Lonestar to compete with TSU with expanded degrees?
Looks like Lonestar College will be competing with us for recruitment of students and plans to offer a 4 year bachelor's degree in Emergency Management which would directly compete against SOPA's EM program. Lonestar already offers 3 bachelor degree programs, now expanded to 5. SOPA's EM program has floundered with low enrollment for years and Lonestar may vanquish the EM program permanently.
Still no word on any type of university-wide recruitment plan to increase our fall enrollment.
Rumors are that we are currently around 5,000 students but possibly 15%-20% have not made final payment, therefore those students may not actually attend.
We've had issues with enrollment in prior years, but usually by July we would have 6,500-7,000 enrolled students. Certainly Covid has harmed our enrollment but other schools have moved more aggressively to increase and maintain their enrollment.
We hope the BOR had a productive retreat during the weekend of July 31. Certainly we pray that the BOR and Madam President have come up with a master plan to increase enrollment.
https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/2066?meeting=488655
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