Georgia Tech President Ángel Cabrera gave his annual Institute Address on Thursday, Sept. 4, highlighting its growth and the new scrutiny on colleges and universities under the Trump administration.

Cabrera noted that Georgia Tech is now the largest university in the state, thanks to its online master’s programs enrolling 26,000 students. Undergraduate admission applicants reached a record high of 67,000 this year, and the class of 4,075 first-year students is the largest in Tech’s history, alongside 1,000 transfer students.

Cabrera also touted Tech’s physical growth with the new George and Scheller Towers with classrooms, labs and retail space opening in Tech Square next year. Also under construction is the new Curran Street student residence hall, the transformation of the historic Bil

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