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New College of Florida's claims of record enrollment are being questioned for how student numbers are calculated.
Critics argue the college's "first time in college" student numbers, a key metric, have not significantly increased.
The college has seen a drop in national rankings and a decline in the average SAT/ACT scores of incoming students.
An increase in transfer students, many of whom are athletes, may be inflating overall enrollment figures.
New College of Florida's recent claims about “surging programs” is an illustration of modern political communications: the words aren’t false, but the story isn’t true.
Like a eunuch opining about the kama sutra, the imagery may be correct but the reality is fiction.
A Sept. 12 Herald-Tribune article titled “ New Col