Fee hikes are creating an enrollment crisis

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Fee hikes are creating an enrollment crisis

• Many campuses are struggling and failing to meet
  enrollment targets, even though CSU enrollment
  was projected to be stronger than the 2.5 per
  year.
• (examples follow)

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In fall 05, 15 campuses had lower enrollments
than in previous years

• At CSU East Bay, enrollment was the lowest since
  1994
• At Humboldt State, enrollment was the lowest
  since 1996
• At CSU Dominguez Hills, enrollment was lowest
  since 1999
• At 3 campuses, enrollment was lowest since 2001
  (Chico, Los Angeles, San Diego)

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Fee Increases Halt Enrollment Growth in the CSU
Fees Have Increased Each Year since 2002
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Enrollments are lower in 2005 than they were in
2002
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Executive compensation trade-offs
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If you have a 1.5 billion funding shortfall, but
still managed to find 1,178,892 to spend you
could

• Increase executive salaries by 13.7
• Increase presidential car allowances to 1,000
  per month
• and
• Increase presidential housing allowances to
  50,000 and 60,000 per year

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Or, you might

• Add 262 more class sections
• Help 10,000 students get a class they need to
  graduate
• Provide additional work for 262 temporary faculty
  members who work part-time
• Reduce the size of over-enrolled courses
• Estimate based on an average cost of 4,500 per
  course

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Or, you might

• Provide 1,380 more EOP grants to low-income and
  educationally disadvantaged students
• Prevent students from having to take 2nd or 3rd
  jobs when fees go up (again)
• Estimate based on average EOP grant amount of
  854

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Or, you might

• Administer 663 more State University Grants to
  students who need them
• Provide financial aid to some of the 19,202 CSU
  students who qualify for Competitive Cal Grants
  but do not receive them
• Decrease the amount of debt students will carry
  when they graduate
• Estimate based on average SUG amount of 1,178

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Excessive Raises for CSU Executives
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Homeownership Beyond the Reach for CSU Faculty
California Budget Project Making Ends Meet CSU
PIMS database
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Increases in Average Salaries 2000 to 2005
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Salary Increases to Executives Dwarf Faculty
Raises
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06/07 Budget Requests by Public University
Systems in Other States Exceed CSU Request
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/6/06
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Summary of CSU Course Instruction, by Category of
Instructor
Note unit of analysis is course section, not
instructor Source CSU data provided to CFA
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Courses Taught by Non-Unit 3 Instructors, 2004-05