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  "version": 2,
  "unit": "fall headcount",
  "classification": "FACT",
  "asOf": "2026-10-03",
  "coverage": {
    "start": 1995,
    "end": 2025,
    "verifiedYears": 31,
    "missingYears": [],
    "nextYear": {
      "year": 2026,
      "value": null,
      "status": "NOT VERIFIED",
      "note": "No fall 2026 total found in the official census page or current factbook as checked October 3, 2026. Do not use spring 2026 headcount or 2026 strategic goal as an observation."
    }
  },
  "note": "Every annual point 1995\u20132025 is sourced. The line uses official ULM historical factbook totals, NCES final/revised fall headcount for2011\u20132017, then ULM census headcount2018\u20132025. Different vintage totals are explicitly disclosed. Event markers show chronology, not causal effects. Never infer that renaming caused enrollment changes.",
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    {
      "id": "enrollment-1995",
      "year": 1995,
      "value": 11553,
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "enrollment-factbook-2010",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/upa/documents/fb2010.pdf#page=51",
      "basis": "Fall total headcount",
      "notes": "Historical factbook total column; official published census series.",
      "conflicts": []
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-1996",
      "year": 1996,
      "value": 11116,
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "enrollment-factbook-2010",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/upa/documents/fb2010.pdf#page=51",
      "basis": "Fall total headcount",
      "notes": "Historical factbook total column; official published census series.",
      "conflicts": []
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-1997",
      "year": 1997,
      "value": 10942,
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "enrollment-factbook-2010",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/upa/documents/fb2010.pdf#page=51",
      "basis": "Fall total headcount",
      "notes": "Historical factbook total column; official published census series.",
      "conflicts": []
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-1998",
      "year": 1998,
      "value": 10527,
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "enrollment-factbook-2010",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/upa/documents/fb2010.pdf#page=51",
      "basis": "Fall total headcount",
      "notes": "Historical factbook total column; official published census series.",
      "conflicts": []
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-1999",
      "year": 1999,
      "value": 9947,
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "enrollment-factbook-2010",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/upa/documents/fb2010.pdf#page=51",
      "basis": "Fall total headcount",
      "notes": "Historical factbook total column; official published census series.",
      "conflicts": [
        {
          "year": 1999,
          "canonicalValue": 9947,
          "canonicalSourceId": "enrollment-factbook-2010",
          "alternativeValue": 9950,
          "alternativeSourceId": "review-2002",
          "alternativeSourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/president/documents/institutional_review.pdf",
          "note": "The 2002 outside review reports 9,950. Its small difference from the historical factbook is unresolved; the annual chart consistently uses the factbook total."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-2000",
      "year": 2000,
      "value": 9400,
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "enrollment-factbook-2010",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/upa/documents/fb2010.pdf#page=51",
      "basis": "Fall total headcount",
      "notes": "Historical factbook total column; official published census series.",
      "conflicts": []
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-2001",
      "year": 2001,
      "value": 8760,
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "enrollment-factbook-2010",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/upa/documents/fb2010.pdf#page=51",
      "basis": "Fall total headcount",
      "notes": "Historical factbook total column; official published census series.",
      "conflicts": [
        {
          "year": 2001,
          "canonicalValue": 8760,
          "canonicalSourceId": "enrollment-factbook-2010",
          "alternativeValue": 8765,
          "alternativeSourceId": "review-2002",
          "alternativeSourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/president/documents/institutional_review.pdf",
          "note": "The 2002 review reports 8,765. Keep this number when paraphrasing that report, with its source/date; do not silently substitute it for the census-series row."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-2002",
      "year": 2002,
      "value": 8151,
