Jack Blackburn and UVA in the Post ED World

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Virginia
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<p>Interesting article where Jack Blackburn is quoted.</p>

<p>washingtonpost.com</p>

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<p>Sorry - having trouble with the link</p>

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"We're having a big powwow next week with some predictors, prognosticators and statisticians," Blackburn, the U-Va. official, said.

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<p>Is this an elaborate way of saying "enrollment management?" To me those words suggest two things how many to accept, and which applicants are most likely to enroll if accepted so the yield is good"</p>

<p>Thoughts?</p>

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<p>Somehow I think things will be far from the norm this year. I bet there is either significant over or under enrollment. Somehow I doubt they're going to nail 3200 students for the new class.</p>

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<p>Blackburn said:
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And he expects to use the wait list more this year.

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<p>No Jags it looks like the year of the wait list. </p>

<p>The combination of the boomlet, the focus on low income students, and loss of ED will make this year especially tough on applicants. It seems the process will drag on into summer.</p>