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Frustrating Factors

A number of factors are listed that the
Committee believes are leading to a feeling of
frustration. These include the declining
diversity and quality of the student body,
decreasing percentage of students receiving
financial aid, and a declining community
atmosphere which even now is placing a great
stress on the Honor System.

In the report, the Committee also states that
the major concern is "what appears to be the
University's failure to insure that adequate
preparations are made for expansion." It
continues that contrary to what President
Shannon has said, growth must be debated.

The report suggests that there might be
possible alternatives that are now being
explored and will be explained later in the
major report. Among these possibilities is
channeling expansion into other institutions,
such as Mary Washington College, which
currently has an enrollment of 2,300 and has
no plans to expand; the development of new
methods of earning a degree: stretching
expansion over a longer period; developing the
Birdwood tract at Charlottesville; and creating
another university.