By this time next year, he plans to lay out a strategic plan to guide the university through its next five years, as well as chart a strategic path through the decades ahead. "Most higher education (institutions) got caught in this trap of trying to just be everything to everybody," Hardgrave said. "We can't do that anymore." Research has suggested collegiate enrollment will continue on a decline after many universities have enjoyed years of substantial growth, but "those days are gone," Hardgrave told The Commercial Appeal Monday.
