Assessment and Analysis of Undergraduate Fall Enrollment Trends of The Selected College of Agriculture at the 1890 Land-Grant Universities: 1996 To 2018

Jacob Oluwoye^1* & Ratul Debnath²

Abstract

Background: The 1890 land-grant universities consisted of 19 universities, and these networks of schools and colleges were established under the Second Morrill Act of 1890. These universities aim to strengthen research, extension, and teaching in the food and agricultural sciences and work on funding for scholarships and employment, quality advisement, and a network system with mentors for African American students. Besides food and agricultural sciences,1890 Land-Grant universities create opportunities for African Americans to educate and build careers in agriculture, food, natural resources, and human sciences. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assess and analyze the college of agriculture’s undergraduate fall enrollment trends of all the 1890 land-grant universities from 1996 to 2018. Methods: Time series data were collected on undergraduate fall enrollment of the college of agriculture for 18 land-grant universities (one unavailable) and examined the general fall enrollment trend of all universities through the analysis of line chart. Result: The most significant output result of the study is that among the 18 universities, eight universities are highly expected to increase the enrollment number of students, two universities are highly potential for losing students in the future, and others have relatively inconsistent growth rate. Conclusions: The paper concludes that most of the College of Agriculture at the 1890 Land Grant universities have a high potential for enriching its departments in the future. Colleges of Agriculture at the Land Grant Universities were established to improve higher agricultural education for the minorities, especially African Americans. These universities continuously play a vital role in educating African American students. Furthermore, 1890 universities are extremely important to keep the diversities in the professions in the field of agriculture. It can be concluded that particularly the potential declining colleges (West Virginia State University, Tennessee State University, Kentucky State University, South Carolina State University, and Tuskegee University) should be given special attention.

Keywords

enrollment; enrollment trends; trend analysis; 1890 land-grant universities

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Oluwoye, J., Debnath, R. (2022). Assessment and Analysis of Undergraduate Fall Enrollment Trends of The Selected College of Agriculture at the 1890 Land-Grant Universities: 1996 To 2018. International Journal of Scientific Advances (IJSCIA), Volume 3| Issue 5: Sep-Oct 2022, Pages 750-753, URL: https://www.ijscia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Volume3-Issue5-Sep-Oct-No.344-750-753.pdf

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