After many years of decreasing admission, the Millsaps College reached the plateau. President Frank Neville hopes to increase the reception and bring the town back to former glory.
2025 In the autumn, Millsaps saw that the registration numbers were about the same as the 2024. In the autumn, slightly immersed in some places and in others, slightly rising. In the college, a total of 584 students in the semester decreased by 10 compared to 2024. Autumn, when the total number of students was 594.
The number of freshmen this fall is 172, which has increased since 2024. Autumn, when the college congratulated 128 freshmen.
By combining 172 freshmen and moving students, Millsaps, this fall, greeted 207 new students. This number is increased from 2024. Autumn, when Millsaps greeted 206 new students.
Neville took over the position of President of the 12th Millsap College in 2024. June 2024. In September, Clarion Ledger, who has played his new role for three months, said that he focused on the reconstruction of the registration of private Liberal College of Liberal Art.
This year Neville expressed similar moods. If registration reached 900 to 1000 students, the College would be considered “prosperity,” said Neville.
In the 1990s, the Millsaps College registration has reached about 1,200 and has been steadily decreasing. 2019 The total number of students was 850. 2023-2024 in the school year the general admission decreased to 601.
From 2023 The presentation remained stable, with about 600 students in total.
The Millsaps College sign is visible on North State Street in Jackson, Miss., Monday, 2025. September 15
In addition to their financial gain, Neville said that large students of the students would be useful for community life both in the town and in the neighborhood.
“Having more students for Greek organizations with more students in Millsaps singers … 20 years ago, those bands were larger and were able to further influence the campus community as well as the surrounding community.”
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Frank Neville, 12 Millsaps College, Jackson, Mise, President, talks about a private free art institution and its future in 2024. Monday, June 17th.
This year’s numbers have noticed some signs of growth. With 36 transfer students this fall, Neville said the transfers were better than expected. He said the transfer number is the best that the college has seen in the last 12 years.
Neville stated that the college still had to go a long way. He and his team form a strict plan to increase the reception in a little more than a year.
18-year-old freshman Hughes Schneid I take advantage of the Millsapse college town in Jackson, Miss, Miss., Monday, 2025. September 15
“We have to continue to work hard. We have to continue doing things better and otherwise,” Neville said.
Strategic reviews of maintenance, lighter application process and a solid marketing team have produced positive results in recent years, Neville said.
Millsaps also added several programs and improved existing programs. The College, like many other institutions throughout the nation, focuses on the future of artificial intelligence. This fall, students can choose an ethical AI practice course. A three -course sequence is also developed.
“We ended students into a world where AI was disturbed by every function of work,” Neville said. “First of all, the students in the AI program will have an advantage over those who do not.”
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Neville said that other universities and colleges in the district could work together to strengthen Jackson’s development.
“Although we are separate institutions, we are part of a wider intellectual ecosystem here,” said Neville. “We have to make sure that this ecosystem is strong, is viable and provides value to the community. Are we supporting development and progress in Jackson. I have been here for a little over a year, and from the outside, Jackson’s reality is much better than Jackson’s perception.”
Before coming to Millsaps, Neville spent five years as a senior vice president of Strategic Georgia Tech in Atlanta. In recent years, Neville has played a key role in the district’s growth. He said he saw the same potential in Jackson.
“As far as I think here in Jackson, there is a huge opportunity … It’s not given,” said Neville. “We will need to work together and make sure that what we all do individually helps the wider ecosystem. This is something I am personally very dedicated and institutionally we will be very dedicated.”
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This article initially appeared in the Mississippi Clarion Ledger: Millsaps College at the registration site after long years of downturn