Threats

Suggested External Threats

Competition with other universities.
Not having revenue and resources without increasing student tuition.
Lack of space to grow programs.
Online courses from other universities.
Wichita has the most blue collar work force in the US per capita.
Dwindling budgets.
Loss of other large employers like Boeing.
Weak or weakening primary and secondary education in Kansas.
Not equipped to do the remedial classes - losing students to Butler, Cowley, etc.
Decreasing state tax collection.
Decreasing support from the state legislature.
State funding.
Online threat - quality programs.
Other state universities.
Known as "commuter" school.
Competition from Kansas and Oklahoma universities.
Lack of ability to attract and retain high quality faculty and students.
Technical innovations.
Economy.
Kansas Board of Regents.
Competition from other universities.
Right-wing conservative attitude about knowledge, education, private good.
Community colleges, lack of football.
Lack of online courses.
India predicted to create 50,000 universities in the next 15 years.
Loss of high-paying jobs, replaced with minimum wage jobs.
Students worry they won't get jobs.
Community perception.
Cost of education increasing.
State legislation and funding.
Transfer credit mandate leads to lower enrollment in lower division courses.
Other schools have a competitive edge in online education.
Regulation related financial aid, assessment, and learning outcomes.
Economic woes.
Lack of willingness to change.
Competition in higher education, especially online programs.
Lack of sense of community within the campus.
Government pressure to education all.
Poorly prepared incoming students.
Push from accreditation regarding graduation rates.
Campus department operating in silos.
Overall negative perception that higher education holds no value.
Commoditization of degrees.
The notion that we are still "Hillside High.
Severed relationship in the community.
Competition.
Image.

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