Corryn Brock, Editor-in-Chief
• September 10, 2021
Eastern is reporting a 0.2 percent drop in total enrollment for the Fall 2021 semester, according to a press release from Thursday afternoon. This equates to a drop of 18 students.
The university called...
A full report of 10th-day enrollment numbers showed a 3.16 percent decrease in on-campus enrollment but a total 1.57 percent increase in students.
The current on-campus head count is 4,475 students,...
Tenth-day enrollment numbers revealed a total of 7,621 students enrolled in classes at Eastern, 181 more students than the Spring 2019 semester.
Excluding high school, the students taking dual-credit...
Josh Norman, the associate vice president for enrollment management, will highlight Eastern’s marketing plan during the Council on University Planning and Budget meeting Friday.
The meeting will be...
Editor’s note: The News wanted to run this story as a sidebar to our initial story about the State of the University Address in Friday’s edition of The Daily Eastern News. In this story we explain...
Eastern will have to continue regulating its expenses this fiscal year to maintain a balanced budget.
However, for fiscal year 2020, Eastern will not be required to reduce spending from the previous fiscal...
It was not very long ago that Eastern found itself muddled in a state budget impasse that lasted 793 days from July 1 to Aug. 31, 2017.
A rallying campaign to “Fund EIU” was sparked during that...
Eastern’s enrollment is up 3.7 percent total headcount from 7,526 in fall 2018 to 7,806 this fall.
Total headcount includes full-time enrollment and part-time enrollment for undergraduates and graduates,...
Eastern Provost Jay Gatrell delivered Eastern’s tenth day enrollment numbers, conveying a message of overall positivity and growth, to the Faculty Senate Tuesday.
Gatrell reported to the senate that...
Eastern revamped its application site and the MyEIU site, making both more user friendly and mobile friendly for prospective students.
This new interface was launched over two weeks ago after two months...
Tenth Day Enrollment numbers still have not been released because of an issue with being able to report the numbers.
The numbers are expected to be released sometime Thursday.
Josh Norman, the associate...
With enrollment up by 7.1 percent, with a total head count of 7,526 students compared to last year’s number of 7,030, Eastern is taking steps to retain students in order to continue to grow enrollment...
