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[quote=Anonymous]https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/views/2019/06/24/colleges-should-only-rarely-revoke-admissions-offers-opinion

[QUOTE]Recently, Virginia Tech announced that it has over-enrolled its freshman class for the fall by a whopping 1,000 students. Ignoring the question of how that happens from an enrollment management perspective, Virginia Tech deserves credit for its response to a situation that will create havoc for the university and the surrounding community. Virginia Tech is upholding its commitment to the students who applied and enrolled in good faith, but has adopted a policy similar to that used by airlines in an overbooking situation. VT recently reached out to 1,500 students in certain majors and offered them cash incentives of $1,000 to take a gap year and defer admission, or attend a community college and then transfer. It is too early to know how successful that plan is, but[b] as of a week ago my sources were telling me that fewer than 100 students had accepted the offer.[/b][/QUOTE][/quote]

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