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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">I’m sharing some encouraging news on the topic of enrollments. Many of you may have seen yesterday’s ALVSCE Town Hall, during which Dean Burgess remarked
that we need to have a “banner recruiting year” to bring in a strong entering class of 2024. But, you may not know that we just completed such a year -truly a “banner” year – with the entering class of 2023. To summarize: </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">A total of 937 new students (first time students + transfers) joined CALES in August, the largest entering class the college has ever experienced. </span></li><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">This helped to propel total CALES undergraduate enrollment to 3,781 students, up 7.8% from a year earlier. </span></li><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><u>New</u> student enrollment in CALES (new first time students + transfers) up 5% over 2022 </span></li><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">The Fall 2023 entering class is 25% larger than in Fall 2019, the last entering class before the pandemic </span></li></ol>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">How does CALES new student recruiting compare across campus? Below I provide total numbers for the 2023 recruiting cycle for the UA
overall, and for CALES along with 3 other colleges. These data include all campuses, first year applicants and enrollees (no transfer students): </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>For UA overall:</b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Apps: 55,856 (</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; background-color: yellow;">up
8.1% from prior year</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">)</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Admits: 48,265 (86.4% of apps)</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Enrolled: 9,291 (19.2% of admits)</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>For CALES:</b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Apps: 2,989 (</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; background-color: yellow;">up
12.3% from prior year</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">)</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Admits: 2,578 (86.2% of apps)</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Enrolled: 661 (</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; background-color: yellow;">25.6%
of admits</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">)</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>For Eller College of Management:</b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Apps: 12,967 (up 15.7% from prior year)</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Admits: 11,348 (87.5% of apps)</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Enrolled: 2,057 (18.1% of admits)</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>For College of Social and Behavioral Sciences:</b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Apps: 6,662 (up 4.9% from prior year)</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Admits: 5,582 (83.7% of apps)</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Enrolled: 831 (16.7% of admits)</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>For College of Science:</b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Apps: 13,578 (up 8.2% from prior year)</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Admits: 11,886 (82.5% of apps)</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Enrolled: 1,963 (16.5% of admits)</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">For a host of reasons, CALES has growth in applicants well above average,
<b>and </b>appears to bring them to the first day of class at a significantly higher rate than the comparison colleges and the overall university. Of course, we think a large part of the reason is the superb job done by our recruiting and marketing teams,
working in partnership with our academic units' faculty and staff.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Everyone played a part in this! Truly an outstanding effort.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">I’ve included the two “headline” charts below. I’ve also attached two files with much more degree-level detail for those
of you who would like to take a deeper dive into how your favorite programs are doing. All of this pertains to the messaging from yesterday’s Town Hall. Instructional growth is far and away the largest source of growth in the CALES budget. The good news
is that both potential and existing students are responding well to our messaging as we help them imagine and pursue career path opportunities. I think we have good reason to be optimistic that our programs will continue to resonate with prospective students
as we look forward to welcoming the class of 2024. </span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Many thanks for all that you do to help turn dreams into reality for our students. </span></p>
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