CSUCI Strategic Enrollment Management Plan
2009-10
Revised Spring 2009
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 2009-10 - Revised
Campus Enrollment Target 3057 fte = approximately 3700 students
All students
The priority filing period ended on November 30, 2008, at midnight. We will no longer
accept applications from first time freshmen after November 30th. Applications from upper
division transfer students received after November 30th will be considered on a space available
basis. The campus closed to transfer applications on January 19, 2009.
In order to enroll the number of new students that will enable the campus to achieve but
not exceed target, the campus will enforce all deadlines.
All fully qualified freshman and transfer applicants meeting the minimum CSU
eligibility requirements and meeting file completion deadlines will be offered provisional
admission to the University. To be considered “fully qualified” students will have completed all
requirements by the end of the spring 2009 semester. All students will be required to submit all
documentation by February 6th and will be admitted on a rolling basis; all freshmen will be
admitted by March 31, 2009. Applicants whose files are not complete by the established
deadlines will not be evaluated for the fall 2009 term.
The nursing program 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.
Second baccalaureate students who are not admitted to the nursing program will not be admitted
to the University.
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.
CSU Channel Islands is not accepting applications from any of the categories noted in the
Chancellor’s Office directive.
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Projection Tool for Fall 2009
Target: 3057 FTE
UG continuation rate 80%; PBAC 54%
Sequenced Yield Rates
Annualized
Target
3057
UG AUL=12.87;
PBAC=11
Closed in Spring
Continuation to Fall 09 from spring
1. Spring 2009 enrolled to date
Hdct FTE
Undergrads
3165 2717.83
Post Bacs
283
222.75
#1 Subtotal
3448 2940.58
(Updated 1/27/09)
2. Pipeline for spring (80%)
39 Transfers - intent not registered
400 Continuing stus not registered
#2 Subtotal - estimated yield
176
151.0
3.. Estimated Spring enrollment
3624 3091.58
4. Estimated Continuation to Fall
Undergrads (80%)
Post Bac (54%)
Total
Admissions Yield
Applications
Freshmen (closed Nov. 30)
Transfers (closed January 19)
Estimated Yield needed for target
Freshmen
Transfers
PBAC estimate
Total
Estimated Fall Enrollment
Continuation from Spring
New in Fall 09
Total Fall 09 enrollment
151
2827
2296.0
120.28
2434
Hdct FTE
5198
2230
430
430
60
920
368.9
368.9
55.0
792.9
Hdct FTE
2827
2434
920
792.9
3747
3227
Hd
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Estimated SP10 continuation
Annualized FTE
minus target
Gap (positive number=excess)
Estimated Spring 2010 Enrollment
Fall FTE
Annualized target
Spring target
Continuation from fall09
Gap positive number=excess)
3372
2893.2
3060.1
3057.0
3.1
Hdct
3747
FTE
3227.0
3057.0
2887.0
3372
2893.2
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The enrollment goal includes several components to encourage managed growth.
1. In order to accommodate more students in fall including a large number of continuing
studnets, the campus will not open to undergraduate applicants for spring 2010.
2. Target for Non-California residents will be approximately 50 students.
3. Target for International students will be approximately 50 students.
4. Demographic distribution will closely replicate that of the county
5. Targets for enrollment distribution by major will be established by Academic Affairs
Freshman students
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. Special admission will be available only for EOP and disability
accommodations.
All applicants whose GPA is 3.0+ will be provisionally admitted on self-report.
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C. Transfer Pathways1 will be discontinued – Except in extraordinary circumstances and 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, outreach was expanded to include students from L.A. Pierce and
Santa Monica City Colleges.
Steps CSUCI will follow:
1. The initial filing period for fall 2009 applications will end on November 30, 2008.
2. CSUCI will close to freshman applications on November 30, 2008.
3. Admissible students will receive an offer of provisional admission with an “Intent to
Enroll” form. Provisional admission does not become clear admission (or denial)
until after the receipt and evaluation of official documents.
4. Admitted students who wish to attend CSUCI must submit a $100 deposit and a
form indicating their Intent to enroll form”, which activates their ability to apply for
housing and to participate in orientation and advising workshops.
5. Orientation for freshmen is mandatory. Freshmen who are admitted to the
University and who have submitted an intent-to-enroll must register for Orientation
to confirm their interest in attending CSUCI. The university assumes that admitted
students who do not register for orientation have selected another campus to attend
in the fall. Admitted students who missed the deadline to submit their application
for orientation will be put on a wait-list administered by the admissions office.
6. While the University is obligated to admit all eligible students who apply during the
open filing period, capacity is limited and the campus will be unable to
accommodate students who fail to meet published deadlines. The campus will cease
accepting “intent” forms when capacity has been reached.
7. Since the University receives many more applications than can be accommodated,
admitted students who do not meet published deadlines for “intents” and orientation
may be placed on a wait-list that is maintained by the admissions office.
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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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8. 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. 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.
9. Students who are not exempt, must take the ELM/EPT before the end of May, 2009.
Students who have not completed appropriate prerequisites, including 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 – 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).
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 2009.
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
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coursework in the approved transfer agreement in lieu of this requirement) by the end
of spring 2009.
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
2009 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.
All applicants to the university are expected to have all admissions requirements
completed by the end of spring for fall admissions and the end of summer for spring
admissions. Applicants who do not complete the admissions requirements will not be
offered admission to the university.
B. 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 undersubscribed 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.
Graduate and Post Baccalaureate Students
Students admitted to graduate or credential programs must be fully admissible to the University
or be admitted as a “special” based on a documented, departmental decision.
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