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
Retention
With retention a key focus, UNK Residence Life zeroes in on student expectations, needs
By TODD GOTTULA UNK Communications KEARNEY – Universities followed the same model for years when trying to engage students and get them excited about life in residence halls. “Bring in some pizza or popcorn, talk about diversity or another topic and boom, you were done,” explains Trelana Daniel. But soda and donuts don’t cut it anymore, which has residence life staff searching for ways to keep students living on campus after their freshman year. At the … [Read more...] about With retention a key focus, UNK Residence Life zeroes in on student expectations, needs
