 He was elected to Union's presidency on December 8, 1995, and the university increased in student enrollment from 1,975 in the fall of 1996 to 4,259 in the fall of 2012, representing 15 consecutive years of increased enrollment.Quotations from Dockery have appeared in "The Washington Post", "The Boston Globe", "The Christian Science Monitor", "Christian Post", "The Dallas Morning News", "The Fort Worth Star-Telegram", "The Washington Times", "The Tennessean", "The Commercial Appeal" (Memphis), "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution", "The Birmingham News", "The Courier-Journal" (Louisville), "The Baltimore Sun", "The Chronicle of Higher Education", Religion News Service, Bloomberg.com, Forbes.com, Fox.com, and several denominational publications, among others.He has been interviewed on several national networks