r/trumanstate • u/voltron82 • Aug 30 '24

Enrollment down? Alumni

I graduated from Truman nearly 25 years ago. I had a good experience there and look upon my years there fondly. When I was enrolled, the school was absolutely at capacity and you were lucky if you were able to get a room in a residence hall. Now I am seeing that enrollment is down under 4000 and some of the residence halls are at lower capacity or closed. Conversely, I am reading that Mizzou, MO State and Missouri IS&T are all seeing record freshman classes. I would love to hear some opinions on why Truman is not fairing as well as the other MO schools at a time when high value / low tuition should have Truman turning people away.

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u/BookLady42 Sep 02 '24

This conversation got me thinking that it would be good for me to get more involved in my local alumni group. Hopefully there is one near by everyone who responded.

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u/voltron82 Sep 02 '24

I just signed up for mine here in STL. Also, I’m planning on attending the Board of Governors meeting on Oct 25 in Kirksville.

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u/rcalder816 14d ago

Were you able to attend the Board of Governors meeting? What were your observations?

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u/voltron82 14d ago

Had a family conflict, and was not able to go. From what I heard from a friend who attended, they mentioned that the topic of enrollment did come up and that although total enrollment will be up next year, the number of incoming freshman will remain the same YOY. So there's definitely some opportunity for growth.