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Declining Enrollment Takes A Bite Out Of UM's Budget

UM's Vice President for Integrated Communications, Peggy Kuhr, says 13,044 students are attending UM this fall semester, a 6 and one half percent drop from last fall.
Josh Burnham
UM's Vice President for Integrated Communications, Peggy Kuhr, says 13,044 students are attending UM this fall semester, a 6 and one half percent drop from last fall.

The ongoing enrollment drop at the University of Montana will have repercussions on the school's budget. But what exactly that means isn’t yet fully known.

UM's Vice President for Integrated Communications, Peggy Kuhr, says 13,044 students are attending UM this fall semester, a 6 and one half percent drop from last fall.

Kuhr spoke with MTPR's Edward O'Brien about declining enrollment and it's effects on UM's budget:

Peggy Kuhr is Vice President of Integrated Communications at the University of Montana.
 

Edward O’Brien first landed at Montana Public Radio three decades ago as a news intern while attending the UM School of Journalism. He covers a wide range of stories from around the state.
edward.obrien@umt.edu.  
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