New Cohort system benefits juniors but leaves some
Marketing senior Deidre Elerath witnesses everyday that the Eller College of Business and Public Administration has the largest enrollment at the UA.
She does not need the statistics - 5,083 students - to tell her that.
What she needs is someone to explain the college's new junior cohort program because as a senior, she feels deserted.
Last fall, hundreds of business seniors struggled to get into classes, despite the fact that they should have had priority, she said.
However, burgeoning enrollment in the business college has prevented everybody who wants a business degree from getting one. Only a little more than 800 students are granted cohort, or advanced standing - a designation necessary for a bachelors in business.
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