Assessing Construction Management Higher Education Strategies: Increasing Demand, Limited Resources, and Over-Enrollment

Autor: Kristen Wynn, Jay P. Christofferson, Jay S. Newitt
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: International Journal of Construction Education and Research. 2:181-192
ISSN: 1550-3984
1557-8771
DOI: 10.1080/15578770600906992
Popis: The demand for Construction Management (CM) graduates is on the rise. The problem is that as a result of demand, a growing number of CM programs are experiencing increasing enrollments which exceed their current resources. The purpose of this research was to see how ACCE-Accredited Baccalaureate CM programs were managing increased enrollment demand with limited resources. Forty-nine of the 53 accredited ACCE programs responded to the survey instrument. Over two-thirds of the respondents stated that they were either approaching or were at the limits of enrollment capacities. Most of the respondents listed limited enrollment, the use of adjunct faculty, and funding from industry as leading strategies for managing or obtaining resources. Because CM programs will not be willing to sacrifice quality, more and more CM programs will implement limited enrollment controls. As more CM programs initiate enrollment controls, it will become increasingly difficult for the construction industry to fill entry level posit...
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