CSUCI Strategic Enrollment Management Plan
Introduction
The purpose of an enrollment management plan is to provide a tool with which the
University can plan for, measure, and achieve established goals. Built on the concept that
enrollment belongs to everyone, the development of this plan is a cooperative effort and spearheaded by a broadly representative campus-wide committee, the Enrollment Management and
Student Success Committee. By consistently establishing goals that are aligned with the
University’s mission; measuring results; and making data-driven decisions that include analysis
of both internal and external conditions and data, the plan can assist CSUCI in the achievement
of its mission.
Enrollment Management and Student Success Committee (EMSSC)
The Dean of Enrollment was appointed by the President to chair the Enrollment
Management and Student Success committee and in this capacity reports to both the Provost and
the VP for Student Affairs (VPSA). With a steering committee that includes the Provost and
VPSA, VP of Finance & Administration and the AVP for Academic Planning, the EMSSC is
responsible for developing policies and practices that will enable the University to shape
enrollment based on goals that are clearly articulated and measurable. The major question facing
the EMSSC is defining and shaping optimum enrollment using several measurements including:
program size, demographics, student level.
President’s Charge (2004)
The Enrollment Management and Student Success Committee will recommend to the
president policies, procedures, practices, and actions including retention practices, student
enrollment projections, facilitating graduation and other student success issues that will
contribute to student success at CSUCI.
Strategic Enrollment Management Plan
The long term goal for the SEM Planning process is to enable the campus to optimize
student success through appropriate allocation of campus resources, evaluation of internal as
well as environmental factors, and effective and continuous measurement of current programs
and procedures. Enrollment goals that are aligned with the University’s mission and
appropriately articulated should lead to a campus climate that is conducive to excellence in
teaching and learning.
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After the release of the initial state budget, the Chancellor’s Office mandated that all
campuses maintain their 2007-8 enrollment numbers. On February 7, 2008, the EMSSC
recommended enrollment reductions as noted in the following revised plan.
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CSUCI Strategic Enrollment Management Plan for 2008-9 - Revised
Campus Enrollment Target 2957 fte = approximately 3600 students
All students
The initial filing period ended on November 30th at midnight. Although applications were
accepted beyond this time for the fall 2008 semester, applications received after November 30th
will be considered on a space available basis only. All fully qualified freshman candidates
meeting the minimum CSU eligibility requirements who apply during the initial filing period and
meet file completion deadlines will be offered provisional admission to the University by March
31, 2008. To be considered “fully qualified” students will have completed all requirements by
the end of spring 2008 semester. Transfer students will be admitted on a rolling basis.
The nursing program departs from this as it is a designated impacted program and the
rules of impaction require that applicants to the nursing program apply to the University during
the priority filing period. Students admitted to the nursing program must be regularly admissible
to the university; supplemental criteria will be applied to determine their eligibility for the
nursing program. Approximately 100 students (100 fte) are expected to be enrolled in this
program in 2008; 33 of these students will be students newly admitted to the program for the fall
2008 semester. A summer ’08 session will account for an additional 29 nursing fte.
On January 11, 2008, the Chancellor’s Office issued AA-2008-05, requiring the following
actions:
1. Campuses must cease accepting admission applications for fall 2008 from first-time
freshmen no later than February 1, 2008.
2. Campuses are no longer permitted to admit or enroll individuals from the following four
categories:
 Lower division transfer applicants (except for nursing and engineering)
 Upper division transfer applicants who are not fully eligible for admission
 Applicants seeking a second baccalaureate degree
 Unclassified post baccalaureate applicants
3. Local area applicants must be accorded the highest priority for admission to unimpacted
admissions categories, and other applicants may be “wait-listed” pending the
determination of enrollment capacity and/or the meeting of admissions requirements.
4. Unimpacted upper division transfer (UDT) admission should remain open until a campus
achieves its enrollment target.
The University has complied with all directives and on February 7 the EMSSC voted to
recommend altering the fall 2008 target as follows:
Proposed Fall 2008 Target: 2957 FTE (unchanged from 2007)
Undergraduate
Freshmen Transfer
Headcount
FTE
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500
495
360
310
Postbac
Graduate
PrePreCredential Graduate Total
Credential Nursing
87
11
135
35
1128
1002
61
10
110
16
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The enrollment goal includes several components to encourage managed growth.
1. Target for Non-California residents will be approximately 50 students.
2. Target for International students will be approximately 50 students.
3. Demographic distribution will closely replicate that of the county
4. Targets for enrollment distribution by major will be established by Academic Affairs
Freshman students = 500
The criteria to be applied in the selection of the students invited to enroll will be as follows:
A. Region
Highest priority consideration will be given to students who apply during the initial filing
period and are graduates of high schools in Ventura County, southern Santa Barbara
County and northern Los Angeles County*.
*The Carpentaria and Santa Barbara school districts in Santa Barbara County and the Las Virgenes school district in
Los Angeles County.
B. Eligibility
Only fully qualified high school graduates will be considered for admission to the
University. A limited number of exceptions will be made through the appeal and special
admission process.
C. Transfer Pathways1 will be discontinued – due to the Chancellor’s Office directive not to
accept lower division applicants, students will be advised to complete lower division
work at the community college and reapply as an upper-division transfer.
D. Non-resident – It is the campus intention to enroll approximately 50 non-resident
students, some portion of which will be freshmen.
