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 spear-headed 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,
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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. 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. All fully qualified freshman
candidates meeting the minimum CSU eligibility requirements and meeting 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 the spring 2009 semester. Transfer students will be
required to submit all documentation by February 6th and will be admitted on a
rolling basis. 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. Without additional funding,
approximately 33 students (33 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 2009 semester. A summer ’09 session will account for an additional 40
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.
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4. Unimpacted upper division transfer (UDT) admission should remain open
until a campus achieves its enrollment target.
This year the Chancellor’s Office is requiring all campuses to cease accepting
applications from first time freshmen by February 1st. CSU Channel Islands will
be closing on November 30, 11:59 pm. In addition, CSU Channel Islands is not
accepting applications from any of the categories noted above in the Chancellor’s
Office directive.
Proposed Fall 2009 Target: 3057 FTE (unchanged from 2007)
Undergraduate
Freshmen
Transfer
Postbac
PreCredential
PreNursing
Graduate
Credential
Graduate
Total
Headcount
FTE
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 = 525
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
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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 – 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 nonresident 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.
Steps CSUCI will follow:
1. The initial filing period for fall 2009 applications for first time freshmen
will end on November 30, 2008. Document deadlines for transcripts, test
scores, and application fee is February 6. Students who do not meet
these deadlines will not be evaluated for fall 2009.
2. Freshman students who are declared as Pre-Nursing and are admitted to
the University may apply to the nursing program in spring of their
freshman year upon completion of recommended prerequisite courses.
Admission to the University does not guarantee admission to the
nursing program.
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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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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. The deadline for receipt of the Intent to Enroll form and
$100 nonrefundable deposit is May 1, 2009 (not a postmark deadline).
Students whose forms and deposits are received after this deadline will
be put on a waitlist.
4. Intent to Enroll forms and $100 deposit activate the ability to apply for
housing and to participate in orientation and advising workshops.
5. Freshman students who are not exempt, and have not taken the
ELM/EPT will not be allowed to register for classes nor enroll in the
university. The deadline for students to take the ELM/EPT is May. Only
students who have taken the ELM/EPT or are exempt will be allowed to
register for orientation, which is mandatory for freshmen.
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.
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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 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 nonresident 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.
Proposed Spring 2010 FTE Target=
Continuing Student
FTE
Retention Rate
90%
85%
70%
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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.
Post-baccalaureate students = 170 students
Proposed Fall Post-baccalaureate & Graduate Target 2008
Postbac
Graduate
PrePreCredential Graduate
Credential Nursing
Headcount
FTE
Total
As per the Chancellor’s Office directive, second baccalaureate students not in the
teaching or nursing programs will not be admitted.
Graduate Student = 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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