Because of population growth, systemwide the enrollment has increased to over 60,000. If you look at Public Schools it seems that an increasing number might not be attending the uh system but attending other colleges and going to the mainland. And here's a quote on the uh..

"UH-Manoa must tackle retention rates and faltering graduate-student figures — about 25 percent of freshmen are not returning for a sophomore year, and graduate student enrollment plummeted by 19 percent between fall 2010 and 2016..."

Freshmen are having a rough time at Manoa and it seems that there is insufficient aid to graduate students for research or teaching. The community colleges provide tutoring and counseling for their students having a rough time. It's no surprise that they continue their steady growth. Manoa should follow their lead. On the research side it seems that the legislature needs to support. For example Cancer Research Institute.