We continue our series of interviews with higher education leaders with Aondover Tarhule, president of Illinois State University in Normal.

On The 21st: How have Illinois students handled politics in the classroom one year after candidate Donald Trump was elected president? Plus, information on the death of a Rockford police officer and the teacher shortage for students with blindness. 

Illinois State University enrolled fewer new freshmen and transfer students this fall, ending three straight years of record-breaking growth, officials said Wednesday.