Deficits a Rising Concern for Middlebury, Higher Enrollment Targeted

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Union College has fallen short in filling its freshman class for two years and is now pulling millions of dollars from its endowment to balance its budget, college President David Harris said in an email to the staff.

The college typically has 560 freshmen each year. But this year’s class was smaller and needed more financial aid than previous classes, Harris said. The Union College website says that class had 511 students.

The incoming class for the fall also has fewer than 560 students.

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You are spot on. The problem is that Middlebury has people beating down its doors to get in. So the leadership takes the “lazy” approach and just increases enrollment and/or tuition.

Cutting costs involves disappointing people and doing real work. They want no part of that if they can avoid it.

And it isn’t just Middlebury. It is human nature. This happens everywhere.

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In support of Union, its science facilities are quite remarkable at this time:

Best Colleges for Science Lab Facilities | The Princeton Review

Prospective applicants and students who plan on studying in the sciences may benefit ftom considering this characteristic when researching Union.