Planning for Higher Education Journal

Teetering on the Demographic Cliff, Part 3

Different Conditions Require a Different Kind of Planning

From Volume 50 Number 2 | January–March 2022

By Bryan C. Harvey, EdD

Planning Types: Strategic Enrollment Management Planning, Strategic Planning

Challenges: Funding Uncertainty, Change Management

Tags: Adaptable Plans, Change Management, COVID-19, Demographics, Disruptive Change, Enrollment Management, Institutional Planning, Modifying the Plan, Planning Processes, Resiliency, Shrinking Pool of Potential Students, Student Demographics, Trends External to Higher Ed, US

Part 1 of this series described a major contraction in the pool of college-going 18-year-olds that will reverse decades of growth and stability for higher education. Part 2 explored how we can shape a planning context that supports success in the coming 10 or 20 years. Part 3 suggests how our approach to planning must shift to prepare for abrupt change.

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