RUSTON, Louisiana, Sept. 29 -- Louisiana Tech University posted the following news:

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Louisiana Tech celebrates fall enrollment, record undergraduates

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Louisiana Tech University enrolled 11,898 students in the fall quarter. Within that total are 2,432 first-time freshmen, the largest domestic class and most academically prepared class in Tech's history. The number of freshmen with a 30 or higher ACT score is up 22 percent.