KEARNEY – Fall 2018 enrollment at the University of Nebraska at Kearney shows year-over-year increases in freshmen, online students and graduate students, with a total head count of 6,327. That number, an overall 1.1 percent decrease from fall 2017 (6,398), includes a 4.4 percent increase in first-time freshmen (944); 27 percent increase in online bachelor’s degree enrollments (377); and 2.3 percent increase in graduate students (1,843). Among other data items of note … [Read more...] about UNK enrollment up in freshmen, grad students, distance learners
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Outreach, enrollment important to new UNK Faculty Senate President Grace Mims
“I think we have some work to do to make sure the public understands the role of public education in this state." - Grace Mims By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Grace Mims knows she has big shoes to fill on the University of Nebraska at Kearney Faculty Senate. The counseling and school psychology professor and department chair will serve as the group’s president for the 2018-19 academic year, replacing associate political science professor Claude … [Read more...] about Outreach, enrollment important to new UNK Faculty Senate President Grace Mims
Math partnership a win-win for UNK, Kearney Public Schools
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – The University of Nebraska at Kearney is partnering with Kearney Public Schools to help the local school district implement new math curriculum. UNK worked with KPS to create a one-time graduate course that will focus on math instruction with a direct connection to the curriculum KPS is adopting next fall at its elementary and middle schools. About 30 educators from KPS will take the course in late May and mid-July before … [Read more...] about Math partnership a win-win for UNK, Kearney Public Schools
University of Nebraska at Kearney sees increased interest, applications from Colorado, Kansas students
By ED SCANTLING Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Services and Enrollment Management It is early in the 2018 recruitment cycle, but the Advantage Scholarship for Colorado and Kansas students appears to be working as intended. Applications and visits have increased, and so has overall interest from students in our western and southern border states. Admitted undergraduate students from Colorado are up 66 percent from last year, and admitted undergraduate numbers … [Read more...] about University of Nebraska at Kearney sees increased interest, applications from Colorado, Kansas students