, the number of applicants has almost doubled since 1990 (please see graph) and increased from 1712 to 1894 since last year. Among the significant changes in the composition of the fresh man class is the increase in the number of males, 41% to 48%, and African-Americans, 4% to 7%. "We have a very balanced class in terms of males and females which is important for a small community such as Whittier. We had a desire to enroll more African-American students and thatincreaseis very significant...," Enders said. Enders was satisfied with the overall diversity of the class with 42% of freshman belonging to minority groups. "The incoming class is also a lot less local and we have more students from outside California than before," he commented. Regarding the school' s recruiting strategy, Enders said a lot of preliminary research is done before sending Admissions staff on road shows and other recruiting trips. "We do a lot of sophisticated research before selecting cities and areas to target. After that, we start a mailing campaign which usually lasts two to three years and is a lot less expensive than sending people to those cities. "Then, we analyze the response from our mailing campaign and decide where to send people on road shows," Enders said. President James Ash said in a written statement to the QC that he was very pleased with the increase of enrollment over the last U.S. News Ranks College Low, Reports Poor Retention COLLEGE IN THE NEWS ► Whittier ranks in the third tier of the U.S. News rating, which gave added emphasis to retention rates this year. by MEGAN A. TAYLOR QC Managing Editor For the second year in a row, Whittier College ranked in the third tier of National Liberal Arts Colleges in "America's Best Colleges 1996 Annual Guide," as rated by U.S. News and World Report in an issue released Monday. This places Whittier between 80 and 120 out of 161 schools in the category. After years of ranking in the top ten of the Regional Liberal Arts Colleges list, Whittier moved to the more selective "National" category last year. This followed a revision by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching of the college classifications which U.S. Freshmen Admission Statistics 2000 Enrollees Admits Applications 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Acceptance Rate 1990 1995 five years and attributed this increase to the College's ability to successfully refocus the unique qualities of Whittier College in its marketing efforts. "I believe that the College's admissions process will continue to be more and more selective in the coming years. Given a stable size of future freshman classes, a growing applicant pool of increasingly stronger candidates will translate into greater selectivity...," Ash wrote. . According to Enders, the Admissions committee is not aware of financial needs of students when making its decisions, a process he called "need-blind admissions." Desi Danganan/QC Graphics Editor "We have a commitment to provide an opportunity to those students who can not afford an education at Whittier on their own," Enders said. He added that the number of students who do not require financial aid has historically been under-represented at Whittier compared to similar institutions. Please see CLASS pg. 6 ► QC Editorial Whittier is on the right path towards diversity. pg2 Dean Allen Marries Trustee News uses to rank the 1,419 accredited four-year institutions in the country. President James Ash was quoted in the Sept. 8 Whittier Daily News as saying, '"We are pleased to be in this category. We are >- pleased to be in the most difficult ranking.'" The top rated National Liberal Arts College was Amherst College in Massachusetts. Local colleges ranked in the top 40 included Pomona (8), Claremont McK- ehna (16), Scripps (37) and Occidental (39). The rankings within each category are based on six weighted factors: academic reputation, fac- Please see RANKING, pg. 6 j 1#MM...f.#:.?.#] : ► Question U.S. News has placed Whittier in the third tier. Where would you rank Whittier? Call us. QC Comment Line ext. 4856 ::'hV.y,: :^:Jj;iC>v . -i ir'-: ,V June 18, 1995 in Newport Beach. . through 1996. Currently, he is the Manager of Public Affairs for the i id Water District and the West ■' : ■■-.:.■.■ ■ ■ . : '." ':. ' ' : ■■:■■■.■■■.■... ■■■ hoatby:, ...... ^ked m the western shore of Ireland ISSUE 2 • VOLUME 82 |
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