The College tied for 48th out of 933 not-for-profit liberal arts colleges whose enrollment is over 500 students in overall financial health as an institution.
According to the Chronicle, “Liberal-arts colleges saw the total number of applicants grow more than 42 percent from the admissions cycle for the fall of 2007 to that for the fall of 2017,” which represent the window of time studied by the publication.
This new program includes automatic admission for CWI students with a 3.0 Grade Point Average or higher, priority registration for their first semester, access to the state-of-the-art Cruzen-Murray Library on The College of Idaho campus, and other benefits, prior and during the transfer process.
To come up with a solution that can provide relief to the housing crunch during the current school year, College officials turned to a Caldwell company, indieDwell, that is making national headlines for its unique approach to provide quality, affordable housing from an unexpected source: decommissioned shipping containers.
Around 70 students attended from schools such as Caldwell High, Vallivue, Ridgevue, Canyon Springs, and Elevate, the latter having opened just three weeks ago, attend the Forum.
The College has risen 51 spots over the past two years in recognition of the Best National Liberal Arts Colleges. The rankings are determined by a formula weighting data across 15 metrics of academic excellence, including graduation rates and first-year retention, faculty and financial resources, peer assessments, student excellence and alumni giving.
