Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

^mecogkT" 9 LXXIV, No. 45 University of South Carolina Wednesday, November 4,1981 use To Cut Enrollment ^ ByjUMN UKAUIN SUM Writer The University of South Carolina, once one of the fastest growing universities in the nation, is cutting its enrollment 20 percent, according to an admissions official. "In four years, we'll have about 5,000 fewer people in the (USC) system. That's a major decision and it was done to improve the quality (of the student body)," said John Bolin, director of admissions at USC. "We have a very strong (freshman) class, much stronger than in the past couple of years," he added. According to Bolin, only 4,400 new students were admitted to USC this year, as opposed to 5,500 last fall. Since the number of applicants remained relatively constant, the university could pick and choose more than before, he said. As a result, the forecast for this year's freshman class is much better than those in the past, according to Bolin. For example, the average SAT score for freshmen is about 3C ? points higher than last year. "What we're doing now is admitting people who predict better than a 2.0 (grade-point ratio)," he said. "What thai should mean is that we'll raise the grade-point average of the freshman class as it goes through the system each year. "Those are tough requirements; it's tough to get in," Bolir said. According to Elizabeth Wills, associate director of ad missions at USC, lack of funds also played a major role in th< admissions cutback. m w "We get an allowance from the state supposedly based 01 each student, but we're not getting that full allowance foi each student that we enroll," she said. "So we're trying to cu the students back to match the money that we do get." Bolin said that the cutbacks were also necessary to preven another tuition increase. "The only three ways to keep thing -i-Li. ?:? i.t: ?. *? I? ? iu Siauie are IU iuisu miiiuii, iu nave muit- muncy nuin iir legislature, or to cut back in numbers. "We raised tuition last year; it would be tragic to have t f raise it again. No one wants to do that," he said. I ? I The university "cut back in numbers" and brought th upper classes in line academically with the new freshmai class with the new suspension code. Bolin said the universit; expects to suspend about 1,000 students this spring. see Cutback page 1 ^ is8fe?3fc- > ' t I B ... '^SI . WBm Hi ^ 9?jlli ?g| NBA wzMtiBA ' ' ' b r pap >* ? BBS Wt] s wmm - o |gg ? l^upS n WB^WWB^'^lniiiiiiii'ini'D'iinnmi iiipimiiiiiwwhiwiiiwiw' y A man who calls himself Robert and says he is a memb 3 Cooper Library, Tuesday afternoon. > 3i SUM Photo by CHIP IOWIU >er of the Christ family, sat in front of the Thomas