Indiana State University enrollment up 4 percent for spring 2010

TERRE HAUTE - Enrollment at Indiana State University is up nearly 4 percent from this time last year and the spring semester head count is at its highest level in four years.

The total student head count for spring semester stands at 9,765. That's an increase of 363 students, or nearly 4 percent, from spring 2009, with most of the growth (290 students) coming among returning students.

It is the second straight semester in which Indiana State has experienced year-to-year growth. The increase is across-the-board - in new and returning students, transfer students and graduate students.

"Faculty, staff, and administrators at ISU have been working very hard and strategically to recruit and retain more students for the spring semester. Our efforts are demonstrated in these positive numbers. In recent years, we have launched a number of new and aggressive recruitment and retention initiatives and it seems those efforts are helping to produce results," said John Beacon, vice president for enrollment, marketing and communications.