Documents show that former Southern Illinois University president Randy Dunn might have hindered student recruitment efforts to the campus in Carbondale by not approving a mailing list purchase. Reports indicate that emails show that Dunn did not take action during his final 2 months in office on spending $499,000 to buy contact information for students who have taken the SAT, ACT and other standardized tests. Dunn then resigned in July, after criticism came out over his proposal to shift $5-million in state funding from the campus in Carbondale to Edwardsville. Carbondale associate chancellor Jennifer DeHaemers says that the mailing list is critical to student recruitment, some most colleges are going after the same students. Carbondale’s campus saw a nearly 12-percent enrollment drop this past fall. The school’s interim president approved the purchase shortly after taking office.