Beginning this fall, entering freshmen must take at least one course a year online, generally shunning books and the classroom.

There were 271 entering freshmen in 1996, and 450 freshmen this year.

The change will apply to all of the university's undergraduates, not just entering freshmen.

All entering freshmen are equally put into regular sections.

The policy on hiring changed this year; the admissions policy would change for entering freshmen in 1997.

The number of entering freshmen has jumped to almost four million students, compared with one million in 1998.

Almost half the entering freshmen describe themselves as liberal or far left.

This year's funds will go to minority students at all levels of college and graduate studies, not just entering freshmen.

Though the students are all Catholics, a majority of entering freshmen now come from public rather than parochial elementary schools.

This is why the other entering freshmen will get the program, too.