The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

10th Day numbers delayed, expected on Thursday

Analicia Haynes, Editor-in-Chief January 23, 2019

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...

Eastern looks to retention efforts following increase in enrollment

Analicia Haynes, Editor-in-Chief September 5, 2018

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...

Freshmen numbers up 24.5 percent from last year, total headcount up 7 percent

Analicia Haynes, Editor-in-Chief September 4, 2018

Editor’s note: An additional story will be published in Thursday’s edition of The Daily Eastern News that takes a closer look at the factors that went into the increase in enrollment, how the increase...

Freshmen enrollment expected to increase for fall 2018

Analicia Haynes, Managing Editor June 6, 2018

With the promise of a state budget that offers a two percent increase in appropriations for Eastern, the freshmen enrollment is also expected to increase for Fall 2018. Josh Norman, the associate vice...

International student enrollment numbers take a hit

Cassie Buchman, Editor in Chief January 24, 2018

Correction: This story has been edited to reflect that Brenda Cuellar actually went to Colombia and Brazil with the purpose of recruiting international students. The News regrets the error. Despite...

Enrollment projections indicate an increase in enrollment since last semester

Cassie Buchman, Editor in Chief January 15, 2018

Josh Norman, associate vice president of enrollment management, told the Council on University Planning and Budgeting current enrollment projections for the spring semester at its Friday meeting. As...

Forum set to show recruitment tips, ideas for prospective students

Cassie Buchman, Editor in Chief January 10, 2018

Following a year of updates from Eastern’s Office of Enrollment Management, a recruitment forum will show the campus how to inform more perspective students. According to January’s enrollment management...

Brooke Schwartz | The Daily Eastern News Stephen Lucas, the interim associate dean of the College of Education and Professional Studies, Institutional Repository Librarian Todd Bruns, and Rebecca Throneburg, communication and disorders and sciences professor, listen to Michael Dobbs’ presentation on enrollment in Illinois’ higher education. The presenation showed that, on average, from 2006-2016 enrollment in Illinois universities was down 6 percent, while Eastern’s enrollment was down 40 percent alone at the same time.

Review committee hears of enrollment trends, proposals

Brooke Schwartz, Administration Reporter November 12, 2017

Management professor Michael Dobbs presented research on enrollment trends in higher education, showing that while Eastern’s enrollment went down, other universities’ in Illinois went up, at Friday’s...

Faculty Senate to hear from athletic director, discuss enrollment plans

Staff Report October 30, 2017

The Faculty Senate is set to hear from Athletic Director Tom Michael during the second half of its meeting Tuesday. It will also discuss the follow-up material from Josh Norman, associate vice president...

Enrollment down by five percent

Cassie Buchman, Editor in Chief September 10, 2017

  Eastern’s total enrollment has gone down from 7,415 in fall 2016 to 7,030 in fall 2017, making for a five percent decrease from last year’s numbers. This is the university’s lowest fall-to-fall...

Tenth day enrollment numbers delayed

Chrissy Miller, News Editor September 7, 2017

Tenth day enrollment numbers have not been released yet because some data was not corrected correctly. “There was a little hiccup... for reporting gender and ethnicity for about 20 students,” said...

Enrollment numbers to be released

Chrissy Miller, News Editor September 5, 2017

Tenth day numbers were being finalized as of late Tuesday evening by institutional research, according to Provost Jay Gatrell. Until the official memo goes out, Gatrell said he could not release any...

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