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "enrollment-factbook-2010",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/upa/documents/fb2010.pdf#page=51",
      "basis": "Fall total headcount",
      "notes": "Historical factbook total column; official published census series.",
      "conflicts": []
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-2003",
      "year": 2003,
      "value": 8580,
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "enrollment-factbook-2010",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/upa/documents/fb2010.pdf#page=51",
      "basis": "Fall total headcount",
      "notes": "Historical factbook total column; official published census series.",
      "conflicts": []
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-2004",
      "year": 2004,
      "value": 8834,
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "enrollment-factbook-2010",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/upa/documents/fb2010.pdf#page=51",
      "basis": "Fall total headcount",
      "notes": "Historical factbook total column; official published census series.",
      "conflicts": []
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-2005",
      "year": 2005,
      "value": 9278,
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "enrollment-factbook-2010",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/upa/documents/fb2010.pdf#page=51",
      "basis": "Fall total headcount",
      "notes": "Historical factbook total column; official published census series.",
      "conflicts": []
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-2006",
      "year": 2006,
      "value": 8576,
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "enrollment-factbook-2010",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/upa/documents/fb2010.pdf#page=51",
      "basis": "Fall total headcount",
      "notes": "Historical factbook total column; official published census series.",
      "conflicts": []
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-2007",
      "year": 2007,
      "value": 8549,
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "enrollment-factbook-2010",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/upa/documents/fb2010.pdf#page=51",
      "basis": "Fall total headcount",
      "notes": "Historical factbook total column; official published census series.",
      "conflicts": []
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-2008",
      "year": 2008,
      "value": 8767,
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "enrollment-factbook-2010",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/upa/documents/fb2010.pdf#page=51",
      "basis": "Fall total headcount",
      "notes": "Historical factbook total column; official published census series.",
      "conflicts": []
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-2009",
      "year": 2009,
      "value": 9004,
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "enrollment-factbook-2010",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/upa/documents/fb2010.pdf#page=51",
      "basis": "Fall total headcount",
      "notes": "Historical factbook total column; official published census series.",
      "conflicts": []
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-2010",
      "year": 2010,
      "value": 8801,
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "enrollment-factbook-2010",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/upa/documents/fb2010.pdf#page=51",
      "basis": "Fall total headcount",
      "notes": "Historical factbook total column; official published census series.",
      "conflicts": [
        {
          "year": 2010,
          "canonicalValue": 8801,
          "canonicalSourceId": "enrollment-factbook-2010",
          "alternativeValue": 8858,
          "alternativeSourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/news/archives/2011/sept11/enrollment.html",
          "note": "This2011 news page calls 8,858 the preliminary fall 2010 total. Canonical factbook and NCES EF2010A both give 8,801."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-2011",
      "year": 2011,
      "value": 8583,
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "enrollment-ipeds-2011",
      "sourceUrl": "https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/ef2011a.zip",
      "basis": "Fall total headcount",
      "notes": "NCES fall all-students total, reported; revision file applied. Contemporary ULM announcement variance disclosed in methodology.",
      "conflicts": [
        {
          "year": 2011,
          "canonicalValue": 8583,
          "canonicalSourceId": "enrollment-ipeds-2011",
          "alternativeValue": 8515,
          "alternativeSourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/news/archives/2011/sept11/enrollment.html",
          "note": "September 2011 press total is explicitly preliminary. September 2012 ULM release later compares against 8,626 for fall 2011. NCES downloadable all-students fall total is 8,583; reasons for remaining difference are not established."
