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A Fifty-Year Examination and Analysis of Influences on Higher Education Student Enrollment in the United States

Burchett, Courtney M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=witt1717504361225516

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2024, Master of Arts, Wittenberg University, Education.
I conducted qualitative research utilizing a descriptive method while also conducting an historical comparison analysis. The purpose of this research was to uncover parallels and understand the economic, population and political similarities between the 1970s/80s and the United States today, while also discovering how the current economic, population and political realities impact the recruitment and enrollment of students to higher education today. I collected data through semi-structured interviews, focus group interviews and document content analysis of a small, institution in central Ohio’s higher education enrollment trends from the past decade. I interviewed a total of 13 participants, with five identifying as females and eight identifying as males, and of the 13, 12 identified as Caucasian and one as African-American. From my research I discovered that there are numerous commonalities between the 1970s/80s and the United States today and that there is a lot of uncertainty that exists for the future of higher education. I also found that the economic, political and demographic events and conditions of society directly contribute the enrollment and recruitment of students to higher education.
Brian Yontz (Advisor)
Maribeth Stevens (Committee Member)
Amy McGuffey (Committee Member)
90 p.
American History; Higher Education; Higher Education Administration; History; Sociology
Higher education; demographics; recruitment; enrollment; demographic cliff; enrollment cliff; universities; colleges; economic conditions

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  • Burchett, C. M. (2024). A Fifty-Year Examination and Analysis of Influences on Higher Education Student Enrollment in the United States [Master's thesis, Wittenberg University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=witt1717504361225516

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Burchett, Courtney. A Fifty-Year Examination and Analysis of Influences on Higher Education Student Enrollment in the United States. 2024. Wittenberg University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=witt1717504361225516.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Burchett, Courtney. "A Fifty-Year Examination and Analysis of Influences on Higher Education Student Enrollment in the United States." Master's thesis, Wittenberg University, 2024. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=witt1717504361225516

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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