Colleges Trying to Firm Up Shaky Freshman Enrollment
For the first time since 2006, the University of Maryland and Virginia Tech created lists of applicants who might get spots in this year's freshman class if enough admitted students decide at the last minute not to attend. Wait lists help colleges cope in uncertain times. And this summer, colleges are particularly worried about "melt" -- the slow drip of attrition in fall enrollment as students who have paid their deposits contemplate writing their first tuition checks. Daniel de Vise, The Washington Post, August 13, 2009
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