ERIC ED372805: Washington Community and Technical Colleges Fall Enrollment & Staffing Report, 1993.

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Washington Community and Technical Colleges Fall
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Enrollment & Staffing Report, 1993.
Washington State Board for Community and Technical
INSTITUTION
Colleges, Olympia. Enrollment Planning and
Information Services Div.
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IDENTIFIERS
ABSTRACT
A statistical overview is provided of trends in
enrollments, student characteristics, and staffing in Washington's
community and technical colleges as of fall 1993. The report first
examines patterns of enrollments by funding source for full-time
equivalent and headcount enrollment, the changing enrollment mix,
students by purpose for attending, part- and full-time status,
planned length of attendance, and the impact of tuition waivers.
Next, the demographics of students served are detailre.d from fall 1989
through fall 1993 and data on student progress and success is
presented for 1990-91 through 1992-93. Following an analysis of
courses offered from fall 1989 through fall 1993, information on
staff characteristics is provided from 1989 to 1993. Finally, data on
enrollment, funding sources, and student characteristics are
presented for 24 community colleges and college districts and 5
technical colleges for fall 1992 and fall 1993. Highlighted findings
include the following: (1) the Washington community and technical
(2) the racial
colleges served 226,334 students in fall 1993;
composition of the fall 1993 student population was more diverse than
in the state as a whole, with 217. students of color in the system;
(3) 52% of the students were enrolled part-time; (4) only 28% of the
students in fall 1993 were new to college; and (5) 56% of all
instruction was provided by full-time faculty in fall 1993.
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Washington Community and Technical Colleges
State of Washington
State Board for Community & Technical Colleges
Mitchell Bower, Jr., Chair
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HIGHLIGHTS OF FALL 1993
fall 1993, an
FTEs in
The Washington community and technical colleges provided 122,533
State funding along with tuition charges supported 89
increase of 2.6 percent over fall 1992.
percent of instruction.
That was
The Washington community and technical colleges served 226,334 students in fall 1993.
-
stem from increased service to full-time
a slight decrease (652 people) over fall 1992. Decreases
students and implementation of standardized reporting for technical colleges.
than that of the
The racial composition of the student population in fall 1993 was more diverse
approximately
state as a whole (21 percent students of color at community and technical colleges,
those in academic
15 percent in the state population). Students of color comprised 16 percent of
and vocational courses and fifty-three percent in basic skills (ABE/ESL) courses.
the state's
The student population was more female (57 percent of those reporting gender) than
median age
adult female population, typical of community and technical colleges nationally. The
of students was 27.8.
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A slight majority (52 percent) of all students were enrolled part-time (less than 200 hours or
At
Nationwide part-time students represent 65 percent of the total enrollments.
credits).
community colleges part-time students were in the minority (47 percent) and 3,864 fewer part-time
students were served in fall 1993 than in 1992. Part-time students enrolled for 22 percent of the
total FTE.
Forty-six percent of state and contract courses were taken by students enrolled for workforce
training purposes, 40 percent to prepare for transfer, 4 percent for the end goal of literacy or
English as a Second Language training and 10 percent for consumer homemaking or unspecified
purposes.
The number of new
Just 28 percent of students enrolled in fall quarter were new to college.
students has been declining for the past decade. Some potential new students with tentative or
part-time educational plans found appropriate courses already filled when the attempted to enroll.
Fifty-six percent of all instruction was provided by full-time faculty in fall 1993.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
HIGHLIGHTS OF 1993
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
ENROLLMENTS
FTEs by Funding Source
1
3
Students by Funding Source
4
Changing Enrollment Mix
5
Students by Purpose for Attending
6
Full-Time and Part-Time Status
7
New Students by Planned Length of Attendance
8
Enrollment Impact of Tuition Waivers
STUDENTS SERVED: DEMOGRAPHICS
11
Demographics of Students Served
STUDENT PROGRESS AND SUCCESS
19
Outcomes
21
Student Progress
COURSES OFFERED
27
FTEs by Academic, Vocational, Basic Skills and Developmental
32
Day and Evening Course Enrollments
STAFF
35
Introduction to Personnel
36
Teaching Faculty
38
Teaching Faculty Demographics
39
Composition of Administrative and Support Staff
BY COLLEGE
43
FTEs by Funding Source
44
Change in State FTEs
45
Selected FTE Enrollments
46
Student Headcount by Funding Source
47
Selected Headcount Enrollments
48
New and Returning Students
49
Headcount by Purpose for Attending
50
FTEs by Purpose for Attending
51
Full-Time and Part-Time Status
52
New Students by Planned Length of Enrollment
54
Male and Female Headcount
55
Students with Disabilities
56
Students with Disabilities by Purpose for Attending
57
Students bY Race and Ethnic Background
61
Student Median Age
62
Educational Background of Students New to College
64
Student Family Status
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65
Student Employment Status While Enrolled
67
Status of Job Preparatory Students Nine Months After College
68
Number of Transfers to Public Four-Year Institutions
69
Associate Degrees and Certificates Awarded
Progress of Students Planning Associate Degrees
71
74
FTEs by Academic, Vocational, Basic Skills and Developmental Studies
76
Day and Evening FTEs
77
Day-On-Campus FTEs
78
Teaching Faculty by Employment Status
Teaching Faculty of Color
81
82
Women Teaching Faculty (Headcount)
83
Classifiedn'echnical College Support Stal FTEs
84
Administrative/Other Professional Staff FTEs
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INTRODUCTION
The Fall Enrollment and Staffing Report 1993 provides a snapshot of enrollments in technical and
The report also provides five year trend data for the
community colleges during fall quarter 1993.
