For 150 years, dating back to the 1800s, college enrollment in the U.S. experienced annual growth, with only a handful of short-term drops during wars and other major societal events. That record of steady increases was disrupted a dozen years ago, by the recession of 2007 to 2009, and has never recovered. Of course, the pandemic triggered a drop, but the predictions said following that drop in 2020 and 2021, enrollments would once again be on the rise in 2022. They were wrong. The numbers continued their decline and have not shown a year-over-year increase for the past dozen years. Has your university addressed these challenges with a blueprint for new ways to sustain the viability of the institution?
