TOPEKA — The Kansas Board of Regents reports that public colleges and universities reported an overall decline in enrollment in the current fall semester.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the regents this year used a new system called full-time equivalency, rather than doing the traditional head count. Full-time equivalency converts credit hours using a formula that the average full-time undergraduate student takes 15 hours a semester, and the average graduate student takes 12 hours.
Under that formula, Kansas State, Emporia State, Fort Hays and Wichita State reported enrollment increases ranging from 0.5 percent to 2 percent. Pittsburg State recorded 3.9 percent decline and the University of Kansas was down 0.6 percent.
The state’s 19 community colleges had a combined 2.6 percent enrollment drop, while technical colleges reported a 5.2 percent increase.
