CWU's freshman flood: First-year enrollment jumps 21 percent

Fall enrollment in the first-year class at Central Washington University jumped 21 percent over the previous year — far surpassing any other state school — thanks in large part to a significant cut in tuition and another one yet to come.

University officials are taking the enrollment boost as a vote of confidence in their leadership, also aided by a fortuitously nice ranking for CWU in a prestigious publication.