25 Apr Making Your Course Applicable

Luckily for you, you signed up for a graduate class regarding fiscal responsibility and enrollment planning at exactly the same time you took on this new position. You have a professor who is very committed to the development of your theoretical underpinnings and understandings regarding the essential learning objectives. She also is committed to your ability to apply these concepts in a focused and effective way. To that end, your professor is delighted that you have taken on this new position and has consistently given you opportunities to make the assignments required for the course directly related to the job you are doing each day. To that end, you have been discussing with her the important role of enrollment projections and budget cycles in an organization. With an upcoming paper due on enrollment projections and budget cycles, she has afforded you the opportunity to direct the focus of this paper both on exploring the theoretical underpinnings of this concept while simultaneously applying it to the paper.

Your work should come in the form of a formal APA paper and come in the following components.

· Component 1: Introduction and presentation of a thesis regarding the importance of budget cycles, enrollment projections, and the pursuit of system implications and continuity.

· Component 2: The definition of budget cycles and strategic enrollment management

· Component 3: An exploration of the budget cycles and strategic enrollment management and how they impact college systems. How does the budget cycle impact the work of an organization? How can the process be executed in a way that maximize higher levels of performance without ignoring this all-important cyclical process?

· Organization & Conclusion: Offer concluding thoughts regarding this process in relationship to the thesis.

Please ensure in executing this assignment that you make specific references to the readings provided as well as the utilization of at least four outside references which can be used to support your ideas presented. The use of outside sources is important because even though the materials provided for this course are excellent, as a graduate student you are expected to be able to consult a variety of sources regarding a given topic and synthesize that scholarly input into a thoughtful set of recommendations, conclusions, etc.

The essay should be 2000-words and should include at least four (4) citations. The sections should be clearly marked with headings so that your instructor knows which points you are addressing. Follow the guidelines for APA writing style. The title page and references page do not count toward the minimum word amount for this assignment.

Assignment Expectations

Length: 2000 –words; answers must thoroughly address each of the components in a clear, concise manner.

Structure: Include a title page and reference page in APA style. These do not count toward the minimum word count for this assignment.

References: Use the appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. Include at least four (4) scholarly sources to support your claims.

Format: Save your assignment as a Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx).