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VMI sees rising application pool and refines recruiting strategy as the sector faces an enrollment 'rolling hill'
Summary
VMI reported a higher number of submitted applications and a strategic effort to lower acceptance/yield to meet a target rat class while addressing a long-term national enrollment decline; board heard new regional recruiting and retention tools.
Virginia Military Institute officials told the Board of Visitors that applications and yield patterns are improving but that the institute is preparing for long-term demographic headwinds that will reduce the national pool of college-bound students.
Admissions staff said nearly 2,000 submitted, actionable applications were on file — a level that projects a class near the administration’s target of 515 new cadets — and noted a shift back toward applicants using VMI’s native application rather than…
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