“During Gordon Gee's presidency of West Virginia University, "student enrollments have steadily decreased.”
West Virginia University Faculty Senate
WVU faculty organization. a no-confidence resolution. Claim dated 9 Sep 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly True
What PolitiFact found
Counting West Virginia University plus its affiliated campuses, total enrollment has fallen every year since President Gordon Gee began his current term in 2014, except for a less-than-1% uptick from 2016 to 2017.
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In short
West Virginia University Faculty Senate (WVU faculty organization) made this claim around 9 September 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 5 October 2023, 26 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
Where the claim appeared
- facultysenate.wvu.eduhttps://facultysenate.wvu.edu/files/d/06e5b431-8c39-438e-a6dd-da0aa3964be5/resolution-no-…
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