North Dakota State U. to Hire More Professors

North Dakota State University plans to add 32 new faculty members to keep up with enrollment growth, “the most new instructors the university has ever added at one time,” the Associated Press reports:

NDSU has about 20 students for every faculty member. [President Joseph A.] Chapman said he would like to get the ratio to about 17 to 1, which would put NDSU on par with similar universities in the country.

Adding to the faculty ranks will cost about $1.8-million a year, Chapman said. NDSU will use state money and increased tuition revenue from the growing enrollment to pay the salaries.

In addition, the university plans to hire 14 new student advisers — that’s twice the number currently on staff — to assist students with academic planning, the AP writes.

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