Show The KattlelVolXXVUS'umbe WT hursdaqiHtobecUHUi Fall Quarter "Phenomenal" enrollment boom hits CEU administration pleased -- by Stephanie Bogdin news editor “Phenomenal” is the word the College of Eastern Utah President Michael Petersen used to describe the 1990 fall quarter enrollment increase At the Price campus the full-tim- ship program and that’s made it possible for students to come We’ve tied that to some strong activities that students want to be involved with The combination of being able to come with a scholarship and As for where the CEU students reside when not in school 47 percent arc from Carbon County IS percent arc from Emery 10 percent live along the Wasatch Front in Salt Lake City Davis Weber and Utah counties Eighty students live outside of Utah with the most students e equivalent student enrollment which is based ona student residing in Color-adoAl- so who's en31 stud- rolled with IS ex’ more credit hours is 1473 fall Petersen presents budget request to State Regents Explaining that the College of Eastern Utah has adequate space but lacks the necessary funding to accommodate the anticipated en- rollment growth of the next decade CEU President Michael A Petersen requested that the Utah State Board of Regents ask the legislature to increase the college's budget by more than $700000 next year “Later this year CEU’s new ComputcrBusincss Building will open its doors providing us with ample classroom space for the next several years Unfortunately it is becoming more and more difficult for us to attract highly qualified instructors because the salaries we offer are low compared to competing colleges across the United Slates and many of our programs don't have adequate funding for the number of students they must accommodate" Petersen told the regents at their regular meeting lak Thursday in Salt Lake City CEU has maintained one of the fastest enrollment growth rates of any of the state's colleges and universities—more than doubling the size of its student body in the past ten years As more high school graduates are encouraged to begin their college careers by enn courses rolling in state’s the at community colleges that trend is expected to accelerate according to Petersen “We have a commitment to provide those students with courses that arc comparable in quality to the instruction they would receive at the university level" he said “That's difficult when the best instructors are lured (coutlnued on page 4) lower-divisio- ents arc from for- quarter Last year it was 1270 In a year CEU has increased by 205 fulltime students Still CEU has the capacity to ace commodate 2000 students Petersen hopes that within the next five or six years enrollment will grow to reach that level Headcount for the college which is the number of students enrolled in one class contrary to the number of credit hours they have has reached 2939 as compared to last year's 2341 This total was derived from both the Price and San Juan campuses for fall quarter of 1990 “What you'll find is that we've had incredible growth" Petersen stated “I think we've been able to put together a very strong scholar full-tim- eign countries and 28 of them are Japanese The most popular major of students attending CEU is in the undecidinvolved in an activity that they're interested in has really worked well for us" Not all the enrollment statistics deal with how many people attend classes at CEU For instance have you ever wondered the average age of the students where their hometowns are or what they are majoring in? percent of students are under age 20 and an additional 43 percent are 25 Fbrty-thre- e The remaining IS There percent arc ages 20-2- 4 and older are 68 students over 64 while 171 students are over SO ed" category followed by business management computer science engineering and marketing As for enrollment in the future Petersen doesn't see a dramatic increase but a gradual one “We're working now on a program that we really feel will improve our image with high school students around the state and increase the knowledge of the college" Petersen said “We've developed a scries of promotional materials that we're sending to high school students now and we’re combining that with a direct approach that we think will really help us" |