If you’ve visited our campus website lately, you might have noticed something different about it. “In the Spotlight,” a series of articles on campus events, administrative decisions, and the accomplishments of students, faculty, and alumni, has been banished to a small box of text at the bottom of the page. What was once the main feature of bradley.edu has been replaced by carefully edited photos and advertising information about Bradley University.
I understand that the enrollment drop is a great deal of concern for everyone on campus. However, I challenge you to look up schools like Drake, Butler, Wesleyan or even Illinois State University or Harvard. Bradley stands out as a university that has not chosen to feature the success and activities of the Bradley community as a way to attract prospective students, instead favoring its graphics of statistics like the student-to-teacher ratio.
The new homepage may invite prospective students to join the Bradley family, but it leaves them without any knowledge of who that family is.
Sincerely,
Livi Lu, olu@mail.bradley.edu
Triple majoring in International Studies, Criminal Justice Studies, Spanish