        },
        {
          "year": 2011,
          "canonicalValue": 8583,
          "canonicalSourceId": "enrollment-ipeds-2011",
          "alternativeValue": 8626,
          "alternativeSourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/news/archives/2012/sept12/enrollment.html",
          "note": "Prior-year comparator in ULM 2012 press release; not used to overwrite the final NCES fall component."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-2012",
      "year": 2012,
      "value": 8548,
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "enrollment-ipeds-2012",
      "sourceUrl": "https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/ef2012a.zip",
      "basis": "Fall total headcount",
      "notes": "NCES fall all-students total, reported; revision file applied. Contemporary ULM announcement variance disclosed in methodology.",
      "conflicts": [
        {
          "year": 2012,
          "canonicalValue": 8548,
          "canonicalSourceId": "enrollment-ipeds-2012",
          "alternativeValue": 8560,
          "alternativeSourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/news/archives/2012/sept12/enrollment.html",
          "note": "September 18, 2012 press announcement. Official ULM-hosted NCES institutional extract and current EF2012A both report 8,548."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-2013",
      "year": 2013,
      "value": 8645,
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "enrollment-ipeds-2013",
      "sourceUrl": "https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/ef2013a.zip",
      "basis": "Fall total headcount",
      "notes": "NCES fall all-students total, reported; revision file applied. Contemporary ULM announcement variance disclosed in methodology.",
      "conflicts": []
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-2014",
      "year": 2014,
      "value": 8517,
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "enrollment-ipeds-2014",
      "sourceUrl": "https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/ef2014a.zip",
      "basis": "Fall total headcount",
      "notes": "NCES fall all-students total, reported; revision file applied. Contemporary ULM announcement variance disclosed in methodology.",
      "conflicts": [
        {
          "year": 2014,
          "canonicalValue": 8517,
          "canonicalSourceId": "enrollment-ipeds-2014",
          "alternativeValue": 8527,
          "alternativeSourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/news/2014/0912-enrollment.html",
          "note": "ULM September 2014 announcement differs by 10; final downloadable NCES total is used."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-2015",
      "year": 2015,
      "value": 8804,
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "enrollment-ipeds-2015",
      "sourceUrl": "https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/ef2015a.zip",
      "basis": "Fall total headcount",
      "notes": "NCES fall all-students total, reported; revision file applied. Contemporary ULM announcement variance disclosed in methodology.",
      "conflicts": [
        {
          "year": 2015,
          "canonicalValue": 8804,
          "canonicalSourceId": "enrollment-ipeds-2015",
          "alternativeValue": 8854,
          "alternativeSourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/news/2017/0913-9290-students-at-ulm-for-fall-2017.html",
          "note": "Prior-year comparator in ULM 2017 announcement; final downloadable NCES total is used."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-2016",
      "year": 2016,
      "value": 9038,
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "enrollment-ipeds-2016",
      "sourceUrl": "https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/ef2016a.zip",
      "basis": "Fall total headcount",
      "notes": "NCES fall all-students total, reported; revision file applied. Contemporary ULM announcement variance disclosed in methodology.",
      "conflicts": [
        {
          "year": 2016,
          "canonicalValue": 9038,
          "canonicalSourceId": "enrollment-ipeds-2016",
          "alternativeValue": 9115,
          "alternativeSourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/news/2017/0913-9290-students-at-ulm-for-fall-2017.html",
          "note": "Prior-year comparator in ULM 2017 announcement; final downloadable NCES total is used."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-2017",
      "year": 2017,
      "value": 9181,
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "enrollment-ipeds-2017",
      "sourceUrl": "https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/ef2017a.zip",
      "basis": "Fall total headcount",
      "notes": "NCES fall all-students total, reported; revision file applied. Contemporary ULM announcement variance disclosed in methodology.",
      "conflicts": [
        {
          "year": 2017,
          "canonicalValue": 9181,
          "canonicalSourceId": "enrollment-ipeds-2017",
          "alternativeValue": 9290,
          "alternativeSourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/news/2017/0913-9290-students-at-ulm-for-fall-2017.html",
          "note": "ULM September 2017 release calls 9,290 final/official. Current NCES all-students EF total is 9,181. This conflict is disclosed; do not attribute it to a specific cause without additional evidence."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-2018",
      "year": 2018,
      "value": 8832,
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "enrollment",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/studentachievement/",
      "basis": "Fall total headcount",
      "notes": "ULM fall census, all instructional sites and modes; noncredit excluded.",
