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Improving
the quality of incoming classes results in higher graduation
rates. The current rate—74 percent—is the highest in the
University’s history. Vice Chancellor and Provost Deborah
A. Freund has set a target of 85 percent to be reached
in the next 10 years.
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Smoke-Free
Residence Halls
Beginning
with the fall 2000 semester, all Syracuse University residence
halls became smoke-free under a policy established by the Office
of Residence Life.
Random
Housing Assignment for First-Year Students
New
students enrolling in the fall 2001 semester were offered two
housing options. The first is a special-interest or academic
theme-based residence hall arrangement. The second choice, open
to all other students, is a random assignment to one of the
Main Campus residence halls. The policy change from housing
selections based on the timing of tuition deposits to the random
format was established to give students an intentional, guided
living experience to further develop their academic and personal
skills.
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A
better academic profile for entering classes, increased
need- and merit-based financial aid, improved counseling,
and other efforts have led to fewer students dropping
out. The drop-out rates for freshman and sophomore year,
which tend to be the peak years for this problem, have
fallen by nearly eight percentage points.
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