When Steven H. Tallant became president of Texas A&M University at Kingsville in 2008, enrollment on the main campus stood at about 5,700, down more than 2,000 from its peak in the 1970s.
After the rollout of an effort to increase enrollment, Mr. Tallant watched the student population soar to nearly 9,000. That jump ranks it as the fastest-growing public doctoral institution in the country from 2003 to 2013.
Meanwhile, overall college enrollment in the United States has shrunk for four consecutive years. So how have some colleges managed to grow so rapidly, even as the number of high-school graduates stagnates and fewer nontraditional students take the plunge?
Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com/article/Higher-Enrollment-Greater/232307