2006 Enrollment

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Over the next few months, UL will try to pin down what it can do to attract a more diverse student body. The effort is in the "investigative" stages, said Joe Dennis, a local community activist who is co-chairman of the university's diversity advisory committee. "We're trying to find out why local students go to UL or don't go to UL," Dennis said. "What we're doing is looking at what it is that the university can do to improve the situation." This semester, 19 percent of UL's freshmen class is black, and black students make up 18 percent of the total enrollment, said Dan Rosenfield, UL's dean of enrollment management. The rest of the story Marsha Sills msills@theadvertiser.com

[locoguano]

Its as simple as this... Everytime the entry standards go up, the number of black students goes down... I see it teaching in high school... the kids at inner city schools (black, white, and hispanic (I have alot of them)) are just waaaaaaay behind the kids from the suburbs. So its not a race thing (since my white kids are, for the most part, no better than the black and hispanic kids), its a "place" thing, it just so happens that the place with higher percentage of black kids is the place that is producing the poor students.

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The University of Louisiana’s B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration made the Princeton Review’s Best 282 Business Schools, 2007 edition. The book will be released on Tuesday. The rankings lists are based on surveys of students from the 2003, 2004 and 2005 academic years. Rankings include categories like “Best Academic Experience,” Best Career Prospects” and even “Greatest Opportunity for Women.” While UL is profiled in the book as one of 282 included in the edition, it is not ranked on any of the book’s lists. The rest of the story

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At least six hours a week Ashley Ragan spends time in study hall. While she studies more hours than that in a week, the six hours she puts in are part of her requirements of being the mid-infielder on UL's softball team. Like other athletes, Ragan manages her time around her classes and her sport. In the offseason, she said she's in practice about two and a half hours a day. "It's tough, but if you put your mind to it, you can do it," Ragan said. "I love it. I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have sports." Mandatory study hall and other academic requirements for UL's athletes are put in place not only to keep them eligible to play, but eligible for their degree, said Danny Cottonham, director of UL's student athlete academic center. Last week, the NCAA released its most recent team-by-team graduation success rates for student-athletes who began classes between 1996 and 1999. According to the data, UL's men's golf team and women's tennis team had the highest graduation success rates of other teams on campus. The golf team's graduation rate was 89 percent, while the rate for the women's tennis team was 78 percent. The rest of the story Marsha Sills msills@theadvertiser.com

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LOUISIANA La. — More than 1,200 students from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette will receive degrees during commencement ceremonies Saturday. The names on the list Advocate staff report

[Rebel02]

Hell yea! I'm on that list!!!!!

[cjr3888]

AFTER 5 AND 1/2 YEARS I'M FINALLY ON THE LIST 2 WOOOHOOO

[shasta]

congrats to both of ya, good luck. i was there this time last year

[RCAJUN90]

congrats to both of ya, good luck. i was there this time last year

Congrats to you also. This sounds like a huge number. How does it compare to previous years? BTW Shasta your avatars scare the hell out of me.

[CajunKate]

Congrats, guys! You're now in the scant 30% of Americans who have obtained a college degree. Don't ya feel special? Ya done good, fellas! Now, get to work!

[Just1More]

AFTER 5 AND 1/2 YEARS I'M FINALLY ON THE LIST 2 WOOOHOOO

Been there, done that. There was a time I didn't want it to end, then it turned into "I gotta get outta here". Congrats! Awesome.

[rhineaux]

Been there, done that. There was a time I didn't want it to end, then it turned into "I gotta get outta here". Congrats! Awesome.

Been there, done that too.

At 530 today, i will be there and do that again.

If I am twice a UL graduate, does that mean that I have to give back twice as much?