Board of Trustees Meeting

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Board of Trustees Meeting

• Focus Discussion
• May 6, 2006

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Briefing on Budget Proposals from theGovernor,
House, and Senate

• President Les Wong,
• David Haynes,
• Gavin Leach
• and
• Mike Roy

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2006-07 General Fund Budget

• Budget Goals
• Reduce faculty teaching loads from current levels
• Establish base budget funds for facilities
  maintenance
• Increase base budget funding for capital
  equipment replacement
• Provide adequate funding for Superior Edge
  initiative

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2006-07 General Fund Budget (continued)

• Budget Goals (continued)
• Provide start-up funding for Internationalization
  initiative
• Continue to provide financial aid funding based
  on current funding model
• Cover cost of state mandates
• Increase compensation base funds to meet
  contractual commitments and to remain competitive

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2006-07 GF Budget

• Budget Assumptions
• State appropriation will increase by .3 to 1.8
• Enrollment will continue to grow by about 2
• Base budget reductions
• SIP 1,100,000
• RIF 700,000
• Operations 500,000
• Tuition and Fees contingent on state funding

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Summer 2000 Enrollment Retreat A Six Year
Review of Accomplishments

• William Bernard
• and
• Paul Duby

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Summer 2000 Retreat Objectives What have we
accomplished?
Fiscal Initiatives

• Lower Appropriation per FYES from 6,975 to
  5,500
• Increase FYES from 6,999 to 8,876
• Increase annual Student Credit Hours from 206,881
  to 266,760

• Accomplished FY 03 (Now 5,238 per FYES)

• Will be accomplished in FY 07 (Now 8,536 prelim)

• Will be accomplished in FY 07 (Now 253,428
  prelim)

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Summer 2000 Retreat Objectives What have we
accomplished?

• Accomplished (Now 31)

• Increase of out-of-state new freshman
  enrollment
• (was 21)
• Increase baccalaureate new freshman enrollment
  from 1,195
• Increase 3rd semester retention from 70
• Increase enrollment from 8,144 to 10, 330

• Second Highest in NMU History (Now 1,372)

• Highest 3rd semester retention rate in NMU
  History (73)

• Projected Fall 2006 enrollment over 9,700
  (highest in NMU history)

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Recruitment Initiatives

• Added regional Admissions Counselor in Minnesota
  (apps up 20)
• Added presence of full-time admissions staff
  member in California
• Restructured Academic Achievement Award
  competition
• Implemented Wildcat Weekends
• Provided student bus trip from Chicago
• Added regional application conversion efforts
• Evaluated and restructured recruitment regions

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Off Campus Academic Initiatives

• USOC Coaching Program
• RN to BSN Accelerated Program
• Masters Degree in Nursing
• Loss Prevention Baccalaureate Program

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Number of Baccalaureate New Freshmen with a HS
GPA of 4.00 And ACTC of 30
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1st Semester Academic Performance of
Baccalaureate New Freshmen
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1st Semester Clear Academic Standing and 3rd
Semester Retention Baccalaureate New Freshmen
?
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Where we stand for Fall 2006?
2005
2006

• Applications
• Freshmen 4,377
• Transfers 752
• Active Admissions
• Freshmen 3,302
• Transfers 379
• Orientation Counts
• Freshmen 932
• Transfers 187

• Applications
• Freshmen 4,389
• Transfers 820
• Active Admissions
• Freshmen 3,282
• Transfers 417
• Orientation Counts
• Freshmen 989
• Transfers 159

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Enrollment Outlook for Fall 2007

• Fall 2007 target is 9,700 which represents a gain
  of at least 200 students (2.1)
• Projected Increases will be in
• Total new freshmen up from 1,874 to 1,920 (2.5)
• New transfers up from 509 to 530 (4.1)
• Continuing undergraduates up 150 (2.5)
• New and continuing graduate students up 50 (6.2)
  

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Questions?