director
A decrease in enrollment resulted in less income for
the university last semester and left the university dependent on out-of-state tuition to balance the deficit.
According to the draft of fall 2012 14th day enrollment for Tennessee Board of...
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director
A decrease in enrollment resulted in less income for
the university last semester and left the university dependent on out-of-state tuition to balance the deficit.
According to the draft of fall 2012 14th day enrollment for Tennessee Board of Regents institutions,
ETSU saw a 0.
9 percent decrease in headcount and a
2.
3 percent decrease in full-time equivalent (FTE).
“A decrease in enrollment will definitely affect us losing money,”said David Collins, vice president of finance
and administration.
“We were down relatively last semester,but when we’re looking at just 2 percent changes
we can work with that.
”
Enrollment was down by larger percentages at some
other state universities.
Austin Peay State University had a 6.
4 percent headcount decrease and a 9.
1 percent drop in FTE; Middle
Tennessee State University, a 4.
0 percent decrease in
headcount and 4.
5 percent decrease in FTE, Tennessee
State University, 4.
3 percent decrease in headcount an
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