Interesting piece in the University of Alabama's rising position among public universities in this country.
The University of Alabama is the fastest-growing flagship in the country. Enrollment hit 37,665 this fall, nearly a 58 percent increase over 2006. As critical as the student body jump: the kind of student the university is attracting. The average G.P.A. of entering freshmen is 3.66, up from 3.4 a decade ago, and the top quarter scored at least a 31 on the ACT, up from 27.
Alabamians are now just 43 percent of the student body.
The Saban Effect.
(Seriously.)