Enrollment Miscellanea WARP Spring Meeting March 26, 2009 Mary Alice Grobins Skagit Valley College 1

Outline Enrollment forecasting Enrollment allocations to colleges Excess enrollment When is an FTE not a “counted” FTE? 2

Enrollment Forecasting 3

2020 County Population 7.7 million people (growth of 1.25 million over 2007, 19% change) 4 Source: OFM Nov 2007 State Population Forecasts by County

Projected State Population 5 Source: OFM Nov 2007 State Population Forecasts by County

6 Projected Baseline Enrollment ( Based on population growth & 2007 participation rates)

Some Factors Affecting Participation Rates Economy Changing demographics (income levels, ethnicity) Dual enrollment programs Cost of education Competition – public/private universities, for- profit trade schools, online options 7

Enrollment Allocations 8

The “Enrollment Plan” Enrollment plan is an estimate, by college district, of enrollment growth needed to meet student demand in the coming biennium Each district’s “share” of the state’s projected population growth is estimated based upon where its enrolled students live Future enrollment demand = budget request (sort of) 9

The “Enrollment Plan” A portion of the enrollment budget request is allocated on factors other than population growth Example: more enrollments to districts below average budgeted service level “Overenrollment” is NOT considered when allocating growth to districts 10

How to keep current allocated enrollment; how to qualify for more Enrollment “rules” are adopted annually by the State Board and are included as an attachment in the initial allocation of funds Two-year rolling average: 100% to grow, 96% to keep Special rule for Worker Retraining: 100% for 2 consecutive years, or lose 11

Excess Enrollment 12

Excess enrollment What is it? A way for the college to retain 100% of the student’s tuition and fees Why is it? Started back when colleges could not keep tuition, had to send it to the state If a college enrolled over its budgeted level, no financial support for that overenrollment Law passed to allow colleges to retain the student payment Law still on books, even through colleges can now retain about 80% of student payment for operations Generates the most money when part-time students are excessed 13

14 Illustration - Excess Revenue Overenrolled student “Excessed” student 1 credit student pays $ % aid fund2.650 Building fee7.450 S&A fee7.600 College operations$58.10$75.80

Recent developments State Board will now excess all overenrollments for all districts at spring quarter enrollment closing Colleges are asked to excess over course of the year so that impacts to the building fee, S&A and needy student accounts are spread out over the year 15

When doesn’t an FTE “count”? See State Board website: ting.aspx ting.aspx Watch out for certain fee pay status students whose enrollments are reported but who are not eligible to be counted. Examples: senior citizen, college/state employees, un/under employed 16

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