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Quad-City Times6y
Where have the students gone? Western Illinois University enrollment dropped by 4,700 in the past decade
one-tenth the rate of enrollment decline among white students at WIU. The black population of Illinois also declined over that time. WIU’s black population, by contrast, increased substantially.
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Macomb honors its first black police officer, William Thorpe, at WIU Museum event
On Thursday, September 12th an event honoring Macomb's first black police officer took place the Western Illinois University Museum. William Thorpe joined the Macomb Police Department in 1961 ...
The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus6y
Where have the students gone? Western Illinois University enrollment dropped by 4,700 in the past decade
one-tenth the rate of enrollment decline among white students at WIU. The black population of Illinois also declined over that time. WIU’s black population, by contrast, increased substantially.