Since 1978, the College has added three more dormitories, an Athletic Center, and a water tower to its facilities bringing the total number of buildings to 45 on 180 acres. sought to broaden the Cedarville College base by increasing advertising while continuing to cultivate the Regular Baptist constituency. Cedarville advertisements have been featured throughout the United States and Canada in the leading fundamentalist publications of the day. Under the leadership of Director of Admissions David Ormsbee, a recruitment staff has been organized to market Cedarville College in the Christian community. College recruiters spend countless hours on the telephone, in Christian schools, attending college fairs, mailing literature, and conducting campus tours. During the 1985-86 school year almost 3,600 visitors came to the Cedarville College campus. Twenty-seven thousand COll£6e catalogs and 52,000 college viewbooks were distributed. The results were dramatic. Student enrollment climbed until it was necessary to make an institutional commitment to stabilize growth. In the process, the number of Regular Baptist students attending Cedarville College has increased while the percentage of Regular Baptists has decreased. In 1966, 65 percent of the student body were Regular Baptists, 19 percent were Baptists from other groups, and 16 percent were from other denominations. By 1983 the figures were 49 percent Regular Baptists, 32 percent other Baptists, and 19 percent other denominations. 7 To meet the dramatic growth in the student body, over the period of six years 31 faculty members were added. In 1986-87 the college faculty was composed of 86 full-time and 46 part-time instructors, representing over 70 different graduate schools. s The addition of new students and new faculty enabled Cedarville College to add many new programs while strengthening existing Chapter XIX/IS7
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