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• The University of North Texas (UNT) will experience a sizeable enrollment increase (to at least 35,000) by the year 2015 that will lead to a significantly more diverse student body.
• UNT could have a larger residential campus to help offset the growing congestion on the roadways in the Metroplex.
• UNT will have an increased number of internal and external partnerships.
• UNT's land holdings and building space will increase.
• UNT will serve as the flagship institution of the UNT System

2. The Environment

• Significant population growth will continue in UNT's region.
• The diversity of the population in UNT's region will continue to increase.
• UNT's region will continue to be highly competitive, with intense competition for students in all programs.
• National competition in distributed learning will continue to increase.
• The growth in businesses in Denton will allow more students to work close to where they go to school.
• Greater transportation issues will mean that UNT will have to offer more courses at off-campus sites.

• The costs of higher education will increasingly be borne by students or their parents.
• More UNT students will fund their education through a combination of grants, scholarships, loans, and work.
• Fiscal and performance accountability will increase for institutions of higher education.

• UNT will provide the educational, research and cultural leadership for its region.
• UNT will attract more high quality students in selected nationally and internationally recognized programs.
• The University will continue to develop new partnerships with the UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth.

• Technology enhancement will continue, especially as it relates to instructional delivery.
• Technology will have an increasing impact on nearly all programs, disciplines, and markets, changing the way UNT delivers instruction and operates.
• The University will face significant costs to continue to upgrade its technology on a regular basis.

• Regulation and support of Texas higher education will increasingly focus on university systems.
• The UNT system will expand.
• UNT programmatic offerings will expand to include additional professional programs to meet the changing needs of the region.

7. Access to Public Higher Education

• More citizens will need to have more convenient access to higher education.
• More ethnic minority citizens will be shut out of Texas universities if they are denied universities in their communities.
• The UNT System Center at Dallas will attract more students and grow substantially in a few years.