Reframing French Programs in Higher Education for Sustainability and Future Growth

Jerry L. Parker Southeastern Louisiana University, USA

Trent L. Threeton Western Governors University, USA

ABSTRACT

Enrollments in French programs have steadily declined in the past few decades and continue to do so in a post-COVID world. As many institutions scramble to find quick and easy ways to recruit and retain students it has now become the job of individual departments to fight this same battle for their survival. This chapter argues for the usage of the Four-Frames Model (Bolman & Deal, 2020) as an approach to revamping French departments to ensure their longevity and relevance to the changing nature of work and the technology and proficiency-based expectations of the students.

Keywords: Reframing Organizations, French Education, Higher Education Administration, Organizational Development, Chang