Western Illinois University Loses two-thirds of their students in less than 20 years.

Here's my absolute favorite genre of public relations spin.

When a university HAS to release it's 10th day enrollment numbers.

But, those numbers are catastrophically bad.

So they issue a 1,000 word press release that is full of nothing but fluff.

They released the first… pic.twitter.com/lHrWLeax5R

— Ryan Burge 📊 (@ryanburge) September 16, 2026