THE FUTURE OF STUDENT ENROLLMENT Topics/issues associated with achieving the SE Plan Goal #1: Increase CWU’s total undergraduate enrollment from 11,557 in Fall 2017 to 14,205 in Fall 2024. Theme: Using budget needs as the driving reason for enrollment goal #1 does not support the university's mission. Ensure that the growth doesn’t impact our level of service. We only look at the revenue they [students] bring in, not the costs they incur. CWU’s financial future – its ability to continue to deliver the highest quality undergraduate experience – will require an increase in undergraduate enrollment, careful management of budgets, and financial aid optimization. The six-year rolling forecast, included in the CWU Fiscal 2019 Budget Report, provides forecasts starting with the FY 2019 budget and the following six years, and the drivers and risks associated with achieving those levels. The forecasts consider wage-and-benefit increases, and maintain reasonable student centered services and instructor-to-student ratios. Budget growth will follow net tuition revenue increases fueled by a growing student body.
Theme: Transfer student enrollment should be further addressed in the SE Plan.
Agreed. Achieving a new transfer student enrollment of 1,800 by Fall 2024 merits additional strategies under Goal #1. Some have been added, as suggested by the CWU community. Other suggestions fall into the category of a tactic, or initiative, and will be included in the Implementation and Assessment Plan.
Theme: Improve student access to financial aid, and improve their experience.
Agreed. Strategy #5 addressing financial aid now appears under Goal #1; it will have significant impacts on achieving CWU’s diversity and inclusion targets (Goal #2), and its targets for persistence progression and graduation (Goal #3.),
Theme: The SE Plan should focus on developing academic programs to strengthen the reputation of the university.
It is outside the purpose and scope of a strategic enrollment plan to address academic program prioritization and new programming. The provost, college deans, and academic department chairs are tasked with this work, which is underway. Once the academic plan is produced, it will be referenced in future SE Plan updates. DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, and OPPORTUNITY Topics/issues associated with achieving the SE Plan Goal #2: Increase the enrollment percentage of traditionally under-represented minorities (including ethnicity) (URM)
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