Western Illinois trustees hear appeal for enrollment support - SARAH HAYDEN, Lee News Network

Agriculture Professor Mark Bernards laid out a timeline for board members, noting enrollment had fallen from 11,700 students in 2013 to 9,441 students in the fall of 2017 on the combined Macomb and Moline campuses. "Projected enrollment for fall of 2018 is 8,088 — a decline of 14 percent," he said. "If we continue this pattern of decline in enrollment, I calculated WIU will have a student population of less than 4,000 by the fall of 2022. https://qctimes.com/news/local/western-illinois-trustees-hear-appeal-for-enrollment-support/article_63821288-8de9-5bd3-84de-3ddbb4fc3173.html