Quote Originally Posted by WhoRepsTheLurker View Post
NDSU will be up his year. Looking at the numbers, I’m guessing around 2.5% (200-300), although I could be wrong. I got a similar number from someone at NDSU, but people closer to the problem said that this is too optimistic and that the goal this year was to simply stop the bleeding. I’m also hearing that some of the STEM service courses are up over 20% this year, which is unprecedented.

People like lefse need to accept the fact the previous administration screwed the pooch big-time on this (and that is being polite, tbh), but some NDSU faculty are also complicit because they refuse to change the way they teach (it’s still about them and not the students). These people are being weeded out, and once the new on-line programs go live, I think we will be on a very nice growth trajectory. + 2.5 % this year would be excellent given the trajectory NDSU was on.

I’m also told that the new marketing people have some significant new ammunition …

But more importantly, get up folks!! It’s game day. Go Bison!!
I understand that I process everything on an emotional level and sometimes see life as a zero-sum game, but it bothers me because I don't like wasted opportunities. The University Administration and Marketing/Recruiting needs to put themselves in the place of students and how they can be wooed and won over. In other words, quit making it about a football focus and make it about the net value of pursuing a degree here. Football is the icing on the cake. I would be happy with a couple hundred net new students if NDSU wants to throw me a bone.