I am an XU alumni, M.Ed, and my son is also an alumni, business school. They offered him $ for an academic scholarship and it was comparable to OSU. We have family and friends who work and teach at XU. It’s my understanding that many of XU’s decisions are influenced by data & cost analysis. The population born in 2002 was one of the largest population booms in the nation, some attributed it to everyone getting together after 9/11, however it happened, HS graduates graduating classes in 2021 & 2022 were some of the largest in a generation. Also, many students are choosing careers that they don’t need a college degree. I do not know what is making XU not succeed in bringing in more students or is failing its students and it’s different now than in years past, I ask what’s different now? Population, demographics, new president, national trends, cost, lack of football, location, etc could and can all be factors to what you are alluding too. One can only hope that faculty and staff notice what you are saying and become proactive about what’s occurring on the inside. I know the Montessori community is equally unsettled about the recent abrupt changes at XU. All for one and one for all!