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FutureSTATE 2015 Progress Reports

Spring 2008

ACHIEVE FISCAL STABILITY

Initiative: Synchronize enrollment growth with increases in faculty numbers and other resources. Incremental growth of 300 to 500 undergraduate students per year should be maintained for a period of four to five years.

Achievements of the past year:

  • Highest overall enrollment for Mississippi State University.
  • Highest number of Freshmen for Mississippi State University.
  • ACT score average increased for Freshmen.
  • Increases in graduates, internationals, transfers, distance education and Meridian students.

Goals for the next year:

  • Continue to achieve future goals set for incoming populations.
  • Make sure faculty are in place to accommodate increases in populations.

Constraints to full implementation of this initiative:
Growth in students must have a corresponding growth in faculty. Funding is needed to accomplish this.

Proposed modification of the initiative:
None.

Overall assessment of the status of the initiative or other comments:
Goals were met for 2007 and should be for 2008. MSU is on a path of growing the University to roughly 20,000 in a few short years. We all need to be ready for this.