community colleges. Because community and tenhnical colleges were only recently merged into a single
system (fall 1c91), trend data for the entire system is not available at this time The report addresses the
questions most commonly raised regarding the community and technical colleges in Washington.
The primary source of information for this document is the State Board for Community and Technical
College's (SBCTC) Management Information System (MIS).
THE WASHINGTON COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM
Washington's Community and Technical College Act of 1991 provides for a state system of community
and technical colleges separate from both the public secondary schools and four-year institutions. The
act requires that the colleges "offer an open door to every citizen, regardlesr If his or her academic
(RCW 28B.50.020(1)).
background or experiences, at a cost normally within his or her economic me-
Each college district is required to "offer thoroughly comprehensive educational, training and service
programs to meet the needs of both the communities and students served by combining, with equal
emphasis, high standards of excellence in academic transfer courses; realistic and practical courses in
occupational education, both graded and ungraded; community services of an educational, cultural and
College districts containing only
recreational nature; and adult education" (RCW 286.50.020(2)).
technical colleges are exempted from the requirement to offer academic transfer courses. Each college
is governed by a board of five trustees appointed to five-year terms by the governor with the consent of
the Senate.
Washington's first junior college was started in 1915 in Everett when 42 students began a one-year
It was closed in 1923 for lack of students.
college program on the top floor of Everett High School.
It was followed by
Centralia College, the state's oldest existing community college, opened in 1925.
Skagit Valley r.:ollege in 1926, Yakima Valley College in 1928 and Grays Harbor College in 1930. By
1941 eight junior colleges were opnrating in Washington, all locally administered and locally funded.
Combined enrollment was approximately 1,000.
Meanwhile, in 1930 the Seattle School District opened Edison Vocational School, the first true, public
vocational school in the state. The Spokane School District followed suit in 1939 with establishment of
the Spokane Trade School. Both schools eventually became community colleges. The oldest existing
Subsequently, VTIs opened in
vocational technical institute, Tacoma's Bates VTI, opened in 1940.
Clover Park, Pasco, Renton, Vancouver, Kirkland (Lake Washington), Olympia and Bellingham. The
VTIs in Pasco, Vancouver, and Olympia eventually became community colleges.
State
Between 1925 and 1941, there were three attempts to provide state support for junior colleges.
support was provided for the first time by the 1941 Legislature; however, that act restricted the number
and location of junior colleges, prohibiting their establishment in counties having either a public or private
In 1945, junior colleges were made a part of their local school districts and
four year institution.
supported through their funding, as was the case with vocational technical institutes until 1991.
In 1961, the restrictions against expansion of community colleges were removed by the legislature and
junior colleges were designated as "community" colleges.
This term had first appeared in a report to
President Harry Truman from his Commission on Higher Education in 1947.
The financing of community colleges was separated from that of local school districts in 1963, and in
1965 the legislature declared that it intended to establish a separate, independent community college
system. Based on the recommendations of the Arthur D. Little Company, the 1967 Legislature adopted
the Community College Act of 1967, which was signed on April 3 of that year.
The structure of the community college system remained largely intact until 1991 when, as part of the
Work Force Training and Education Act, the legislature amended the Community College Act of 1967
and redesignated it as the Community and Technical College Act of 1991.
The state's five remaining public vocational technical institutes were designated as "technical colleges,"
removed from the jurisdiction of their local school districts, and merged with the community college
system. Each technical college was provided with its own college district and a board of trustees. Each
technical college district overlaps the districts of neighboring community colleges. The State Board for
Community College Education was renamed the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges by
the 1991 act.
The Community and Technical College Act of 1991 also brought the Seattle Vocational Institute (SVI)
into the Seattle Community College District.
It had been the Washington Institute of Applied Technology
since 1987 when it was established by the legislature in a facility previously occupied by the Seattle
Occupational Industrialization Center before it closed. SVI serves economically disadvantaged people ih
Seattle's Central district,
providing job-related training for adults and contract training for local
businesses.
WASHINGTON COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES
Whatcom
Bellingham
Skagit Valley
Peninsula
Everett
Edmonds
. Shoreline
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Seattle Central
Spokane
s.
Seattle Vocational lnstitite
Spokane Falls
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Lake Washington
South Seattle
HigilliWCRonton
Wenatchee Valley
Green River
coma
Pierce
Bates
Clover Park
Big Bend
Grays
Sou.th Puget Sound
Harbor
Centralia
Yakima Valley
Columbia Basin
Lower Columbia
Walla Walla
Cletk
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FTES BY FUNDING SOURCE
TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES
FALL 1989 THROUGH 1993
In fall 1993, full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment was
122,533. A quarterly FTE is equal to 15 credits at a
community college and 300 hours of class at a technical
In community colleges the FTE reached its
college.
