@cbl1 That was me extrapolating the student population going forward based on the known quantities of actual incoming freshman from 2015-18 + the anticipated number of enrolled freshman this fall. Those campus population numbers don’t include transfer students, nor do they exclude the 7% that historically fail to return sophomore year.
When a Virginia Tech Faculty Senate member is carrying a torch, and the Mayor of Blacksburg is carrying a pitchfork, you have to admit it’s fairly compelling.