Sunflower enrollment article inaccurate, misleading
The Sunflower published incorrect and misleading information in the article "Headcount Padding: Wichita State reports largest student increase in state," on Monday, Oct. 2.
I'm responsible for leading the university's enrollment efforts, and much of the misinformation could have been prevented had I been interviewed prior to the story being published.
The fact is, during the past two years, hundreds of students, faculty and staff have been involved in the university's enrollment efforts. More than 40 students are currently employed in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, and many more are associated with enrollment efforts in their colleges and academic departments.
To state that the university padded enrollment at the "last minute" is absolutely false and a disservice to the hundreds of university employees, including student workers, who have worked on our enrollment efforts. It implies that their work was somehow nefarious in nature and questions their integrity.
To read the entire letter, go to http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/wsunews/cnews/?cnid=28794