The chancellor of the University System of Georgia says the state’s public colleges and universities are receiving an influx of out-of-state undergraduate applicants because of how administrators handled campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war.
But admissions data suggests a more complicated picture about who is applying — and why.
Chancellor Sonny Perdue made the comments earlier this month at a biennial gathering of lawmakers. He told the gathering he has heard some prospective students and their parents were impressed by the system’s swift moves to dismantle encampments and penalize protesters.
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