The Northern Star is Tweeting (from about 4:40 p.m.) NIU enrollment numbers obtained from a press release:
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Fall 2012 new freshman enrollment is up 2.9%.
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There’s an increase of 25.7% in the Honors Program incoming class since 2010, and the number of minority students in the Honors Program has more than doubled, to 253.
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New transfer admissions are down 10.4% from last year.
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Total enrollment went from 22,990 in fall 2011 to 21,869 for fall 2012, a drop of 4.9%.
Northern Star Online will publish a full article tomorrow.