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13-September-1996 
 
 
96341                      College News 
 
                         by Julian Shipp 
 
NEW CONCORD, Ohio--Muskingum College, which cut its tuition more than 
$4,000 this year, welcomes this fall its largest freshman class in 25 
years. In all, 388 freshmen began attending class on Aug. 27, 1996. When 
the tuition reduction was announced last fall, "US News & World Report" 
called it an "unprecedented move in academia." The school's total 
enrollment is 1,175, and Muskingum president Samuel Speck says that the 
college's goal had been to increase enrollment to 1,200 in the next five 
years. Muskingum's tuition in 1995 was $13,850. Tuition for entering 
freshmen this fall was $9,850. 
 
WAYNESBURG, Pa.--This fall, high school students at Waynesburg Central, 
West Greene, Carmichaels, and Greene County Area Vo-Tech will be able to 
take courses from Waynesburg College without leaving their classrooms by 
using a high-tech interactive video link. This new concept in distance 
learning is available thanks to the newly formed Greene County Educational 
Foundation.  ALLTEL Pennsylvania, Inc. has pledged more than $750,000 
toward the project and also accommodates the program's control center. 
Grant monies have also been secured by Waynesburg College and area school 
districts to help support the program. 
 
STAUNTON, Va.--Mary Baldwin College registrar Lew Askegaard estimates that 
the college will have 850 students enrolled in classes this academic year, 
breaking all previous enrollment records. This beats the previous total 
enrollment record of 752, set in 1971. The entering class has the highest 
SAT score in the last decade at 1065 recentered. The national average of 
women this year is 985 recentered.  In addition, this class was admitted at 
a record low acceptance rate for the college. 
 
DANVILLE, Ky.--For the seventh consecutive year, Centre College has been 
highlighted by "Money" Magazine as one of the top colleges in the nation 
offering the best value in a college education. In its September edition, 
already available at most newsstands, "Money" lists the 100 colleges and 
universities that represent the country's best educational buys, when 
quality is compared to cost. Centre ranked 33rd on the list, which included 
two Kentucky schools. Kentucky Wesleyan in Owensboro ranked 71st. The 
magazine evaluated more than 1,000 institutions on 16 measures of 
educational quality -- including student-faculty ratio, scores on entrance 
exams and quality of the library -- and compared them with tuition and 
fees. The survey also took into account the amount of financial assistance 
provided to students. 
 
CLINTON, S.C.--Presbyterian College officially began its 117th academic 
year Sept. 10 at opening convocation. Guest speaker for the event was Dr. 
W. Frank Harrington, senior minister of Peachtree Presbyterian Church in 
Atlanta. The college also paid special tribute to the Irwin Belk family of 
Charlotte, N.C. Belk, a longtime trustee and benefactor of the college, 
made a historic gift of $3.9 million that was announced at the college's 
commencement exercises in May. It was the largest single gift in the 
history of the college and one of the largest cash gifts ever presented to 
any South Carolina college. 

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