UNIVERSITY SUMMER ENROLLMENT UP 3.7 PERCENT

Southeast Missouri State University classes are back in session and more students are attending.

A school enrollment report shows total summer enrollment is 3,077 for the six- and eight-week summer sessions at the university.

The count increased by 111 students or 3.7 percent from last year. Total student credit hours for the sessions are 16,424, an increase of 572 or 3.6 percent over 1994.

The total figures include enrollment data from the university's three summer sessions -- a four-week and eight-week undergraduate session and a six-week graduate session. This is the first year Southeast has offered the six-week graduate session only.

Total graduate summer enrollment is 699, a 14.6 percent increase from last year. Total graduate student credit hours rose by 422 or 15.8 percent from the 1994 summer session.

Sheila Caskey, dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Extended Learning, said she is pleased with the graduate student numbers.

"Graduate enrollment has been gradually increasing over the past few semesters, and summer enrollment follows fall and spring enrollment," Caskey said.

Total undergraduate enrollment for summer courses has increased 1 percent from last year. Total undergraduate credit hours increased 1.1 percent from 1994.

During the summer pre-session, enrollment increased by 17.2 percent over 1994 figures. Total undergraduate credit hours for the pre-session were 3,729, which increased by 376 or 11.2 percent.

Graduate enrollment for the pre-session was also on the rise. Enrollment increased by 70.1 percent for the pre-session. Total graduate credit hours were 336, a 48 percent increase from 1994.

Enrollment figures likely will rise throughout the summer as summer workshops complete enrollment, said Fred Snider, director of Southeast's Office of Institutional Research. The additional students will appear on the end-of-semester enrollment reports, he said.