This week, submit the week-by-week summary of what you have learned from following your topic of interest in the blogosphere.
Not unlike many universities today, Apex State University is experiencing a serious decline in student enrollmentm ore specifically, in the number of students transferring to Apex. The decline in transfer student enrollment is having a serious impact on overall tuition revenue. A review of systemwide data has convinced the president that the issue deserves further scrutiny. She has asked you, the director of enrollment management, to prepare a position paper detailing transfer policies and procedures. The president is seeking a better understanding of how the process works, who the stakeholders are, where they are within the institution (positions, departments), to whom do they answer, and what kind of resistance can be expected. She has asked you for recommendations on how the people involved in the process can work together to achieve mutually agreeable solutions.
You will write a position paper that synthesizes the following assignments, which you will complete in Weeks 27 of the course:
Identification of stakeholders, their positions/departments within the institution, and their roles/interests in the transfer enrollment process (Week 2)
First step in gaining the support of faculty (Week 3)
Assessment of the universitys general culture (using Bergquists Academic Cultures Inventory) (Week 4)
Analysis of power structure (Week 5)
Identification of sources of resistance and opportunities for change (Week 6)
Presentation of strategies for collaboration (Week 7)
