作者：辛西娅·休伯特

2021年10月4日

萨克拉门托 State’s enrollment continues to soar, with more students than ever taking classes this fall despite the ongoing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

该校负责招生管理和学生服务的副校长史蒂文·萨尔西多（Steven Salcido）表示，该校在2021年秋季学期招收了创纪录的31588名学生，比2020年秋季学期多了78名。

• 毕业率继续飙升

这一增长对Sac州立大学的官员来说是一个惊喜，他们在5月份开始注册时预计入学率将下降3%，这是一项广泛的努力，旨在接触学生。 工作人员通过电子邮件、短信和电话与学生联系，提供鼓励和支持，以及有关额外课程或课程座位、教学创新和疫苗政策的信息。

“Our Hornet Family rallied,” Salcido said. “Students responded and our enrollment began to catch up.”

在总体成功的同时，2020年3月突然转向在线教学继续带来挑战。 In-person classes, however, are again a robust part of the University’s lineup, with more than 19,000 students taking at least one class on campus this semester.

萨尔西多说，一年级和二年级的学生似乎更难以应对课程安排的变化。 这反映在学生保留率上，一年级和二年级的学生保留率略有下降，尽管这两个数字的总体数字仍然保持强劲。

高年级学生入学人数的强劲增长帮助抵消了大一/大二学生入学人数的减少，使该校的入学人数达到了创纪录的水平。

Salcido said the University will reach out to students who left and “try to help them build a path back toward their college degree.”

A key initiative continued to make an important impact on 囊状态’s 完成四场比赛 effort to boost on-time graduation rates. 这是一个帮助即将入学的学生在四年内毕业的项目, helped this year’s participating first-year students record the highest average course load of any University cohort. Students using the system are carrying an average of 14.6 units, very close to the 15-unit goal set through 完成四场比赛, 囊状态’s innovative plan in support of CSU’s 2025年毕业 initiative to increase four-year graduation rates to 70% by 2025.

在“大黄蜂启动”计划下，即将入学的新生不再主要根据课程的可用性来制定时间表。 相反，他们在第一学期被分配了总共14到16个单元的推荐课程。

Overall, unit loads remained near last year’s levels for each class, about 13 units per undergraduate student.

萨克州立大学采取了许多措施来确保校园社区的安全，因为教职员工和学生在8月份开始返校。 除其他措施外，该大学要求校园里的每个人都接种疫苗，并在室内戴口罩。

本周早些时候，校长罗伯特·s·尼尔森（Robert S. nelson）报告说，只有88名学生未能证明他们的疫苗接种状况，他们将无法进入校园，直到他们证明自己完全接种了疫苗，有资格获得豁免，或者不打算进入校园或校园项目。

“I’m very proud of our students,” said Ed Mills, vice president for 学生事务. “The pandemic has created so many challenges and hardships for our students and their families. But they are persevering toward their degree goals.”

The University plans to stay in close contact with students and provide them with the tools to “help them navigate these uncertain times,” Mills said.