 The ETSU period witnessed substantial swings in student enrollment, which grew from 8,890 in 1968 to 9,981 in 1975 before falling to 6,867 in 1985 and partially recovering to 8,000 in 1992.The university's physical plant expanded steadily throughout the period, from 87 buildings on valued at $19 million in 1965 to a campus spanning worth approximately $150 million by the 1990s.Major structural changes to the university during the ETSU era included the creation of a separate ETSU board of regents in 1969 and the approval to open a branch campus in Texarkana in April 1971.