HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - With four weeks to go before the 151st academic year begins at Hope College, officials of the Holland-based institution of higher education are anticipating the largest incoming class in its 151-year history. Strong recruiting efforts has resulted in more than 900 freshmen having registered as of yesterday, a total that would eclipse the previous high-water mark of 848 set last year. Hope is also expecting a seventh straight year of more than 32 hundred total students enrolled, perhaps topping the 2012 school year’s record of 32-49.


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