E. International – It is the campus intention to enroll approximately 50 international
students. In May 2007, EMSSC recommended opening to international students who are in
the US on an F1 Visa and who are admissible to the University as upper-division transfer
students from our local community colleges: Moorpark, Oxnard, Ventura, and Santa
Barbara. In March, 2008, the Dean of Enrollment expanded this to include students from
L.A. Pierce and Santa Monica City Colleges.
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Transfer Pathways is a program in which a limited number of local students whose
transcripts indicate the ability to succeed at the University level, but whose college
preparatory subject requirements falls below the range of acceptability will be considered
for admission. Through a contract with the admissions office, prospective freshmen
address their deficiencies at the community college and, upon successful completion of all
requirements delineated in the contract, will be admitted to the University for the spring
term as a lower division transfer.
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Steps CSUCI will follow:
1. The initial filing period for fall 2008 applications ended on November 30, 2007.
Applications received after November 30th will be considered on a space available
basis. Applicants who apply after the initial filing period may be admitted to a wait
list.
2. Freshman students who are admitted to the University may apply to the nursing
program in spring of their freshman year. Admission to the University does not
guarantee admission to the nursing program.
3. Admissible students will receive an offer of provisional admission with Intent to
Enroll form. Provisional admission does not become clear admission (or denial)
until after the receipt and evaluation of official documents. Students who apply after
the initial filing period may be admitted to a wait list.
4. Intent to Enroll forms and $100 deposit activate the ability to apply for housing and
to participate in orientation and advising workshops.
5. Students who are not exempt, and have not taken the ELM/EPT will not be allowed
to register for classes.
C. Sorting by Major
Although the enrollment services office tracks incoming applications by declared majors, this is
not considered a significant variable at this time for freshman applicants. The Enrollment
Management Plan authorizes the University to sort applicants who apply after the priority filing
period by major; the University may choose to prioritize applications received after the initial
filing period for majors that are undersubscribed.
Freshmen may not be admitted to the nursing program; however, they may apply to the
university as “pre-nursing”. Students who are accepted to the university in the “pre-nursing”
program will be advised that their admission to the University as a “pre-nursing” major is no
guarantee of admission to the nursing program. Based on established, published supplemental
criteria, the nursing program admits a select number of students who are enrolled at the
University as pre-nursing majors.
Transfer students – 360 undergraduates
All fully qualified transfer candidates meeting the minimum CSU eligibility requirements, with
the exception of impacted programs, will be offered provisional admission to the university.
Effective for spring 2009 and subsequent application cycles, students are required to meet the
admissions requirements by the end of the spring term for fall admissions and the end of summer
for spring admissions.
A. Priority will be given as follows:
1. Students from local community colleges who have entered into and successfully
completed all stipulations of the Transfer Agreement Guarantee (TAG)/Lower
Division Transfer Pattern (LDTP).
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2. Fully qualified applicants from Community Colleges in our region* who have
completed 60 units, including 39 units of lower-division GE (Liberal Studies majors
may complete the coursework in the approved transfer agreement in lieu of this
requirement) by the end of spring 2008.
3. Fully qualified applicants from outside our region who have completed 60 units,
including 39 units of lower-division GE (Liberal Studies majors may complete the
coursework in the approved transfer agreement in lieu of this requirement) by the end
of spring 2008.
4. Based on ability to accommodate, the applications of California residents from out of
the region who have 60 units and have completed coursework by the end of spring
2008 will be considered.
5. Non-resident– It is the campus intention to enroll approximately 50 non-resident
students, some portion of which will be transfer students.
6. International – International students do not count towards the campus FTE target. A
new program for the 2008-9 will allow the campus to enroll a limited number (50) of
international students on F visas, who have completed all their lower division transfer
work at local community colleges.
7. Admissions for upper division transfer students for spring 2009 will open on August
1, 2008 and may close on August 3l depending on fall enrollment and anticipated
retention. Only fully qualified transfer students with 60 units will be admitted and
enrolled on a space-available basis to meet our enrollment target. “In-progress”
coursework during the fall 08 term will not be considered and final admission
decisions will be made prior to the spring semester.
Proposed Spring 2009 FTE Target= 2866.3 (to annualize to 2957 FTE)
Continuing Student FTE
New Student FTE
Needed
Retention Rate
3138.5
90%
2824.7
41.6
85%
2667.7
198.6
70%
2197
669.3
B. Current Distribution of All Students in Programs – The University does not yet have
program targets by major.
C. After the University has established targets by major, it is possible that some majors will
need to close earlier than others. To do this, we will look at the estimated size of the
major relative to the academic planning model. Applications that come in after the open
filing period may be sorted by major to allow the institution to fill space available in
under-subscribed majors. The Office of Academic Planning is currently working on a
model that will allow us to establish targets for majors.
* Our regional Community Colleges are the Ventura Community College District Colleges (Moorpark, Oxnard, and
Ventura) and Santa Barbara City College.
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Post-baccalaureate students = 170 students
Proposed Fall Post-baccalaureate & Graduate Target 2008
Postbac
Graduate
PrePreCredential Graduate
Credential
Nursing
Headcount
87
11
135
35
FTE
61
10
110
16
Total
1128
1002
As per the Chancellor’s Office directive, second baccalaureate students not in the teaching or
nursing programs will not be admitted.
Graduate Student = 35 students
For 2008-9, the University has opened to stateside masters programs in Education and English.
Students admitted to graduate programs must be fully admissible to the University or be admitted
as a “special” based on a documented, departmental decision.
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