Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Demographic Pressures
Chapter 1. Evolving Demographic Trends
Chapter 2. Updated Projections of Higher Education Demand
Chapter 3. New Lenses for Higher Education Demand
Chapter 4. A Detailed Examination by Race
Part II. The Response of Higher Education
Chapter 5. Strategies and Tactics for Tackling Disruptive Change
Chapter 6. Recruitment and Financial Aid Policies
Chapter 7. Retention Initiatives
Chapter 8. Program Reforms
Chapter 9. Reorganization, Rightsizing, and Other Names for Retrenchment
Chapter 10. Growth Plans
Chapter 11. Collaborative Action
Chapter 12. Something between Chicken Little and Pollyanna
Appendix 1. Methods
Appendix 2. Comparison to WICHE Forecasts
Notes
References
Index

Promotional Information

Following Grawe's seminal first book, this volume answers the question: How can a college or university prepare for forecasted demographic disruptions?

About the Author

Nathan D. Grawe is the Ada M. Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of the Social Sciences and a professor of economics at Carleton College, where he served as associate dean from 2009 to 2012. He is the author of Demographics and the Demand for Higher Education.

Reviews

Grawe's book is unapologetically empirical, focusing on specific programmes, policies and approaches already piloted with success . . .  The Agile College convincingly shows that succumbing to despondency is a premature response to the impending demographic disruption.
—Times Higher Education

The Agile College debunks the idea that colleges and universities are helpless in the face of demographic trends.
—Inside Higher Ed