Dr. Bonner discusses her first year as UA president

<p>[The</a> Crimson White | One year later](<a href=“http://cw.ua.edu/2013/11/04/one-year-later/]The”>http://cw.ua.edu/2013/11/04/one-year-later/) great piece</p>

<p>Aside from the interesting personal info in this story, I found it interesting that Dr. Bonner says that UA will take steps to slow it’s growth.</p>

<p>Wow…</p>

<p>31,000 high school seniors applied to Bama last year. It wasn’t that long ago when Bama was getting less than 10,000 apps per year. Amazing!</p>

<p>*“The University of Alabama is the fastest growing university of any flagship in the nation … and that has allowed us to do so much,” she said. “We have the capacity to continue to grow, but we need to grow more slowly, and we need to continue to plan to ensure that the infrastructure is in place to handle the increased growth.”</p>

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