Show Higher Education n Over lOver 1000 Utah has fewer than the national national national na na- average number of institutions institutions institutions with enrollments under 1000 ONLY THREE of Utah's supported state-supported institutions of higher learning had enrollments enrollments enrollments enroll enroll- ments of fewer than 1000 students and two of the the h- h hd hats more than st lenis ms I according to ao ac j report r eased sed by the Utah Coordinating Council of Higher Education By next year it is likely that all but one of oC Utah's state- state supported institutions on the post-high post school level will enroll enroll enroll en en- roll more than 1000 students according to Dr Merle E. E Allen Allen Allen Al Al- len Council director THE AMERICAN Council on Educations Education's Fact Book on Higher High High- er Education shows that 51 percent of all post high school institutions in n the nation in 1967 had fewer than 1000 students students students stu stu- dents Dr Allen said For the 1968 69 1968 9 year only the College of Eastern Utah Snow College and the Utah Technical Technical Technical Tech Tech- College at Provo had enrollments under 1000 he said noting that Snows Snow's enrollment enrollment enrollment en en- stood at and and- the and the Technical College at Provo enrollment was All figures figures figures fig fig- ures are for Cor fall Call quarter daytime daytime daytime day day- time head count he said THIS MEANS It Dr Allen Alle n observed that Utah's post post- high school institutions ar are e large enough for economy o of operation and for a breadth h ht of course offerings consistent t with the role of the tion He noted that two of th the e institutions most distant fro from Crom m the populous Wasatch Front Fron t were higher than the national nation al average Dixie College i in n St. St George with 1074 an and nd ne d Southern Utah State College Colleg e College of Southern Utah in Cedar City with 1763 OTHER enrollments for th the e quarter daytime enrollment enrollments es ef s only omy included University o oi oj f Utah utah State University Uni versify Weber State Stat e College College o of oj f Eastern Utah and Uta Utah h Technical College at Salt Lake Lak e he City 1503 The Council enrollment report tr t showed that the fall Call quarter quarte r daytime enrollment for Cor all o of rf f Utah's supported state-supported post post- rd high school institutions jumped jumpe d from Crom to between betwee n the 1961 62 1961 2 and the 1968 69 1968 9 school years an increase o of f 94 percent ENROLLMENTS increased increase d 66 percent during this peri period od for Cor the universities percent percent percent per per- cent for Cor the year four colleges colleges colleges col col- leges percent for the junior junior jun jun- for colleges and percent for the technical colleges |