      "conflicts": []
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-2019",
      "year": 2019,
      "value": 8489,
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "enrollment",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/studentachievement/",
      "basis": "Fall total headcount",
      "notes": "ULM fall census, all instructional sites and modes; noncredit excluded.",
      "conflicts": []
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-2020",
      "year": 2020,
      "value": 8676,
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "enrollment",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/studentachievement/",
      "basis": "Fall total headcount",
      "notes": "ULM fall census, all instructional sites and modes; noncredit excluded.",
      "conflicts": []
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-2021",
      "year": 2021,
      "value": 8565,
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "enrollment",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/studentachievement/",
      "basis": "Fall total headcount",
      "notes": "ULM fall census, all instructional sites and modes; noncredit excluded.",
      "conflicts": []
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-2022",
      "year": 2022,
      "value": 8215,
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "enrollment",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/studentachievement/",
      "basis": "Fall total headcount",
      "notes": "ULM fall census, all instructional sites and modes; noncredit excluded.",
      "conflicts": []
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-2023",
      "year": 2023,
      "value": 8277,
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "enrollment",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/studentachievement/",
      "basis": "Fall total headcount",
      "notes": "ULM fall census, all instructional sites and modes; noncredit excluded.",
      "conflicts": []
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-2024",
      "year": 2024,
      "value": 8605,
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "enrollment",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/studentachievement/",
      "basis": "Fall total headcount",
      "notes": "ULM fall census, all instructional sites and modes; noncredit excluded.",
      "conflicts": []
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-2025",
      "year": 2025,
      "value": 8678,
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "enrollment",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/studentachievement/",
      "basis": "Fall total headcount",
      "notes": "ULM fall census, all instructional sites and modes; noncredit excluded.",
      "conflicts": []
    }
  ],
  "events": [
    {
      "year": 1999,
      "date": "1999-08-27",
      "label": "NLU \u2192 ULM",
      "sourceId": "history",
      "note": "Enrollment decline already appears before the name change; marker is chronology only."
    },
    {
      "year": 2002,
      "label": "Institutional review",
      "sourceId": "review-2002",
      "note": "The review uses slightly different 1999/2001 totals; see published-source conflicts."
    },
    {
      "year": 2006,
      "date": "2006-06-26",
      "label": "Warhawks unveiled",
      "sourceId": "mascot",
      "note": "Identity event; no causal enrollment claim."
    },
    {
      "year": 2020,
      "label": "VCOM-Louisiana opens",
      "sourceId": "vcom",
      "note": "VCOM is a separate institution; its enrollment is not added to ULM census figures."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "enrollment-factbook-2010",
      "title": "ULM Factbook 2010\u20132011: Fall Semester Headcount",
      "url": "https://www.ulm.edu/upa/documents/fb2010.pdf#page=51",
      "type": "PRIMARY",
      "publisher": "University of Louisiana at Monroe, University Planning and Analysis",
      "date": "2010\u20132011",
      "basis": "Fall semester total headcount; historical total column, PDF page 51 (printed 46). Undergraduate plus graduate category includes the historical total.",
      "note": "Canonical 1995\u20132010 series. Visually verified against the original PDF table.1999 = 9,947 and2001 = 8,760 differ slightly from the 2002 outside review; both source versions are disclosed.2010 = 8,801 also matches NCES EF2010A."
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment",
      "title": "ULM Student Achievement: Fall Census Enrollment",
      "url": "https://www.ulm.edu/studentachievement/",
      "type": "PRIMARY",
      "publisher": "University of Louisiana Monroe",
      "date": null,
      "basis": "All ULM students at fall census, approximately 14 class days after full term begins; all instructional sites/modes, excludes noncredit programs.",
      "note": "Canonical 2018\u20132025 fall total headcount. As checked October 3, 2026, latest published fall row is2025. Spring 2026 from the current factbook is a different term and is not mixed into this line."
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-ipeds-method",
      "title": "NCES IPEDS EF2017A data dictionary",
      "url": "https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/ef2017a_dict.zip",
      "type": "PRIMARY",
      "publisher": "U.S. Department of Education, NCES",
      "date": "2017\u20132018 collection",
      "basis": "EFALEVEL 1 = All students total; EFTOTLT = all men/women enrolled for credit at official fall date or October 15.",
      "note": "The series uses fall headcount, never 12-month unduplicated enrollment, FTE, or undergraduate-only counts. UNITID 159993 identifies ULM. Raw revised rows take precedence when provided."
