Show THE UTAH MAN UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY VOL77NO 10 Committee LOGAN UTAH MONDAY OCTOBER 15 1979 preparing for enrollment decrease the effect of enrollment reductions The instructional budget base is not computed on a headcount basis but on the number of credit hours registered for by all students inof the problems cluding part time studenU and keeping Hurting etudents In the end any reduction in the L'SU ilnooce they enroll at budget would mean a decrease in decline in enrollment is the number of instructors as well as USU pro-fo- r ntipobknt unique to the elimination of various student enrollment through services and programs will lie UK ndicate decreases the Another concern of the commiteither at than here utimout V eber State was the attrition rate of USU tee or of Utah gwrety students According to Rich Cafap for Institutional director Jacobs dtiaut J X about 50 percent of Research w ' f freshmen entering USU fail to v “W return the next year Part of this is due to studenU who go to USU for one year and then go on a mission for the LDS Church Other reasons for loss of studenU are not fully understood and are being studied he said Some suggestions to remedy the situation have been offered by the committee These include esUblish-men- t of a learning skills center to train studenU in basic college skills such as the three R's and increas-in- g part-tim- e job opportunities both on and off campus The committee recommended that greater emphasis be given to freshman advisement during summer registration They found that many times advisers were not available and sometimes advisers were not well informed Considering the subject of recruitment the committee said that the Office of School Services did not have an adequate budget to that operate on It also noted funcrecruitment should not be a tion of that particular office alone but said it should be shared by the colleges and depart menu Rod Clark director of School Services said some the depart menu are cooperating and some are not He also said that with the increased awareness of the enrollment problem his office is gaining greater consevisibility on campus and criticism more getting quently Clark commented that this summer's freshman orienUtion was an improvement over last When asked about new recruiting his ofprograms Clark replied thathave m were defeated ffNG DAY— One Aggie wocWaigh before the coaverge ad be begin work Tb Aggie fice would continue as they add-e— Teaag Univeraity Story details on tbe game reaulU are oa page 11 the past with some new ideas A recant expansion of effort was the sending of 122000 mailings to the because etudnu throughoutto such do 90 to today of registered sUtes that number by the number toul of the week "faf is the Ust the region and inaccuracies day to add or classes past the three is possible hours Uken The product inCalifornia and Illinois which " would as classes If studenU deadline Because of this the creditdivided the to RegenU conis report by 15 which as then have previously supplied signifiregister past today's university wss not allocated hours Uken by dicate and this would mean less cant numbers of studenU to USU tit may cause the universithe to much money by the Board of sidered the average allocated univeristy money a fulltime student °e a substarual amount of Regents the "If we could have recoup all and bich is allocated "When there are 197 studenU by the who did not register studenU third the by not who are registered Regents according i ®sm the deadlines” he said "I Lye dean of the college week deadline” Lye said "The add by the reports to the Board of sure am submitia which "itiea arts and social enrollment report would have show either no incss RegenU of groups and organisaRegenU ted to the Board "The success of an activity or USU'a clubs their a minimum decline m It or decline a of more potential parand top the whole university tions relies dicates that there is proper upon often program annual Publicithere enrollment" ASUSU's than dents get sUted enrollment in ticipants decrease and and publicity registered more Last year the report indicated a promotion ASUSU be held Thurswill for we ask relarrut- - hy the deadline" said can Workshop How student is ty Bill Cairns really for other six percent decline in enrollment Oct 18 from 2 to 4 p m in the coordinator of student faculty members or funds said the percenUge was in- tions vice president expressing day but Lye that SC Lounge ®F it University when evenU appears the UUh Stale meeting the deadline projects accurate because of the deadline concern forflat to the inviutions is reRSVP due to lack of stufall which Jrdt tbe programs for enrollment is down? violations be allocated more quested by Tuesday Oct 16 He said that to formulate how Val Christensen assisUnt dean dent support attenare Both the studenU fulltime Notify the ASUSU Activity Center Stuand of the the many university iH benefit" of admissions of studenU and director office the Student Relations Office to ator alleviate the to USU order In who ding of dent Center urges all studenU ' number the between last year 197 studenU tend Ukes "communication records gap" and have not yet added their classes or tt 200 studenU added fulltime students and multiples decreases in ggmw of expected the next gC groQment during committee was rear iyUed in February 1979 to The forecast predicts a loss of 9 1 percent in enrollment from the fall 1977 figure of 9436 to 8580 m 1986 Declining numbers of college-ag- e people and a slackening interest in attending college are the reasons for the decline What also must be taken into consideration is the fact that USU has the largest proportion of foreign students in the stale almost 10 percent of the total student body And this has been increasing at a higher rate than the 9 — a '- Q body Almost an estimated loss of $350000 in tuienrollment in- tion revenues five years has A policy recently adopted by the students Board of Regents reduces the inenrollment at structional budget by a percentage USU could be seriously affected if of the enrollment decrease the United States disrupts relaIf this policy had been in effect tions with any of the countries that when USU expereicned its 1978-7provide students and tuition decrease it would have created a money loss of more than $1 million during The financial consequences of the next four years decreased enrollment are substanof Regents spreads Board The fall a 1978 For tial example decline of 208 students resulted in the cuts over four vears to soften rest of the student f of USU's crease in the past been due to foreign Because of this one-hal- y T —a eadline violations nn d cut university funding inter-mounU-in Publicity seminar sot '?' - |