Purdue applications up … again. Meanwhile, WL nudges residents to take on boarders

Last year, Purdue applications topped 72K. University: Get ready for another record. Plus, WL city council nudges residents with spare beds to take on boarders as housing crunch tightens.

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This and that on a Sunday morning …

ANOTHER RECORD APPLICATION SEASON FOR PURDUE: Bubbling to the surface in all the talk lately about the things that keep students from applying to Indiana’s state universities is this: Purdue set another record for applications ahead of the 2024-25 academic year.

The total number hasn’t been released. But Cherise Hall, Purdue’s vice provost for enrollment management, told the Academic and Student Affairs Committee of Purdue’s trustees on Friday that numbers continued to grow.

“That will happen again this year,” Hall said, of Purdue’s recent run of record applications.

Purdue freshman jump the tracks in a tradition for incoming students during 2023 Boiler Gold Rush. (Photo: Dave Bangert)