Modern Denominationalism in the Jewish Journal

My grandmother pointed out this article to me as she raised questions about the current challenges and opportunities for Reform and Conservative Judaism today (really she just wants me to get a job in the future). Given our reading about the formation of Jewish denominations, I wanted to post the link here. While the founders of Reform Judaism were responding to a need, do the choices we make in Jewish institutions today reflect a true understanding of the population or are we grasping to find that niche that clicks?