“Enrollment is a combination of enrollment and retention. It’s about 85 percent
“Enrollment is a combination of enrollment and retention. It’s about 85 percent retention and 15 percent recruitment. We have to do a much better job with retention.”
Jim Tressel, who has been Youngstown State University president for 100 days, discussing things he wants and needs to do to keep the university moving forward.
“I’m living paycheck to paycheck, so it’s nice to be able to save. Even if it’s $5 or $10 extra [after a fill-up], it adds up over the long run.”
Aidan Obrecht, 20, a community college student from Pennsylvania, commenting on a report that gas prices may dip below the $3 mark by the end of the year.
“The American economy is firing on virtually all cylinders and cruising at a decidedly stronger rate than in recent years.”
Sal Guatieri, senior economist at BMO Capital Markets, commenting on the U.S. economy’s bounce-back last quarter from a dismal winter was even faster than previously thought.
“I hope I get an excused absence. You all know my family just got a little bigger, and I figured I should stay home where I’m really needed.”
Former President Bill Clinton, commenting Saturday in an 11-minute speech by speakerphone during a fundraiser for Democratic Sen. Mark Udall. Clinton canceled his appearance after his daughter, Chelsea, gave birth to her first child.