YES!

Yes

yes

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no

No

NO!

1. Credit enrollment will increase.

52%

32%

10%

0%

3%

2%

1%

2. Noncredit, workforce enrollment will decrease.

11%

11%

9%

5%

18%

22%

24%

3. Minority enrollment will increase.

27%

33%

28%

5%

3%

3%

1%

4. Dual-credit programs with local high schools will expand.

22%

30%

27%

8%

6%

5%

2%

5. International student populations will decrease.

2%

5%

19%

19%

31%

17%

7%

6. Information technology access and instruction for low-income students will be an increasing institutional priority.

14%

35%

32%

8%

8%

2%

1%

7. More incoming students will already hold at least a bachelor’s degree (e.g., in programs such as allied health, technology).

3%

23%

49%

10%

12%

3%

0%

8. Your institution will experience significant employee turnover.

11%

24%

28%

3%

20%

12%

2%

9. Technology support costs will increase with rising needs and expectations.

32%

43%

21%

2%

2%

0%

0%

10. More full-time faculty will retire in the next three years than did in the last 10 years.

18%

27%

20%

5%

20%

8%

2%

11. The number of part-time faculty will decrease.

2%

3%

8%

3%

25%

36%

23%

12. Orienting and training new faculty and staff will be an increasingly important institutional priority.

26%

46%

25%

1%

2%

0%

0%

13. Web-based tools will be used as a key part of Student Services.

40%

36%

23%

1%

0%

0%

0%

14. You will replace at least part of your Student Information System, HR System, or Finance System.

31%

24%

16%

4%

12%

6%

7%

15. Governing boards and legislatures will be less interested in seeing a return on investment from information technology.

1%

7%

9%

13%

22%

29%

19%

16. There will be a greater need for public service workers (e.g., teachers, nurses, police officers, EMTs) in your service area.

40%

39%

18%

2%

1%

0%

0%

17. Budget cuts will force program closings and redesigns.

25%

32%

29%

6%

6%

2%

0%

18. You will engage strategies to promote more civility in the campus community.

14%

27%

38%

15%

6%

0%

0%

19. High-tech initiatives will be more likely to include high-touch (i.e., more personal contact) components.

9%

42%

36%

10%

2%

1%

0%

20. Developing and maintaining partnerships with local corporations will become less important.

4%

2%

2%

1%

11%

33%

47%

21. Supporting foundation efforts to raise funds to support institutional activities will become an increasing expectation for CEOs.

56%

35%

9%

0%

0%

0%

0%

22. Better facilitating successful transitions between the college and other educational sectors, and between the college and the workplace, will be an increasing priority.

38%

46%

14%

2%

0%

0%

0%

23. For-profit educational providers will expand their operations in your service area.

19%

32%

27%

11%

8%

3%

0%

24. Legislators will call for less accountability from colleges.

1%

0%

1%

1%

8%

22%

67%

25. Flux in funding will make it increasingly difficult to meet the challenges of rising enrollment.

49%

32%

16%

1%

2%

0%

0%

26. Helping foster a culture that can positively manage change will become essential.

50%

38%

10%

0%

1%

1%

0%

27. Recruiting professionals for leadership positions will become increasingly difficult.

25%

42%

17%

6%

7%

3%

0%

28. You will adopt strategies from the learning-centered education movement.

27%

39%

27%

6%

0%

1%

0%

29. Knowledge management strategies—using technology to capture key expertise in functional areas (e.g., advising)—will be used to adapt to increasing employee turnover.

13%

32%

38%

11%

4%

2%

0%

30. Fewer attempts will be made to base decisions on quality data from college information systems.

1%

1%

2%

3%

12%

35%

46%

31. Findings from brain-research and learning studies will be used to guide new curriculum development.

6%

19%

39%

22%

9%

4%

1%

32. Steps will be taken to modify the general education core to meet the learning needs of the 21^st century student.

15%

33%

42%

6%

3%

1%

0%

33. The mission of workforce training will become less important.

0%

1%

3%

1%

10%

29%

56%

34. Basic skills/developmental programs will increase enrollment.

19%

39%

29%

5%

5%

2%

1%

35. The number of certificate programs will decrease.

3%

2%

6%

4%

30%

34%

21%

36. The number of alternative program offerings (accelerated degree programs, inter-institutional program partnerships) will increase.

22%

36%

29%

6%

4%

1%

2%

37. Your college will expand programming to help encourage the civic engagement of students (e.g., voting, volunteerism, civic involvement).

11%

30%

41%

12%

6%

0%

0%

38. New facilities will be built for campus-based programs.

28%

29%

32%

4%

1%

4%

2%

39. Fostering students’ personal responsibility and empowerment will become less important.

0%

2%

2%

3%

22%

44%

27%

40. Your college will be challenged to be more creative with programming and services.

49%

38%

13%

0%

0%

0%

0%

41. You will explore offering bachelor’s degrees in specific programs.

12%

11%

12%

9%

18%

15%

23%

42. Your institution will significantly increase tuition.

21%

27%

28%

5%

10%

4%

5%