With fall semester well underway, it is time to look forward to spring. Our goal for the spring semester remains the same: provide a quality education in a safe environment. Based upon what we know about COVID-19 today, we anticipate that we will need to take all of the same precautions in the spring that…
Month: September 2020
Listening and learning
As a new chancellor, I know that I need to listen more than talk. I don’t assume I know everything, and I don’t have all of the answers. SIU Carbondale has its own culture and history. Our many stakeholders have their own, differing perspectives about what we do well and what we could do better….
Rankings and the company we keep
The 2021 U.S. News and World Report rankings were released today, and SIU Carbondale is ranked 258 among all national universities. Among public universities in the same category, we are ranked at 126. Of course, a number doesn’t tell the story. A ranking is simply a snapshot of a university at a point in time…
Fall 2020 enrollment and beyond
Today, we released our official enrollment for fall 2020. As I hinted earlier, we have a lot to brag about. Enrollment of first-time college students is up 31.2%, enrollment of new students from Southern Illinois is up 32.9%, and our freshman-to-sophomore retention rate has increased to 80.6%, the highest in 20 years. This is higher…