Lower enrollment threatens more budget cuts - Alex Brase, the Collegian

Frequent budget cuts and enrollment slumps at Kansas State have landed like punches to the gut in many departments, but another round may be on the way. The fall 2017 semester is the third consecutive fall semester to be plagued by lower enrollment, a drubbing that has brought the number of students at the university’s Manhattan, Polytechnic, Olathe and Global campuses down to 22,795, 4.14 percent lower than last fall. The fall 2017 semester’s drop in enrollment is the biggest plunge in the 30 years of enrollment data available from K-State’s registrar’s office. The last time fall enrollment increased at K-State was in 2014, when a record 24,776 students enrolled, up 0.75 percent over fall 2013 enrollment. http://www.kstatecollegian.com/2017/09/29/lower-enrollment-threatens-more-budget-cuts/