The University has continued to implement cost containment strategies, including staff reductions, elimination of vacant positions, reorganization of administrative and academic functions and elimination or renegotiation of contracts.
These actions, while difficult, have positioned the University to function within its current revenue stream. However, while enrollment has stabilized with the fall 2016 incoming class, the University has limited resources to implement the aggressive plan necessary to complete the planned transformation and build enrollment to the levels necessary to sustain the University over the long term.
This management plan is part of a comprehensive planning process at the University that has culminated with a new Strategic Plan (Attachment A), a new Strategic Enrollment Management Plan (Attachment B) and this management plan.
For the first time since 2013, fall headcount enrollment has increased over the prior year. Fall 2016 headcount is 1,736, a 9.46% increase over the fall of 2015. This reverses the recent enrollment trends at the University and is an early indicator that the changes put in place in enrollment management over the summer of 2016 are having an impact.