Proposed Plan for FTES Reduction for 2010-11

1. Attachment A Faculty Senate Agenda November 19, 2009 Proposed Plan for FTES Reduction for 2010-11 Resident FTES target for 2009-10: 22,970 FTES Reduction for 2010-11: 2,488 Resident FTES target for 2010-11: 20,482 The number we are attempting to reach in terms of Resident FTES for 2010-11: 20,330 (This number would bring us in at .7% under 2010-11 FTES target) Qualifying Assumptions: We will be able to come in 1% under 2009-10 FTES target. The predictive models we have used in the recent past to project graduation/attrition rates, continuation rates, and new student admission yield will hold steady. If these assumptions don’t hold, then the proposed reduction plan will need modification.

2. Proposed Plan for 2010-11 Resident Headcount and FTES Reduction

3. Ratios for Campus Enrollment

4. Strategies for Reducing Undergraduate Enrollment • Move undergraduate summer courses to the College of Continuing Education (CCE), a self support college whose enrollment numbers do not “count against” the university’s resident FTE target. • Strictly adhere to priority undergraduate admission application deadline (Nov 30, 2009). • Restrict undergraduate “Forbidden Four” and address Special Admits issue more conservatively • Freshmen and Sophomore transfers – these include students who have earned less than 60 credits. • Lower division special admits – these include freshmen who are not fully eligible by virtue of high school grades, ACT/SAT scores and/or their calculated “index.” • Upper division transfers who are not fully eligible – these students are usually missing one or more of the ‘Golden Four’ courses: Math, English, Oral communications, Logic. • 2nd BAs – these students have already earned a bachelor’s degree but are attempting to earn a second one. • Monitor and control student credit load such that the average credit unit load is 12.0 per semester (down from 12.175 in 2009-10). Those students in good standing who wish to take 17 or more credits per semester will be able to do so. • Require students to take and pass all Learning Skills courses they need during their first year of study, thereby, significantly reducing exceptions for EO 665. • Significantly reduce the number of students who obtain immediate re-entry to the university after having been disqualified or dismissed. • Discourage students who meet all graduation requirements from purposely delaying their graduation – prompt them to finish their current courses, celebrate the obtainment of degree and exit the university. • Identify “super seniors” (those who have well-over 120 credits) and expedite their graduation.

5. Strategies for Reducing Graduate Enrollment • Move graduate summer courses to the College of Continuing Education (CCE), a self support college whose enrollment numbers do not “count against” the university’s resident FTE target. • Restrict post-baccalaureate and graduate “Forbidden Four” and address Special Admits issue more conservatively • 2nd Baccalaureate Admission – these students have already earned a bachelor’s degree but are attempting to earn a second one. • Unclassified Graduate Admission – these students are not pursuing a degree in a department. • Special Action Admits for applicants not meeting minimum requirements at the University or Department level. • Require graduate students to complete their pre-and co-requisites through other channels (e.g., Community College, we are also exploring Open University). • Temporarily suspend petitions for disqualified graduate students to significantly reduce the number of students who obtain immediate re-entry to the university after having been disqualified or dismissed. • Restrict graduate students from adding additional concentrations. • Temporarily suspend graduate students from adding additional degree programs. • Restrict reclassifications from Credential to Master’s degree seeking – students must officially apply to Graduate degree program.

6. Next Steps Continued discussion with Campus Advisory Groups and Senate • Strategic Planning Council • Graduate Advisory Council • College Deans • Graduate Studies Policy Committee • Faculty Senate Executive Committee • Faculty Senate Determine Method of Distributing Graduate Enrollment Reductions • Proposal from Graduate Dean and Graduate Advisory Council Provide updates on Enrollment Application Figures, Sp10 and F10 • December 2009 • February 2009 (+ Sp10 Census outcome)