1. S.09-114
      1. For Information
      2. 2009/10 Enrollment Targets
      3. Fall 2009 Enrollment Targets
      4. Fall
      5. 2009
      6. Enrollment
      7. Actuals
      8. (ewkl)
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S.09-114
OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, ACADEMIC AND PROVOST
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For Information
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MEMORANDUM
ATTENTION
Senate ?
DATE
September 28, 2009
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FROM ?
Jon Driver, Vice-President, Academic and ?
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Provost
RE: ?
Update on Enrollments ?
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At the September 2009 meeting of Senate, Senator Cohn Percivalked fo an update on enrollments
for the fall. He subsequently provided a more detailed request for so e data nd some explanations for
exceeding the University's targets, as follows:
1.
For each faculty, the number of domestic undergraduate students admitted, vs. the targets
approved by Senate at the March 2009 meeting.
2.
For each faculty, the number of international undergraduate students admitted, vs. the targets
approved by Senate at the March 2009 meeting.
3.
For each faculty, the entry GPA cutoffs used and f possible) the averageentry GPA.
4.
For each faculty, the total undergraduate enrolment vs. the plan approved by Senate.
5.
Anything else (e.g. retention rates, graduation rates, average number of credits taken per
student) which you think has contributed.
The following data refers to the situation at the end of the first week of the fall 2009 semester.
2009/10 Enrollment Targets
Senate's approved targets for new domestic and international student intakes for 2009/10 are 5,467
and 608 respectively. The approved domestic and international program FTE targets for the year are
17,592 and 1,760 respectively. The international program FTE target is approximately 10% of the
domestic target. A breakdown by Faculty is shown in Table 1.
Table 1: 2009/10 New Student Intake and Pro
g
ram FTE Targets
Faculty
New Student Intake Targets
Program FTE Targets
Domestic ?
International
Domestic ?
International
APSC
424
53
1,389
200
FASS
2,626
324
7,315
710
BUS
285
80
2,246
466
FCAT
425
78
1,672
186
EDUC
360
6
1,001
2
ENV
77
3
346
9
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY ?
THINKING OF THE WORLD
HSCI
SCI
Undeclared
204 ?
11
1,066 ?
53
-
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-
600
?
18
2,949 ?
168
74 ?
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SFU Total
5,467 ?
608
17,592 ?
1,760
Fall 2009 Enrollment Targets
The Fall 2009 allocations of the approved SW targets are shown in Table 2.
Table 2: Fall 2009 New Student Intake and Est. Pro
gram
ETE Targets
New Student Intake Targets
Program FTE Targets
Domestic
International
Domestic
International
Faculty
APSC
356
34
582
77
FASS
1,810
170
3,093
276
BUS
246
51
889
172
FCAT
363
52
720
77
EDUC
208
2
339
0
ENV
50
2
145
5
HSCI
167
11
265
10
SCI
920
33
1,294
63
Undeclared
-
-
26
0
SFU Total
4,120
355
7,353
680
Fall
Table
2009
3 shows
Enrollment
the actual
Actuals
enrollments
(ewkl)
for Fall
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2009 and Table 4 shows the variance between Target
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and Actual. Based on end of week one actual enrollment, the international program FTE actual is
12% of domestic program FTE actual for the Fall term.
Table 3: Fall 2009 New Student Intake and Pro
g
ram ETE Actuals (ewkl Actuals'
New Student Intake Actuals
Program FTE Actuals
Faculty
Domestic
International
Domestic
International
APSC
437
108
615
108
FASS
1,990
423
3,326
408
BUS
259
168
893
235
FCAT
419
64
777
79
EDUC
205
3
362
2
ENV
89
8
149
6
HSCI
357
41
325
23
SCI
783
55
1,276
79
Undeclared
1 ?
3
1
2
0
SFU Fall
Total*
1 ?
4,541
870
1 ?
7,725
941
*Column totals may not exactly sum up due to rounding.
Table 4: Fall 2009 Variance (ewkl Actuals - Tanret'
Faculty
New Student Intake Variance
Program FTE Variance
Domestic ?
International
Domestic ?
International
APSC
81
74
32
31
FASS
180
253
233
133
BUS
13
117
4
63
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2
i.
FCAT
56
12
57
2
EDUC
-3
1
23
2
ENV
39
6
4
1
HSCI
190
30
60
-z ?
13
Sc!
-137
22
-17
16
Undeclared
3
1
-24
0
SFU Fall
Total*
421
515
372
261
% SFU Target'
110%
245%
105%
138%
*Column totals may not exactly sum up due to rounding.
The entry GPA's were as follows:
CMPT: 80%
ENSC: 75%
Business: 90%
FcAT: 78%
Environment: 78%
Science: 78%
Health Sciences: 75%
FASS: 80%
Education (BGS): 80%
These generally represent an increase over last year (75% except Business 85%) and the previous year
(73% except Business 85%). We. have therefore increased enrollments at a time when the entrance
GPA has also risen. This has been achieved through increasing the yield rate - the percentage of
applicants who eventually register as students - and by increasing the number of out-of-province
registrants. It also appears that we have a slightly higher retention rate that expected, even though the
percentage of students who are required to withdraw has increased slightly from about 1% (06/07) to
2.5% (08/09). It is possible that the RTW rate will now decline as the GPA minima are raised.
The same GPA is used for domestic and international students. Because the GPA distribution across
those two populations is not the same, it is difficult to meet both domestic and international targets
exactly. This is one of the reasons for increased international enrollments.
In the spring there were signs that we would exceed our targets. However, we decided not to make
adjustments because of the many factors that have created uncertainty this year, including the
following:
a.
the impact of a volatile economy on domestic enrollment
b.
widespread concern that international students would not arrive due to the recession
c.
the impact of the five new B.C. universities on enrollments
d.
the impact of the September adjustment to the provincial budget
The over-enrollment of new students has been compounded by higher than usual retention of
continuing students (3% higher than expected for domestic students and 11% higher than expected for
international). There is no evidence that students are graduating at different rates, and average credits
taken do not seem to have changed.

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