 On-campus housing figures generally followed enrollment numbers, dipping from nearly 2,000 in 1975–76 to just 914 in 1986, before partially recovering to 1,133 by 1989.Austin also made the recruiting and retention of "high quality faculty" a major priority, largely by emphasizing research, much to the chagrin of many faculty members who felt that they had been hired to teach and not to research.Furthermore, the fact that salary increases for faculty at ETSU failed to keep pace with the state average irked many on campus.