DePaul’s enrollment numbers trending higher than expected: VP of enrollment management
Bianca Cseke, Online Managing Editor
June 5, 2020
Though many feared a dramatic decrease in the number of freshmen committing to DePaul, as well as continuing students, the numbers are much better than expected. Despite the coronavirus pandemic, DePaul is generally doing well in terms of projected enrollment for fall quarter, said Soumitra Ghosh...
DePaulia editors discuss enrollment decline and what it means for students, university budget
February 24, 2020
On this week's episode of Page 29, The DePaulia goes over last week's town hall held by President A. Gabriel Esteban, during which he discussed budget projections. Then, we hear about what that actually means for the university in terms of classes offered. https://soundcloud.com/page29/depaulia-editors-discuss-enrollment-decline-and-what-it-means-for-students-university-budget
DePaul expects $14m tuition revenue shortfall
Shane René, Editor-in-Chief
February 23, 2020
Since the 2019-2020 school year began, President A. Gabriel Esteban’s administration has been clear about the university’s top priority: Improve enrollment. But that won’t be so simple in the face of a $14 million tuition revenue shortfall. This past week, Esteban hosted a Leadership Town Hall for facult...
DePaul offers fewer classes as enrollment declines
Bianca Cseke, Online Managing Editor
February 23, 2020
As enrollment continues to decline at DePaul, students are seeing this effect in the form of fewer classes. The university is offering 797 fewer classes in Spring 2020 compared to Spring 2018, with declines in almost every program, records from the university registrar show. The exceptions are the School of Mu...
DePaulia editors discuss enrollment, diversity, sexual misconduct report
Hannah Mitchell and Shane René
February 16, 2020
On this week's episode of Page 29, we sit down with DePaulia News Editor Mackenzie Murtaugh to discuss enrollment and faculty diversity within the university. Then we hear from investigative duo Ella Lee and Emma Oxnevad about a DePaul report detailing sexual misconduct. https://soundcloud.com/page29/page-29-depaulia-editors-discuss-enrollment-diversity-sexual-violence-report
DePaul’s enrollment doesn’t reflect environment
Mackenzie Murtaugh, News Editor
February 16, 2020
Paula Luff, the interim vice president of enrollment management, makes a simple yet telling statement on the first page of 2019’s Enrollment Summary, released last week. “Strong student outcomes were not enough to offset an overall decrease in continuing undergraduates,” she said. In the autu...
Declining enrollment will factor into DePaul’s 2020-21 budget
Bianca Cseke, Online Managing Editor
January 12, 2020
DePaul has begun its process for preparing a budget for the 2020-21 academic year, and the university says it must take enrollment declines into consideration. The university won’t have a budget until after the Board of Trustees’ meeting in early March, but the process for putting it together began ...
Page 29: As enrollment continues to fall, DePaul president lays out vision for future
Hannah Mitchell and Shane René
October 8, 2019
https://soundcloud.com/page29/page-29-as-enrollment-continues-to-fall-depaul-president-lays-out-vision-for-future In this episode of Page 29, The DePaulia's weekly podcast, we talk to Arts & Life Editor Ella Lee and Assistant News Editor Patsy Newitt about DePaul President A. Gabriel Esteban's...
While freshmen applications spike, overall enrollment declines
Carina Smith, News Editor
February 4, 2019
The recent enrollment numbers have been released by DePaul, showing that while applications and retention rates are increasing, the overall enrollment numbers are continuing to drop. The entering 2018 freshman class was the university’s second-largest in its history, with 2,575 freshmen enrolling in the autu...
Tackling low enrollment: How DePaul is handling declining numbers
Ebony Ellis, Contributing Writer
December 14, 2017
Across the United States, enrollment at private universities has been declining because of skyrocketing costs. At DePaul, the issue is no different. According to the Institutional Research & Market Analytics (IRMA) report for DePaul, there are currently 14,816 students enrolled for the fall qu...
DePaul online enrollment climbs as curriculum expands
Jackson Danbeck
September 26, 2016
More DePaul students are taking online classes than ever before, most of whom are also enrolled in face-to- face courses, a trend that reveals the increasing popularity of the university’s expanded online course curriculum. From 2010 to 2015, the number of students enrolled in online courses increased by...
Enrollment down for fifth straight year, but diversity increases
Brenden Moore
February 21, 2016
// A fall enrollment summary conducted by the office of Enrollment Management and Marketing revealed a continual, but less-than-expected decline in the student population amid an environment that reflects national trends. The report also touted record racial diversity, a key part of the department’s enrollment strategy. Overall, university enrollment was 23,53...
