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...
DePaul enrollment drops, consistent with national trends
Grant Myatt
March 8, 2015
While higher education enrollment suffers nationally, DePaul is no exception. Since 2011, the total university enrollment is down about 6 percent, while graduate and law enrollment have dropped the most by about 15 percent, according to DePaul’s 2014 Enrollment Summary. Read More »...
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Monday that there are no plans to suspend Illinois' automatic voter registration...
Chicago’s low-income communities receiving a $20M investment
January 28, 2020
Underprivileged areas in Chicago will receive an estimated $20 million investment...
1-year-old Chicago toddler shot in parents’ gun struggle
January 28, 2020
A 1-year-old boy whose father claimed had been shot in the head by a gunman...
DePaul adds new Board of Trustees members
January 27, 2020
DePaul University’s Board of Trustees will bring aboard six newly elected...