Academic Senate Enrollment Update Wednesday, October 29, 2008 Dr. Doug Freer, Vice President for Student Affairs Kathleen Street, Associate Vice President, Enrollment Services

2007/08 Enrollment Recap  Campus exceeded its 2007/08 enrollment target by 3.7% without additional enrollment revenue  Departments unable to meet demand for courses in 2007/08 resulting in residual unmet demand for courses for continuing students  No anticipation of new state funding to support additional enrollment growth  CSU directed campuses to manage enrollments back to their original 2007/08 target

2008/09 Enrollment Objectives  Align 2008/09 enrollment to available resources and campus capacity  Establish enrollment target slightly under 100% to allow for any unanticipated changes in student demand  Eliminate enrollment of students in low priority groups as mandated by CSU lower division transfers upper division transfers not fully eligible unclassified graduates second baccalaureates

2008/09 Enrollment Objectives  Reduce number of entering freshmen  Improve academic quality of entering freshmen  Minimize reduction of transfers

2008/09 Results to Date  2% increase in spring to fall continuation rate for continuing students (79% to 81%)  Reduction in summer to reserve funding for academic year course offerings Summer Summer Percent Summer Summer Percent Change Change Change Change___________________________________________________ Enrollment % FTES % Unit Load %

2008/09 Results to Date  27% reduction in entering freshmen for fall 2008 from 3610 to 2640  Predictability of current enrollment model strong Projected Actual Projected Actual FTES FTES FTES FTES____________________________________________ Summer Fall

2008/09 Results to Date  Improved academic profile of entering freshmen entering freshmen Fall 2007 Fall2008 Fall 2007 Fall2008 Mean GPA % with GPA % with 4 yrs of math Mean SAT Verbal Mean SAT Math Mean SAT Total Mean SAT Total % prepared for math % prepared for English

2008/09 Results to Date  Reduction in demand for preparatory math and English preparatory math and English Fall 2007Fall 2008 Math 72.0% 78.2% English 50.2% 56.8%  Anticipated reduction in enrollment of 2 to 3 percent for winter and spring quarters

2009/10 Enrollment Objectives  Meet but not exceed FTES target  Increase academic quality while maintaining diversity  Achieve better balance between under and oversubscribed programs

2009/10 Actions to Date  Freshman impaction continues allowing the campus to apply higher academic admissions requirements to freshmen outside designated local area  Civil Engineering, Animal Science and Animal Health Sciences join Architecture as impacted programs for freshman and transfer applicants  Campus approved a 56% reduction in CPP’s designated local area from 93 to 52 - anticipate sizeable increase in students who must meet supplemental academic criteria  Move to statewide recruitment for high achieving students and programs unique to CPP

Tier I High Schools Reduction 43 public/9 private (in blue)

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