A.M.Eunuch?
Thu, May24, 2007 - Category: University
AMU Chief Financial Officer Paul Roney was recently
quoted in Naples News: "We plan on being out there
July 28. There is no alternative."( April 21, 2007)
"Out there" refers to moving AMU from Naples into their Ave Maria Town campus. But who is "we"? How many students will AMU be ready to service with dorms and classes? (emphasis added)
+ "Monaghan said he expects to welcome 340 to 350 students when the doors of the new campus open this summer."
Naples News, April 21, 2007
+ "As the University prepares to move to its new campus in fall 2007, enrollment will be well over 500."
Peterson's College Planner (petersons.com), "Last updated 02/12/2007"
+ "The university is targeting an initial enrollment of 650 students at the permanent campus."
Barron Collier's AveMaria.com, May 22, 2007
These are not insignificant differences in terms of students who need services, the selection of courses available, and the number of professors needed to teach: 350-to-500 is a 30% difference while 350-to-650 is over 50%.
Let's be optimistic and assume that Monaghan gets his expected 340 for 2007. Let's also assume that AMU has their expected 60 male students enrolled in the school's pre-theologate program, an undergraduate program that prepares men for direct entrance into a seminary (Naples News, March 27, 2007). If AMU has an equal distribution of male and female students (170 each), then 35% of the males will be "pre-thee". Under these projections, if AMU recruits only 20 more females instead of non-pre-thee males (190 females to 90 non-pre-thee males), the gal to "eligible guy" ratio will be over 2-to-1, making AMU, in effect, a girl's school.
Having a pre-three program is great; but, it certainly makes for a campus dynamic that students should consider, particularly the females looking for that MRS degree.
Regardless of the estimated distribution, AMU's promotion of grossly inaccurate enrollment projections on Peterson's Guide and AveMaria.com should be updated immediately to reduce the appearance of dishonesty.
"Out there" refers to moving AMU from Naples into their Ave Maria Town campus. But who is "we"? How many students will AMU be ready to service with dorms and classes? (emphasis added)
+ "Monaghan said he expects to welcome 340 to 350 students when the doors of the new campus open this summer."
Naples News, April 21, 2007
+ "As the University prepares to move to its new campus in fall 2007, enrollment will be well over 500."
Peterson's College Planner (petersons.com), "Last updated 02/12/2007"
+ "The university is targeting an initial enrollment of 650 students at the permanent campus."
Barron Collier's AveMaria.com, May 22, 2007
These are not insignificant differences in terms of students who need services, the selection of courses available, and the number of professors needed to teach: 350-to-500 is a 30% difference while 350-to-650 is over 50%.
Let's be optimistic and assume that Monaghan gets his expected 340 for 2007. Let's also assume that AMU has their expected 60 male students enrolled in the school's pre-theologate program, an undergraduate program that prepares men for direct entrance into a seminary (Naples News, March 27, 2007). If AMU has an equal distribution of male and female students (170 each), then 35% of the males will be "pre-thee". Under these projections, if AMU recruits only 20 more females instead of non-pre-thee males (190 females to 90 non-pre-thee males), the gal to "eligible guy" ratio will be over 2-to-1, making AMU, in effect, a girl's school.
Having a pre-three program is great; but, it certainly makes for a campus dynamic that students should consider, particularly the females looking for that MRS degree.
Regardless of the estimated distribution, AMU's promotion of grossly inaccurate enrollment projections on Peterson's Guide and AveMaria.com should be updated immediately to reduce the appearance of dishonesty.