PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University is predicting lower freshman enrollment next fall, and school president Kirk Schulz says that's a good thing.
Schulz made the comment in a State of the University address on Tuesday.
He says last year's freshman class of 4,500 students was the largest in school history, which stressed out the system.
Schulz was asked about the athletics department deficit of some $60 million. He says progress has been made in the past three years, reducing the annual operating deficit from $13 million to $7 million a year.
The Moscow-Pullman Daily News says the freshman class this fall is expected to be between 4,200 and 4,300 students.
Schulz says the athletics budget is expected to be balanced by 2022 and then the school can attack the debt.
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