UA Projects No Enrollment Growth in the Fall

[LucieTheLakie]

Yes, the time has come. The university has nearly doubled in size since Dr. Witt took over in 2003 and began to implement his strategic plan to increase the size of the university. At a certain point, bigger becomes too big. Time to focus on recruiting (and retaining) top faculty and shoring up grad programs.

From 2012:

When (Witt) arrived in 2003 after 35 years as a faculty member and administrator in the University of Texas System, he began work on meeting the goals of his strategic plan, including boosting enrollment from 20,000 to 28,000 students. UA’s campus enrollment has grown to 31,747 students and led Witt to boost the goal again in 2010 to 35,000 by 2020.

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/DA/20120305/News/605153570/TL/

Enrollment reached 38,563 for fall 2017.