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[email protected]. all enrollmentup, report shows JULIE CAMBRIA-BRECHBILL "There was much speculation last fall," Sam "It's difficult to know which ones (recruitm�nt nlatration editor Taber, dean of academic services, said. "Initially, tactics) produce," he said. Eastern' s 1985 fall enrollment increased slightly last year, freshmen applications were lagging, but as Eastern President Stanley Rives said he was m last fall's official enrollment, despite ad we moved into spring, they passed the previous pleased that the enrollment increased this fall. istrators' expectations of a decrease. year." "Eastern remains attractive to students and their Official figures released from the academic ser The National Center for Educational Statistics parents," he said. "Students like Eastern because we es office show 9,926 students enrolled for classes predicted an average enrollment decrease of about 1 continue to offer quality education at a reasonable Eastern this fall compared to 9,908 enrolled in fall percent in both public and private universities and cost, and we hope to keep it that way.'' 84, an 18 student increase.