A public university has been evaluating its admissions policies and procedures. The university has recently seen a downturn in enrollment, and the university's leadership does not entirely understand why this happened. The university has not changed or updated their admissions decision-making processes in years. The current process uses an algorithm based on data available years ago to do enrollment modeling. What change or changes could they make to try and increase in the number of enrollments?
A) The university may need to dig deep and update its data analytical practice to stay competitive.
B) The university may want to lower their stated target number of enrollments during analyses so the downturn in the enrollment is not highlighted.
C) The university may want to attract new professors since they recently launched a new faculty recruitment campaign.
D) The university may want to maintain the status quo and collect more input from their various funding streams.

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This question requires familiarity with data analytics and the importance of modernizing methodology as new tools, techniques, and inputs become available. Choice A is correct because competitive data analytical practice should optimize enrollment potential. The remaining choices are incorrect since they are not directly relevant to the question asked.

A Public University Has Been Evaluating Its Admissions Policies and Procedures