Kansas Wesleyan Enrollment Dips
KSAL Staff - Mon 05:22 PM 10/01/2012
Full-time enrollment at KWU this semester is at 745.
Enrollment at Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina is down a little.
According to the school, In 2011-12, the numbers were up at KWU, but mostly due to over-recruiting in some sports, which led to several athletes transferring. Numbers on the sports teams now are more manageable; athletes are seeing playing time, and grades have improved.
The school says that Interim President Dr. Wayne Lowen is pleased with class of 2016 and the caliber of student that is attracted to the University.
“Our standards are high, and I am really pleased. We want students that are academically prepared for university work,” Dr. Lowen said.
“Our students reflect our high standards and it's such a great group of students,” Dr. Lowen said. “We might have lost students in some areas, but we're gaining in others.”
Despite the drop, Lowen doesn't apologize; the campus attitude is very positive.
“We were anticipating a slight drop, and this really enforces our strategic plan of putting more focus on academics,” said Dr. Lowen.
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gaspasser1959
Tuesday 2 October 2012 05:29 Report this comment
Ah "Nobama" rulings at work!! This is expected when they are giving away less grants to student, More student loans with HIGHER interest rates, and having a "parent portion" of the cost. Why dont we start a drug screening process for those wishing state and federal severcies, Probably would save lots of money. That's how you save tax dollars, dont penalize students who want to become an educated tax-paying memeber of soceity!!
Iamgonnagetyou
Wednesday 3 October 2012 08:32 Report this comment
Oh so give wanna be students that can use the monies to spend on non education matters such as drugs, fancy auto's or clothes everything but education. Then they do not last in school and do not repay the funds they received. KWU has always been known to over recruiting whether for sports or students from back east ect. If less students is following some kwu plan why this story?