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Flash Gordon

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Today's Clarion-Ledger (April 12, p.3B) has a story about freshman enrollment and retention from fall to spring at the state universities. Retention has fallen to 86.3% from 88.1% the year before Thames. USM now ranks 5th in retention. System retention went up from 89.1% to 89.5% over the same period while we went down. New freshman dropped from 1525 in 2002 to 1277 in 2003 AFTER reorganization. That's a 16% drop in new freshman. That is likely what triggered the multifaceted effort to pad enrollment last fall. It is also why the recent claims of increased freshman applications are not impressive. To get back to where we were would take an increase of 19%. Maybe the Hattiesburg American would pick up the story. Not!

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Missi

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Very interesting Flash! So much for a "perpetual student education".

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"Very interesting Flash! So much for a "perpetual student education". "
Wow! Completely missed that Flash. Good eyes. Will pass this on.

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Invictus

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Here's a nifty little tool supported by your tax dollars.

IPEDS Peer Analysis System

Start by selecting "Guest level."

On the next form, enter "University of Southern Mississippi" in the Institution Name box.

At that point, you can define your comparison group (I suggest selecting public 4-year institutions in Mississippi) & select the variables you want to show in your comparison. It takes a while to define a report, but there's a TON of information you can use.

For example, it took me a couple minutes to define a group consisting of USM, MSU & Ole Miss, and then rank those schools based on the average salary for male full professors on 9/10 month contracts.

Enjoy!



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lddad

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try making your comparison group larger.  don't just compare us to Ole Miss and MSU.  talk about eye-opening! 

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Originally posted by: Invictus
"Here's a nifty little tool supported by your tax dollars. IPEDS Peer Analysis System Start by selecting "Guest level." On the next form, enter "University of Southern Mississippi" in the Institution Name box. At that point, you can define your comparison group (I suggest selecting public 4-year institutions in Mississippi) & select the variables you want to show in your comparison. It takes a while to define a report, but there's a TON of information you can use. For example, it took me a couple minutes to define a group consisting of USM, MSU & Ole Miss, and then rank those schools based on the average salary for male full professors on 9/10 month contracts. Enjoy! "

 


This is a very useful tool.  Please start a thread with this info so more people will see it.  People can respond with their own comparisons and results.


Thanks!


FS



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Flash Gordon

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A loss of 250 freshmen means the loss of about $1,000,000 in tuition in the first year. Add on dorms, meals, books etc., and reorganization and Thames' leadership style look pretty expensive. It also means there will be ~250 fewer sophomores next fall. It's interesting how the administration managed to cover up one of the biggest drops in new freshmen in recent history. I guess PR is the "well oiled machine."

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