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UB 2017 Look Ahead Survey - Access & Enrollment
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1.
Regarding the makeup of your student population, what will happen to the size of the following categories in 2017, compared with 2016?
Increase modestly
Increase significantly
Decrease modestly
Decrease significantly
Stay the same
Overall student enrollment
Increase modestly
Increase significantly
Decrease modestly
Decrease significantly
Stay the same
Traditional students (18-22 year-olds from college-oriented families)
Increase modestly
Increase significantly
Decrease modestly
Decrease significantly
Stay the same
Students from other states
Increase modestly
Increase significantly
Decrease modestly
Decrease significantly
Stay the same
Students from other countries
Increase modestly
Increase significantly
Decrease modestly
Decrease significantly
Stay the same
Transfer students
Increase modestly
Increase significantly
Decrease modestly
Decrease significantly
Stay the same
First-generation college students
Increase modestly
Increase significantly
Decrease modestly
Decrease significantly
Stay the same
Nontraditional students (part-time, older, etc.)
Increase modestly
Increase significantly
Decrease modestly
Decrease significantly
Stay the same
Students who primarily or exclusively learn online
Increase modestly
Increase significantly
Decrease modestly
Decrease significantly
Stay the same
Non-matriculating students
Increase modestly
Increase significantly
Decrease modestly
Decrease significantly
Stay the same
2.
Compared to 2016, what is likely to occur in the following areas at your institution in 2017?
Increase modestly
Increase significantly
Decrease modestly
Decrease significantly
Stay the same
Overall retention rate
Increase modestly
Increase significantly
Decrease modestly
Decrease significantly
Stay the same
Graduation rate
Increase modestly
Increase significantly
Decrease modestly
Decrease significantly
Stay the same
Academic intervention and remediation initiatives
Increase modestly
Increase significantly
Decrease modestly
Decrease significantly
Stay the same
Pre-graduation career guidance
Increase modestly
Increase significantly
Decrease modestly
Decrease significantly
Stay the same
Post-graduation career guidance
Increase modestly
Increase significantly
Decrease modestly
Decrease significantly
Stay the same
3.
Which of the following are likely to occur at your institution in 2017? (Check all that apply)
Significant new approach to recruitment
Elimination of the SAT or ACT requirement
Significant changes to our application process
Significant effort to enroll more students requiring financial aid
New, shortened path to a degree
Cross-departmental initiatives to bolster student success/completion
Partnerships at high schools (and/or community colleges) to improve college-readiness
Re-branding campaign
New articulation agreements to make transfer to or from your institution easier
Greater focus on using data to track the entire student lifecycle
None of the above
Other (please specify)