The School of Technology at Purdue University Calumet offers a newly approved Master of Science degree in Technology. The Master's program has experienced dramatic growth, with the enrollment of graduate students rising in a few short months from 28 in Spring 08 to 69 in Fall 08. This paper will explore the growth in enrollments, and discuss the challenges and methods used by the School in managing a rapid and unanticipated rate of growth. Issues discussed will include marketing, international enrollment, planning of diverse course offerings for seven different programs and interdisciplinary areas, meeting the needs of part-time and fulltime graduate students, faculty load, resources, planning for assessment, and related issues. Also considered are balancing program level issues and concerns with School-level planning for the graduate degree. This is a further development of the experiences in planning curriculum for a new degree discussed in a previous paper. The degree is intended to prepare students for leadership or supervisory roles in technology and technology-related fields. Recommendations for how to address some of these challenges will be made, based upon the author's experiences as graduate program coordinator.
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