Partner with faculty, consider Find out what's important to new affiliations change the groups and provide it trajectory Distinguish yourself Get creative Separate your institution from the Innovate in finances, academics, distressed-college fold begin promotion everything with a realistic view of your situation
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Fact #2 Opportunity abounds
Seize opportunities in Create unique offerings
student growth such as liberal arts + vocational objectives 1 Demographic groups such as Hispanic Promote your uniqueness 2 Students in the West and Develop online or hybrid South delivery systems 3 Students outside your geographic reach
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Fact #2 cont. Opportunity abounds
Leverage simplicity Explore new initiatives
Focus on doing only a few things As revenue slowly grows, resist do them well pressure to restore budget reductions to low-priority Identify less-attractive programs expenses reduce or eliminate them Instead, use the incremental revenue for innovation such as Read the article Maturing from adolescence into adulthood: attracting new students and Major factors shaping the sector in 2016 improving retention 2016 Grant Thornton LLP | All rights reserved4 Fact #3 This may be the decade of the distressed college
Distinguish yourself Determine a projection based on
Separate your institution from the your current course the usual distressed-college fold begin conclusion is that your current with a realistic view of your course is not sustainable situation Then think boldly about new Consult with key stakeholders to paths consistent with your learn and gain their support mission but possibly in sharply different ways
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