Friday,September 16,1994 Vol. XLI, No. 3 Cabrini College Radnor, Pa. 19087
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thrQujh the system. not _acceft,J "Usua.U,1,.neighborhood Pro1ect opp?siti()nlike this goesaway . act.~pt after six montlis to a year/' he, • . tn said. ••This thne i.t .ta•-tod longer. For all We'ikru'>\f'. it l1
may have beena mottef~suo. ~ In a<l4Jtion :to., the 1teighborl}~<,d'f()fJ>Osifion. the,city l't'alized they violated •• ·•• eral housin3 act that e should be no a discriminatio. anduniversities,Cabrinididverywell more than one-third of the total mber 1992,tb« last year,"Gardnersaid "Thisyear, enrollment partm.ent bi· Acro«lingtoDr.l.oo'aineCavaliere, however,theseotherschoolsbecame tp . . • photo by Csto/ine Croley
Mike Lorenz, Brian Killian, Bryan Bell and Patrick Mercier of "Mountain Cry" rocked students during the Welcome Back Bash, Saturday, Sept. 10, from 12-4 p.m. on the softball field.
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Collegerides~nrollmentrollercoaster by RichardJasper copy editor
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The "baby-bust'' generationhas moreaggressive." deanofadultandcontinuingeducation, entered oollegein recordnumbersthis Because of the low number of thereare variousreasonswhy adults year... recordlownumbers. graduatinghigh schoolseniors,every are returningto college. With only 187 first-yearstudents collegeessentiallyhad to fightfor the In general,manyadultsareinneed enteringCabriniin September19'J4, samestudent of advanced training that was not the college'sofficeof admissiomhas ofthemwhentheyenteredthe ''Many schoolsalsobecamemore required begun to focus on enrollmenttrends aggressivein awardingscholarships," labor force more than 20 years ago. thatwillultimatelyaffectCabriniwell Gardnersaid ''We lostmanystudents Othersareinterestedinmakingacareer intothe 21stcentury. to whom we offered a half-paid change. . Aa:ordingto the NationalCenter scholarshipbecausetheyreceivedfull ''Post-warbabiesare now aging." for Education Statistics (NCES), scholarshipselsewhere." Cavalieresaid. '"Theyare in need of· colleges and universitiesacross the Gardnersaidshebelievedthatother new skillsfuorderto staycompetitive r& oounttywilleventuallyseea 16percent financialfactorsmayhaveplayedarole andto keepup withrapidadvancesin tic increaseinenrollmentofstudentsover in determiningthe final number of technology." ~ve~tbltt,$w•~ ·, 25 yearsofage,andoolyafivepemmi undergraduatestudentsenteringCabrini Althoughmanycollegeshavebeen . . , increasein traditionalundergraduate thisyear. quickto createopportunities thatmeet 'nid, .' . ,; .ji.~ (.ft~, ~Jty., was· aiou~ students,ages18-24. '"Thereisarealsenseofuncertainty theneedsof thosewantingto continue 1••~~~ l,e~~e tlief .Wtfft ..O .. . NancyGardner,executivedirector in thejob market,"Gardnersaid. "As their education,Cavalieresaid she ~(),1 . . .. of admis&onsand financialaid, said a result,it seemsthatsomestudentsare believes the increased enrollment reet1blng •. )pt of bad ~t~JS 81'1Jl!h cqveragc;,"O'Brie1uatd, ..,~,, qte~- be~p •Yf ••·, • . , . this year's low enrollmentrate is not not startingout at four-yearschools. amongadultstudentsis not simplya we want is t<l work with tbQ • ~n~,cetnem ]l~ f'llrm~nt uncommonforcollegesthathavehad More people may be going to less- trend. recent success in attractinga large expemivestatecollegesandcommunity "Adult educationhas had a long ciW OJlheJping,the.homeles, AveJitJ_t/ , •. . . . .. , , . . froJ~t:IPMBr a 3(t.i-onit number of full-time undergraduate collegesuntiltheycan figureoutwhat traditionin America,"Cavalieresaid. widt propeflfonsing... "The contrqve~y. has J)itte4 compl~ (or t~t homeless~has students. "Learning never stops. Higher theywant to do." Sister Mary. • tongtitne altH> created ~ 'vat}ety of "It alwaysseemsthat aftera large Withthejob marketin mind,many educationis not only respondingto a advocate for hotnelesspeoplet program~ that are qpe.nto the enrollmentyear, we have a smaller colleges,includingCabrini,havebegun definiteneed, it is realizingthat we llgainst Chy Coqncil.J>te1ddent comm'11llty. • . . . . incoming~ the followingyear," focusingtheir energieson recruiting [Cabrini)mustexpandourhorizonsto 1qlJn f. Stu~et a..11.d a .few ."W-estarted1nafter-s¢hoot Gardnersaid. adult studentswho want to continue respond to people who want more powe,fJl neighbors who ptpgratn .llnd 'a •place for Aa:ording to Gardner,there are theirformaleducation. knowledge." oppo~ 'ad,;iing ..nor~ soctat;. pa!°Jb3 t<l meet, . We ,.~ant a many factors that may explainthis In orderto makeCabrinia life-long Recentstudiesindicatethat adults service facilities t(> their sp•rtt of rf)covery. 1n the year's low enrollment rate of compromiseoverhalfofthetotalcollege learninginstitutefor adultsas wellas francisville neighborhood;' neighborh<>?d." O;Brle!ls;d. undergraduate students.Asopposedto population,with 25 million adults traditionalundergraduate students,the The Jp.quirersaid. Renovatt()ns for. ,froiect 1993,whenthetotalfull-timefirst-yearenrolledincontinuingeducationcourses college recognizes that classroom Civic group~ inJ the llo~'e~ill becompleted!n the studentenrollmentwas224,recruiting at collegesanduniversitiesthroughout boundariesare no longerconfinedto Fairmo1uitAvenue .neighbot• b~gtniung~f1995and11.'Stdents theCabrini~of'98wasachallenge. the United States. At Cabrini, the campus. nood were also trying to keep wilt mov~ inJate 1995. ''Comparedtodifferentareacolleges continuingeducationstudentsmakeup Welcometo the 21stcentury.
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Week at a Glance ...
SATURDAY SUNDAY· MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAYTHURSDAY
FRIDAY 9:30p.m. in the t/ Widener Center Gathering Area . there will be a Toga party. Admissions is $2.
v'SPORTS pg.10 Cheerleadingseason previewed.
Sept. 16 to 22
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V'6 & 8p.m. Mass in the chapel every Sunday when school is in session.
t/8a.m. Mass in the chapel. t/lla.m. - 3p.m. order your class ring outside cafe. t/5:30p.m. Senior Leader dinner in the mansion.
t/11:30a.m.t/ Mass in the 1:30p.m. WORE chapel. broadcasts live on campus. t/6:15p.m. Mass in the chapel. t/12- lp.m. Traffic Committee Meeting,WCCR.
t/Mass in the chapel. t/5:40 - 6:10 p.m. Sacrament of Reconciliationin the chapel. t/ 2p.m. Cartoonist Mike Edwards in theWCGA.