ENROLLMENT PLANNING COMMITTEE

SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY

The Enrollment Plan for the 21^st Century

November 20, 1998

Undergraduate Enrollment Models

1998-99 – 2002-03

2003-04 – 2007-08

While the enrollment models are exclusively for undergraduates, continued planning for the total enrollment for the future will include undergraduate (traditional), graduate (traditional) and non-degree (continuing studies). New delivery systems may include degree completion (on and off site) and on-line distance learning (off site).

ASSUMPTIONS FOR THE UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT MODEL

The assumptions underlying the attached undergraduate enrollment model should be annually challenged to ensure that the model is a reliable means of managing the planned growth. For example:

New external challenges and opportunities
Continuing student flow pattern (progress in student persistence)
Impacts of the moderately selective admissions policy
Capacity assumptions
Projections of need for campus housing
Economic impact on the University’s budget

GLOSSARY OF ENROLLMENT TERMS

Enrollment Capacity. A measure of the University’s resources to accommodate the planned enrollment, including meeting space, faculty and staff loads, classrooms, performance facilities, labs, majors, service courses, residence life program and housing facilities and faculty to teach the Common Curriculum.
Debt Load. A measure of a student’s total student loan indebtedness, usually measured following graduation or withdrawal from the University.
Moderate Selectivity. An undergraduate admissions policy, approved by the Board of Trustees in 1991. It is to be implemented incrementally and includes an academic standard (predicted GPA) for admission and other desired characteristics yet to be defined, e.g., faith match, leadership potential, service involvement and special considerations.
Persistence. A measure of student retention which is the percentage of full-time, first-time freshmen who return as sophomores the second year.
Predicted Grade Point Average (PGPA). A measure of future academic performance used in Admissions which is a calculation of the high school GPA and SAT scores, with the weight of the scores given to the verbal score. SPU’s calculation is validated regularly by the College Board as a strong predictor of success at SPU.
Student Profile. The desired student characteristics at admission and learning outcomes which will best predict students’ persistence to graduation and their readiness to engage the culture and to change the world they will enter.