Washburn Review Washburn University
Volume 140, Issue 8
October 16, 2013
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WU enrollment has its ups and downs
Colton Goeffert
WASHBURN REVIEW
Enrollment rates for this semester are mixed according to both Washburn president, Jerry B. Farley and executive director of enrollment management, Richard Liedtke. “Overall university enrollment numbers including Washburn Tech are up by 14 percent. When you split the two schools, however, Washburn University’s enrollment is down, and Washburn Tech’s enrollment is up,” said Liedtke. Farley seemed to have an idea of what caused the drop in Washburn University’s enrollment, citing a decrease in transfer students and a decline in the number of high school graduates in the state of Kansas as part of the problem. “The number of high school graduates in the state has been declining for several years, and will continue to decline for at least the next two years through the graduating class of ‘15, so we’ve got a lot of work to do there to
Continued on page 4 Graphic by Kiara Williams, Washburn Review