Kansas colleges, universities see overall enrollment decline

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — 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.