The future growth of American University will be a growth in quality. We will invest more resources in fewer areas in order to raise quality dramatically and become an intensely engaged, student-centered community. This will result in much higher-quality students, faculty, staff, and programs, as well as higher standards, rewards, and accountability. Smaller, more selective enrollment targets will anticipate the changing demographics that, within a few years, will present a smaller pool of potential applicants. Our freshmen enrollments will likely stay in the low 1200s over the next three years as we become more selective. After that, we will reduce the size of the freshman class and the acceptance rate, and maintain smaller entering classes permanently.