An Analysis of Institutional Response and Environmental Constraints with Respect to the Patterns of Institutional Enrollment Decline in American Higher Education. ASHE 1983 Annual Meeting Paper.

Autor/in	Cohen, Barry Gerald
Titel	An Analysis of Institutional Response and Environmental Constraints with Respect to the Patterns of Institutional Enrollment Decline in American Higher Education. ASHE 1983 Annual Meeting Paper.
Quelle	(1983), (26 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Admission Criteria; Change Strategies; College Programs; College Role; Curriculum Development; Declining Enrollment; Enrollment Trends; Higher Education; Institutional Characteristics; School Demography; School Effectiveness; School Holding Power; School Organization; Tuition + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Admission; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Zulassung; Lösungsstrategie; Studienprogramm; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Schulbesuchsrate; Schuleffizienz; School organisation; Schulorganisation; Unterweisung; Unterricht
Abstract	The effectiveness of strategies employed by colleges and universities to reverse a trend of declining enrollment was studied. A comparison was undertaken of 59 institutions that were successful (S) and 54 institutions that were unsuccessful (U) in reversing enrollment decline. In addition to questionnaire response data, extensive demographic data were collected from the U.S. Bureau of Census. The introduction of new or expanded academic programs was significantly more often employed by the S institutions than by the U institutions. Conclusions emerging from the findings include the following: institutional reorganization and/or change in institutional mission, for certain institutions, was a highly effective response strategy; for some institutions, retention of existing students was as important, or even more important, than recruitment of new students; enrollment decline was more likely to worsen in institutions with higher tuition increases and higher percentages of acceptances than it was in institutions with smaller increases in these two variables. It is suggested that if institutional action will not be able to reverse a quantitative trend of downward enrollment, it should direct attention to the qualitative dimensions of decline. (SW)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC