Spring Enrollments

Click for the census enrollment report for spring 2016. As expected, spring 2016 enrollment of full-time undergraduates compared with spring 2015 show declines because the pool of undergraduate students was smaller this fall. Overall, retention of freshmen from fall to spring increased from 94 percent to 95 percent and the new student goal for spring was exceeded with 59 transfers. The summary picture on full-time undergraduates for this fiscal year is that we slightly exceeded budgeted expectations. CAL and graduate enrollments for spring semester meet budgeted expectations. Assuming summer tuition revenue hits our target, total tuition revenues for the year will meet or exceed expectations.

Congratulations to all who have worked hard on transfer student recruitment and student retention. We continue to make good progress. We also are seeing improved revenues in the Wisconsin and Iowa Master of Arts in Education programs which have experienced declines in the past few years so let’s congratulate these faculty and staff as well.

Board of Trustees Actions

The most significant action to report from the Board of Trustees meeting Jan. 25 is the approval of the 2016–17 operating budget guidelines. I will review the major components of the 2016–17 budget at a university forum at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11 in the Fine Arts Center Recital Hall.

Rick Artman

President