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-ipeds-2011",
      "title": "NCES IPEDS EF2011A: ULM fall total headcount",
      "url": "https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/ef2011a.zip",
      "type": "PRIMARY",
      "publisher": "U.S. Department of Education, NCES",
      "date": "2011\u20132012 collection",
      "basis": "UNITID 159993; EFALEVEL 1 (all students total); EFTOTLT, reported headcount; latest supplied revision overlaid on original CSV.",
      "note": "Canonical fall total from the official downloadable EF file. Contemporary ULM press announcements may differ; alternatives are disclosed in enrollment methodology. No interpolation."
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-ipeds-2012",
      "title": "NCES IPEDS EF2012A: ULM fall total headcount",
      "url": "https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/ef2012a.zip",
      "type": "PRIMARY",
      "publisher": "U.S. Department of Education, NCES",
      "date": "2012\u20132013 collection",
      "basis": "UNITID 159993; EFALEVEL 1 (all students total); EFTOTLT, reported headcount; latest supplied revision overlaid on original CSV.",
      "note": "Canonical fall total from the official downloadable EF file. Contemporary ULM press announcements may differ; alternatives are disclosed in enrollment methodology. No interpolation."
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-ipeds-2013",
      "title": "NCES IPEDS EF2013A: ULM fall total headcount",
      "url": "https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/ef2013a.zip",
      "type": "PRIMARY",
      "publisher": "U.S. Department of Education, NCES",
      "date": "2013\u20132014 collection",
      "basis": "UNITID 159993; EFALEVEL 1 (all students total); EFTOTLT, reported headcount; latest supplied revision overlaid on original CSV.",
      "note": "Canonical fall total from the official downloadable EF file. Contemporary ULM press announcements may differ; alternatives are disclosed in enrollment methodology. No interpolation."
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-ipeds-2014",
      "title": "NCES IPEDS EF2014A: ULM fall total headcount",
      "url": "https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/ef2014a.zip",
      "type": "PRIMARY",
      "publisher": "U.S. Department of Education, NCES",
      "date": "2014\u20132015 collection",
      "basis": "UNITID 159993; EFALEVEL 1 (all students total); EFTOTLT, reported headcount; latest supplied revision overlaid on original CSV.",
      "note": "Canonical fall total from the official downloadable EF file. Contemporary ULM press announcements may differ; alternatives are disclosed in enrollment methodology. No interpolation."
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-ipeds-2015",
      "title": "NCES IPEDS EF2015A: ULM fall total headcount",
      "url": "https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/ef2015a.zip",
      "type": "PRIMARY",
      "publisher": "U.S. Department of Education, NCES",
      "date": "2015\u20132016 collection",
      "basis": "UNITID 159993; EFALEVEL 1 (all students total); EFTOTLT, reported headcount; latest supplied revision overlaid on original CSV.",
      "note": "Canonical fall total from the official downloadable EF file. Contemporary ULM press announcements may differ; alternatives are disclosed in enrollment methodology. No interpolation."
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-ipeds-2016",
      "title": "NCES IPEDS EF2016A: ULM fall total headcount",
      "url": "https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/ef2016a.zip",
      "type": "PRIMARY",
      "publisher": "U.S. Department of Education, NCES",
      "date": "2016\u20132017 collection",
      "basis": "UNITID 159993; EFALEVEL 1 (all students total); EFTOTLT, reported headcount; latest supplied revision overlaid on original CSV.",
      "note": "Canonical fall total from the official downloadable EF file. Contemporary ULM press announcements may differ; alternatives are disclosed in enrollment methodology. No interpolation."
    },
    {
      "id": "enrollment-ipeds-2017",
      "title": "NCES IPEDS EF2017A: ULM fall total headcount",
      "url": "https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/ef2017a.zip",
      "type": "PRIMARY",
      "publisher": "U.S. Department of Education, NCES",
      "date": "2017\u20132018 collection",
      "basis": "UNITID 159993; EFALEVEL 1 (all students total); EFTOTLT, reported headcount; latest supplied revision overlaid on original CSV.",
      "note": "Canonical fall total from the official downloadable EF file. Contemporary ULM press announcements may differ; alternatives are disclosed in enrollment methodology. No interpolation."
