Don’t know how much to make of this, but in view of various reports of declining Wheeling (WV) Jesuit U. enrollment in the wake of its precipitate firing of a popular president 13 months ago, this is interesting:
NEWS9 checked in with every college in the Valley. Both Wheeling Jesuit and Franciscan universities report stable enrollment. But six other schools are seeing a significant increase in students. That includes Belmont Technical College, Bethany College, Eastern Gateway Community College, Ohio University Eastern, West Liberty University and WVNCC.
Stable is not bad, and same is true of nearby Franciscan U. (of Steubenville OH), which would seem to be in the same market, vs. the other six, which are not Catholic schools.
Blithe Spirit 