1. Texas Higher Education Fall 2006 Preliminary Enrollment Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, October 26, 2006

2. THECB 10/2006 Background Actual enrollments usually 6% lower than preliminary reporting The decline varies by sector

3. THECB 10/2006 80% of Growth at Two-Year Colleges Preliminary Total Change From ‘05 Percent Change Public Universities 490,7425,7431.2% Public Two-Year Colleges 585,85619,7853.5% All Health-Related 18,9976783.7% Independent Col. & Univ. 115,9871,0030.9% Total*1,212,69827,2092.3% *Career College data not included.

4. THECB 10/2006 Metroplex 10,506 South Texas 8,382 Upper Rio Grande 222 -0.0% 0.4% 3.8% 1.3% -2.3% 1.3% 2.1% 4.1% 2.4%0.5% Gulf Coast 3,103 Central 4,533 High Plains -2 Metroplex and South Texas had Largest Enrollment Increase

5. THECB 10/2006 Hispanic growth was 61% of the increase Enrollment Fall 2006 Prelim.* Change from ’05 % of Change Overall1,243,35427,2092.3% African- American 142,6882,91510.7% Hispanic336,10316,60861.0% White629,8531,4245.2% Other137,7106,26223.0% *Holds Career College enrollment constant.

6. THECB 10/2006 South Texas Enrollment Changes Texas Southmost College 2,415 South Texas College 2,233 UT-San Antonio 1,088 TAM International U 690

7. THECB 10/2006 Metroplex Growth Tarrant County Comm Col Dist 2,478 Dallas County Comm Col Dist 2,231 Collin County Comm Col Dist 872 University of North Texas 1,603

8. THECB 10/2006 Participation Since 2000: 226,837 Increase 226,837

9. THECB 10/2006 Annual Enrollment Increase

10. THECB 10/2006 Public two-year colleges enroll an increasing proportion of higher education students

11. THECB 10/2006 Questions? Drop from Rita just showing up Have persistence rates dropped? Graduation rate increases? Increase in tuition and fees? Fewer stop outs coming back into higher education? Fewer new students (not recent high school grads)?

12. THECB 10/2006 Summary Increase is more than two times larger than last year’s growth 80% of growth was at two-year colleges 2006 statewide Hispanic enrollment continues to grow, but still has not reached the 2005 CTG target