After Enrollment Dip, Lindenwood Leaders Say the University Has a Plan to Rebound

Lindenwood University’s niche within the region’s higher education market depends on reaching commuter students where they live, with multiple campuses set up in all corners of the St. Louis metro area. But the school recently faced a potential setback to that strategy when it sold its Dardenne Prairie campus for $9.45 million to St. Charles Community College. School leaders say the sale was simply a strategic move aimed at centralizing the nursing program to Lindenwood’s main campus. And yet, the school saw a 4 percent drop in enrollment last fall, and another 4 percent drop this spring. That’s about a $10 million loss in revenue.