The Agile College

How Institutions Successfully Navigate Demographic Changes
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-4214-4023-1
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 147 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

Following Grawe's seminal first book, this volume answers the question: How can a college or university prepare for forecasted demographic disruptions?

Demographic changes promise to reshape the market for higher education in the next 15 years. Colleges are already grappling with the consequences of declining family size due to low birth rates brought on by the Great Recession, as well as the continuing shift toward minority student populations. Each institution faces a distinct market context with unique organizational strengths; no one-size-fits-all answer could suffice.

In this essential follow-up to Demographics and the Demand for Higher Education, Nathan D. Grawe explores how proactive institutions are preparing for the resulting challenges that lie ahead. While it isn't possible to reverse the demographic tide, most institutions, he argues persuasively, can mitigate the effects. Drawing on interviews with higher education leaders, Grawe explores successful avenues of response, including

• recruitment initiatives
• retention programs
• revisions to the academic and cocurricular program
• institutional growth plans
• retrenchment efforts
• collaborative action

Throughout, Grawe presents readers with examples taken from a range of institutions—small and large, public and private, two-year and four-year, selective and open-access. While an effective response to demographic change must reflect the individual campus context, the cases Grawe analyzes will prompt conversations about the best paths forward.

The Agile College also extends projections for higher education demand. Using data from the High School Longitudinal Study, the book updates prior work by incorporating new information on college-going after the Great Recession and pushes forecasts into the mid-2030s. What's more, the analysis expands to examine additional aspects of the higher education market, such as dual enrollment, transfer students, and the role of immigration in college demand.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grawe, Nathan D

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungswesen: Organisation und Verwaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Demographic Pressures
Chapter 1. Evolving Demographic Trends
Chapter 2. Updated Projections of Higher Education Demand
Chapter 3. New Lenses for Higher Education Demand
Chapter 4. A Detailed Examination by Race
Part II. The Response of Higher Education
Chapter 5. Strategies and Tactics for Tackling Disruptive Change
Chapter 6. Recruitment and Financial Aid Policies
Chapter 7. Retention Initiatives
Chapter 8. Program Reforms
Chapter 9. Reorganization, Rightsizing, and Other Names for Retrenchment
Chapter 10. Growth Plans
Chapter 11. Collaborative Action
Chapter 12. Something between Chicken Little and Pollyanna
Appendix 1. Methods
Appendix 2. Comparison to WICHE Forecasts
Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Grawe, Nathan D
Nathan D. Grawe is the Ada M. Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of the Social Sciences and a professor of economics at Carleton College, where he served as associate dean from 2009 to 2012. He is the author of Demographics and the Demand for Higher Education.