    }
  ],
  "conflicts": [
    {
      "year": 1999,
      "canonicalValue": 9947,
      "canonicalSourceId": "enrollment-factbook-2010",
      "alternativeValue": 9950,
      "alternativeSourceId": "review-2002",
      "alternativeSourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/president/documents/institutional_review.pdf",
      "note": "The 2002 outside review reports 9,950. Its small difference from the historical factbook is unresolved; the annual chart consistently uses the factbook total."
    },
    {
      "year": 2001,
      "canonicalValue": 8760,
      "canonicalSourceId": "enrollment-factbook-2010",
      "alternativeValue": 8765,
      "alternativeSourceId": "review-2002",
      "alternativeSourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/president/documents/institutional_review.pdf",
      "note": "The 2002 review reports 8,765. Keep this number when paraphrasing that report, with its source/date; do not silently substitute it for the census-series row."
    },
    {
      "year": 2010,
      "canonicalValue": 8801,
      "canonicalSourceId": "enrollment-factbook-2010",
      "alternativeValue": 8858,
      "alternativeSourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/news/archives/2011/sept11/enrollment.html",
      "note": "This2011 news page calls 8,858 the preliminary fall 2010 total. Canonical factbook and NCES EF2010A both give 8,801."
    },
    {
      "year": 2011,
      "canonicalValue": 8583,
      "canonicalSourceId": "enrollment-ipeds-2011",
      "alternativeValue": 8515,
      "alternativeSourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/news/archives/2011/sept11/enrollment.html",
      "note": "September 2011 press total is explicitly preliminary. September 2012 ULM release later compares against 8,626 for fall 2011. NCES downloadable all-students fall total is 8,583; reasons for remaining difference are not established."
    },
    {
      "year": 2011,
      "canonicalValue": 8583,
      "canonicalSourceId": "enrollment-ipeds-2011",
      "alternativeValue": 8626,
      "alternativeSourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/news/archives/2012/sept12/enrollment.html",
      "note": "Prior-year comparator in ULM 2012 press release; not used to overwrite the final NCES fall component."
    },
    {
      "year": 2012,
      "canonicalValue": 8548,
      "canonicalSourceId": "enrollment-ipeds-2012",
      "alternativeValue": 8560,
      "alternativeSourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/news/archives/2012/sept12/enrollment.html",
      "note": "September 18, 2012 press announcement. Official ULM-hosted NCES institutional extract and current EF2012A both report 8,548."
    },
    {
      "year": 2014,
      "canonicalValue": 8517,
      "canonicalSourceId": "enrollment-ipeds-2014",
      "alternativeValue": 8527,
      "alternativeSourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/news/2014/0912-enrollment.html",
      "note": "ULM September 2014 announcement differs by 10; final downloadable NCES total is used."
    },
    {
      "year": 2015,
      "canonicalValue": 8804,
      "canonicalSourceId": "enrollment-ipeds-2015",
      "alternativeValue": 8854,
      "alternativeSourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/news/2017/0913-9290-students-at-ulm-for-fall-2017.html",
      "note": "Prior-year comparator in ULM 2017 announcement; final downloadable NCES total is used."
    },
    {
      "year": 2016,
      "canonicalValue": 9038,
      "canonicalSourceId": "enrollment-ipeds-2016",
      "alternativeValue": 9115,
      "alternativeSourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/news/2017/0913-9290-students-at-ulm-for-fall-2017.html",
      "note": "Prior-year comparator in ULM 2017 announcement; final downloadable NCES total is used."
    },
    {
      "year": 2017,
      "canonicalValue": 9181,
      "canonicalSourceId": "enrollment-ipeds-2017",
      "alternativeValue": 9290,
      "alternativeSourceUrl": "https://www.ulm.edu/news/2017/0913-9290-students-at-ulm-for-fall-2017.html",
      "note": "ULM September 2017 release calls 9,290 final/official. Current NCES all-students EF total is 9,181. This conflict is disclosed; do not attribute it to a specific cause without additional evidence."
    }
  ]
}