UA notebook

Freshmen this fall

similar to '17 tally

FAYETTEVILLE -- Not much change is expected in the number of incoming freshman this fall at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville compared with the fall of 2017, the university's admissions dean said Wednesday.

"We're right on track to have a class very similar to last year," said Suzanne McCray, UA's vice provost for enrollment and the dean of admissions, at a meeting of UA's faculty senate.

Last fall, UA enrolled 5,065 first-time, degree-seeking freshmen. The total was about 2 percent more than in the fall of 2016.

For 2002-12, UA was ranked among the top 10 fastest-growing public doctoral universities by The Chronicle of Higher Education. Total enrollment increased by more than 50 percent over that period of time.

The rate of growth has slowed in recent years with UA enrolling a total of 27,558 students in the fall of 2017, up about 12 percent compared with five years earlier.

One Book project

picks its '18 topic

FAYETTEVILLE -- The Hate U Give, a novel about the life of a teen girl whose best friend is shot by a police officer, has been chosen as the 2018 One Book, One Community project at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.

Angie Thomas, author of the best-selling book, will speak at UA on Oct. 25 and at the Fayetteville Public Library the next day. The author has described her book, considered young adult fiction, as inspired by police shootings of unarmed black men, as well as by her own upbringing in Jackson, Miss.

The One Book, One Community project began in 2009 at UA. Students in an introductory course, University Perspectives, read the selected book and hold class discussions.

This year's selection "eloquently weaves together a number of contemporary themes, while at the same time forcing the reader to confront a national controversy," Kevin Fitzpatrick, a UA sociology professor and chairman of the One Book, One Community committee, said in a statement.

NW News on 03/19/2018

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