A University of California in the heart of farm country aims to attract more students
While other UC’s turn away tens of thousands of qualified students annually, UC Merced faces the opposite challenge. The campus struggles to find students willing to accept its location, surrounded by farmland and pastures where cows often graze. But
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Show Notes
While other UC’s turn away tens of thousands of qualified students annually, UC Merced faces the opposite challenge. The campus struggles to find students willing to accept its location, surrounded by farmland and pastures where cows often graze.
But some students are attracted to the small student population, the accessible rent prices and the research opportunities.
Guests:
Brian Arroyo, fourth-year mechanical engineering major, UC Merced
Michael Burke, reporter, EdSource
Read more from EdSource:
- How UC Merced is trying to attract students after years of slow growth
- As enrollment flattens at most University of California campuses, it surges at Riverside
Education Beat is a weekly podcast hosted by EdSource’s Zaidee Stavely and produced by Coby McDonald.
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