Spring 2024 Enrollment

[wiu712]

WIU Spring Enrollment:
https://www.wiu.edu/news/newsrelease.ph ... e_id=19709



 
 
 
 
 

[Neckerchief]

Spring enrollment is down by 471 (a whopping 6.8% decrease from spring, 2023) and the press release from WIU has people thinking that enrollment is up. 
 

[ST_Lawson]

Spring enrollment is down by 471 (a whopping 6.8% decrease from spring, 2023) and the press release from WIU has people thinking that enrollment is up. 
 
 

They have to try to make things look good. Do you want them to put out a press release saying "Enrollment is down, everything is horrible"?

Also, a significant part of that drop were students caught by the new policy where you can get put on academic suspension for getting a zero GPA in a semester.
Essentially, we had a large group of students who were not attending class, weren't even trying to do any work, and were just here for "the college experience" (ie partying with friends away from home) for a semester or a year and then going back home. In the past, after one semester under 2.0 GPA, those students would have been on academic warning or probation and allowed to come back for another semester. With the new policy, a zero GPA automatically puts them on academic suspension (essentially kicked out for a year). So, on the plus side, most of the students who weren't interested in even attempting any work are no longer here, but on the downside, it hurts our total enrollment numbers for a bit.

[wiu712]

3,432 Full-Time Undergrads on the Macomb campus this spring.
 

[Tere North]

Spring enrollment is down by 471 (a whopping 6.8% decrease from spring, 2023) and the press release from WIU has people thinking that enrollment is up. 
 

 

Enrollment compared to Spring 2023. Macomb total down 6.9% Quad Cities total down 5.7% Overall total down 6.8%

Unfortunately, there is little end in sight as the BOT chose to extend the current President's contract to June 30, 2025. Under the interim the didn't want we were headed in the right direction. Under this one, it's been consistently down hill.
 

[Tere North]

Spring enrollment is down by 471 (a whopping 6.8% decrease from spring, 2023) and the press release from WIU has people thinking that enrollment is up. 
 

 

They have to try to make things look good. Do you want them to put out a press release saying "Enrollment is down, everything is horrible"?

Also, a significant part of that drop were students caught by the new policy where you can get put on academic suspension for getting a zero GPA in a semester.
Essentially, we had a large group of students who were not attending class, weren't even trying to do any work, and were just here for "the college experience" (ie partying with friends away from home) for a semester or a year and then going back home. In the past, after one semester under 2.0 GPA, those students would have been on academic warning or probation and allowed to come back for another semester. With the new policy, a zero GPA automatically puts them on academic suspension (essentially kicked out for a year). So, on the plus side, most of the students who weren't interested in even attempting any work are no longer here, but on the downside, it hurts our total enrollment numbers for a bit.

 

It was the current who made the change in a ludicrous effort to boost numbers.


 

[wiu712]

WIU spring enrollment down 500 students, international numbers still high.
From WGEM News:
https://www.wgem.com/2024/02/09/wiu-spr ... till-high/
 
 

[vatusay]

Place is dying a slow and painful death and literally zero changes.  True leadership. 

[wiu712]

WIU BOT to administration: "You’ve got some tough decisions in front of you".
From Tri-States Public Radio, WIUM-FM:
https://www.tspr.org/tspr-local/2024-02 ... ont-of-you
 
 

[Tere North]

WIU BOT to administration: "You’ve got some tough decisions in front of you".
From Tri-States Public Radio, WIUM-FM:
https://www.tspr.org/tspr-local/2024-02 ... ont-of-you
 
 

 

And why wasn't the report we are paying $200k for done for the Retreat. We CAN NOT wait for the 3rd contract to expire before we get help. Clearly, this admin has no clue.