Amherst Overenrolled

zspot9
Wed, 16 May 2007 21:12:38 +0000

this increase in class size was UNINTENTIONAL. they had a stated aim of 440 kids for the freshman class, which is approximately equal to previous class sizes (as stated before, class of '10 is 433 kids).

the recommended increase in class size by the Committee on Academic Priorities was just that - a recommendation. the CAP report included numerous other suggestions, and the college had made no decision on which policies to adopt. meetings were still taking place even as admissions decisions were being made.

simply put, there is no way that this class size increase could have been a result of the CAP report.