Performance
Budget Level Request 03
Enrollment: Expand
Baccalaureate & Graduate/Professional Capacity of the State
WSU RECOMMENDATION
AND FISCAL SUMMARY
Washington lags most
states in the availability of public four-year degree opportunities.
Our state must expand educational opportunity at the baccalaureate and
graduate levels to train the most productive employees and employers of
the future.
The enrollment request
is contingent upon progress being made in addressing core funding at each
institution. After the core funding issue is addressed, we request:
Funding to expand
capacity:
NARRATIVE
JUSTIFICATION AND IMPACT STATEMENT
Enrollment at all
campuses of Washington State University
is above the budgeted level. Without additional funding this enrollment
cannot be sustained. The Regents of WSU and the University of Washington passed a joint resolution to not increase enrollment despite
growing student demand and to cap freshman and transfer enrollments until
such time as significant progress is made to improve per student funding.
Unless funding is
provided for the higher level of enrollment, WSU will need to reduce enrollment
at all campuses back to the legislative targets.
This request
item cannot take precedence over protecting core programs from budget
reductions. Funding must be used to protect the educational core from
reductions before funding additional enrollment.
Enrollment
by Campus
| Additional
Student Enrollments |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
2005-07
Biennium |
| WSU
Pullman |
250 |
250 |
500 |
| WSU
Spokane |
20 |
20 |
40 |
| WSU
Tri-Cities |
45 |
45 |
90 |
| WSU
Vancouver |
100 |
100 |
200 |
| High
Demand |
100 |
100 |
200 |
| Total |
515 |
515 |
1,030 |
WSU Vancouver
In the prior fiscal
year, we were over contract FTE by 8.6%, yet enrollment demand continues
to grow. Currently, select programs are closed to admission due to insufficient
capacity. Admitted students are closed out of necessary classes due to
insufficient capacity. This funding will provide
the ability to modestly expand capacity in a variety of programs, reducing
the number of qualified students who are turned away. This funding will
provide the ability to modestly expand capacity for new and existing students
in liberal arts, sciences, human development, business and education.
This request may
be modified after the legislatively mandated campus plan is complete.
WSU Tri-Cities
WSU Tri-Cities was
over contract FTE by 6.9% in the prior fiscal year. Enrollment in education,
liberal arts programs, and several other programs is currently limited
by the lack of faculty. This problem will intensify as enrollment at
area community colleges continues to rise and the Coordinated Bachelor
Degree Program is implemented. 30 of the requested FTE will be used to
add faculty in the Tri-Cities needed for modest enrolment increases.
Enrollment capacity will be increased through a combination of enhancing
existing programs and adding new ones.
The remaining 15
FTE will be used to extend Tri-Cities undergraduate psychology and computer
science programs to Yakima. This funding is essential to accomplishing the goals of the
recently opened Deccio Higher Education Center on the Yakima Campus of
Yakima Valley Community College.
This request
may be modified after the legislatively mandated campus plan is complete.
WSU Pullman (including
Distance Degree Programs)
Controlling enrollment
takes place through the admissions process. Without additional funding
WSU will have to reduce the numbers of freshman and transfer students
it accepts. This funding request would permit holding the number of new
high school graduates and transfer students to 2003 levels for fall 2005,
and to expand modestly for fall 2006.
WSU Spokane
Several Spokane
programs are currently experiencing tight enrollments and will need to
limit enrollments next year if additional resources are not available.
Specifically, graduate and professional programs in Education and Pharmacy
are oversubscribed and
the undergraduate and graduate programs in Interior Design are at full
capacity. With the recent approval of two new 2+2 undergraduate
degrees at WSU Spokane, and another under consideration, it is anticipated
that demand will grow beyond our current capacity to serve by Fall 2005.
New funding will provide essential support to help launch our degree programs
and to support existing programs in need.
High
Demand Enrollment
| High
Demand Enrollments |
Funding
per FTE |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
2005-07
Biennium |
| Master
of Nursing –
Site-based
& DDP |
$21,509 |
15 |
15 |
30 |
| BS
Nursing – Basic, RN-BSN, DDP |
$18,427 |
25 |
25 |
50 |
| PhD
Nursing |
$26,501 |
5 |
5 |
10 |
| Doctor
of Audiology |
$26,102 |
10 |
10 |
20 |
| Engineering
– combined |
$18,166 |
35 |
35 |
70 |
| Digital
Technology and Culture |
$13,529 |
10 |
10 |
20 |
| Total |
|
100 |
100 |
200 |
INDICATORS
OF SUCCESS
| Enrollment
Targets by campus |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
| WSU
Pullman |
17,672 |
17,974 |
| WSU
Spokane |
1,140 |
1,170 |
| WSU
Tri-Cities |
733 |
801 |
| WSU
Vancouver |
1,353 |
1,478 |
| Total |
20,898 |
21,423 |
Performance Measures
If fully funded,
this decision package will ensure increased access to higher education
for Washington residents through
additional FTE enrollments in all areas and particularly in high demand,
high need areas such as nursing and engineering.
In addition, if this
package is fully funded, the state of Washington will benefit by additional degrees granted.
CALCULATIONS
