Faculty Senate | Angela Palermo
Faculty Senate reviews strengths and challenges in retention rates
UI reviews factors in increasing and maintaining student population

Faculty Senate heard feedback from student reviews and considered student retention at their Tuesday meeting. The senate also received updates on COVID-19 screening kits and passed the renaming of a University of Idaho College of Natural Resources degree.   Student retention   Dean Kahler, vice […]

University of Idaho student enrollment sees slight increase
2019 enrollment changes from first-time freshmen, non-degree seeking students and graduate student

Total undergraduate enrollment dropped 4% from 2018 to 2019 due to a decline in retention, or the continuing student population. Idaho resident undergraduate enrollment is down 4.2% (full-time and part-time) from fall 2018, off-set by a slight increase in non-resident undergraduate enrollment, Walker said.

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A familiar decline
With enrollment down, it’s time to try something new

Familiar news was in store Friday afternoon — University of Idaho’s undergraduate enrollment declined once again. Dipping 2.6 percent from last fall, the decline resembles a larger nine-year trend in […]

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Vandal Voices: Oct. 8

Matt Rueger asked Vandals if they thought increasing enrollment by 50 percent by 2025 was reasonable, and what could be done to increase retention and enrollment.