{"id":67149,"date":"2017-10-03T08:22:47","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T18:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=67149"},"modified":"2019-03-12T15:15:27","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T01:15:27","slug":"graduation-recruitment-improves-as-enrollment-declines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/10\/03\/graduation-recruitment-improves-as-enrollment-declines\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduation and recruitment continue to improve as overall enrollment declines"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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Enrollment at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s 10 campuses dropped slightly in fall 2017 to 51,674 total students, a decrease of 1,744 students, or 3.3 percent compared to fall 2016.<\/p>\n

UH<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span> is up 4.9 percent to 3,082 students, continuing the trend that began in 2012 when the school moved to its Kapolei campus. UH<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span> was recently recognized as the fastest growing public baccalaureate campus in the nation. Windward Community College enrollment remained unchanged, while the other eight campuses experienced varying declines.<\/p>\n

The overall decline was no surprise, as UH<\/abbr> continues to graduate more students on time while competing for students with a tight local labor market experiencing extraordinarily low unemployment. University leadership remains committed to reversing the enrollment declines through a proactive enrollment management program informed by statewide data and analysis.<\/p>\n

“We need to continue our great work increasing timely graduation of students while building greater successes in our recruitment, retention and transfer programs,” said UH<\/abbr> President David Lassner<\/a><\/strong>. “There are a number of positives in this fall\u2019s data, but it is just a start.”<\/p>\n

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Fall 2017 enrollment<\/p>\n

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