FTEs by Funding Source
highest level ever - 109,956 - 2.9 percent more FTE
Fall 1993
than in fall 1992.
State FTEs of 96,540 lagged the
highest level, fall 1980, by just 628 FTE.
(ST-ate
Supported
Courses funded through state support and tuition are
regarded as state supported. When students, employers
89%
or social service agencies pay for the tuition in a state
supported course, they are paying for 28 percent of the
Contract
cost at community colleges, about 22 percent of the cost
Supported
at a technical college.
State tax revenues cover the
9%
major cost of a set number of FTEs in the community
and technical college system by direct allocation of state
Student
funds to the State Board for Community and Technical
Funded
Colleges (SBCTC). SBCTC then distributes those funds
3%
on an equitable basis to each college. State FTEs above
the set number are provided by the college "on the
margin." That is, colleges rely only on the tuition income
to cover costs of such additional instruction.
In fall 1992, state
support included 1,261 timber FTEs and
2,187 Workforce Training Trust Fund FTEs.
FALL FTES BY FUNDING SOURCE
TECHNICAL &
COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY COLLEGES
COLLEGES
1989
1990
1992
1993
1991
1992
1993
All Funds
96,779
98,886
106,879
109,956
102,591
119,420
122,533
% Change
2.1%
2.2% 3.7%
4.2%
2.9%
2.6%
% State
86.9%
85.2%
89.8%
88.2%
87.8%
89.0%
88.7%
State Supported
84,148
84,276
92,159
94,274
96,540
108,373
106,341
% Change
0.8%
0.2%
9.4%
2.3%
2 4%
1.9%
Contract Supported
9,308
9,088
11,121
10,342
9,433
7,201
10,926
% Change
11.9%
-35.2%
19.5%
26.2%
13.8%
15.8%
State and Contract
93,456
Total
95,397
99,360
103,362
106,882
115,774
119,299
% Change
2.1%
1.8%
4.2%
4.0%
3.4%
3.0%
Student Funded
3,322
3,490
3,232
3,518
3,074
3,647
3,234
% Change
12.5%
5.0%
-7.4%
8.8%
-12.6%
-11.3%
Source:
SBCTC Course MIS:SR2101, Version 1.
Totals may not add due to rounding. Seattle Vocational Institute included in community college
Note:
totals as of fall 1992. Contract courses include Running Start enrollments.
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regarded as either contract or student
Enrollments which are not partially supported by state funds are
funded.
social service agency for the
Contract funded courses are paid for by an enterprise such as an employer or
school students to simultaneously
benefit of its employees or clients. The Running Start program allows high
credit. The FTEs from that program are counted as contract
earn high school and tuition-free college
In fall
due to Running Start.
funded. Seventy-five percent of the growth in contract FTEs in fall 1993 was
1,433 FTE and 2,253 students in fall
1993 there were 2,614 such FTEs for 3,682 students compared to
1992..
Washington Department of Correction at its
Colleges offer contracted instruction for the U.S. military and
agencies to provide their clients with job
major correctional facilities. Colleges contract with social service
These contracts include Job Skills Program (JSP) grants from the
training or basic skills education.
and current employees at
Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board to provide training to new
new and expanding businesses in Washington.
needs of employers.
Colleges also contract directly with employers to meet the customized training
T as part of a multiple
Employer contracts include Community Colleges of Spokane training for A T &
A 1 & T and likely to be used nationwide. Other
course management program designed specifically for
Hewlett Packard, Kaiser
companies served by colleges include Boeing, Cellular One, Group Health,
Aluminum, Qual-Med, Inc., and U.S. West.
Student funded offerings
Student funded class costs are paid entirely by the individuals who enroll.
training related courses
include avoc,tional courses such as foreign language for travelers and workforce
such as microcor.,,uter applicatior,s.
which were
Prior to 1991, certain enrollments had been included in the contract- or student-funded category
FTEs between
subsequently reported as state supported. The substantial decline in contract supported
1990 and 1991 was entirely due to this reporting change.
cf the growth in
Demand for community and technical college enrollment has been growing at a rate in excess
the adult population. This steady high demand stems from:
major
Increasing participation by dislocated workers: The state of Washington is experiencing a
workers,
restructuring of critical industries, including timber and aerospace which permanently displaces
Many of those displaced require retraining if they hope to become re-employed in occupations paying at or
FTEs to serve the needs of the unemployed
near their previous salaries. The state has funded earmarked
with special emphasis on timber and other dislocated workers.
children to
Increased participation by younger students: Families are seeking less expensive ways for their
complete the bachelors degree or gain vocational training. Running Start provides one such option in that
school
high school students can gain college-level credit while completing requirements for their high
diploma (3,682 Running Start students in fall 1993, two-thirds enrolled for 10 or more credits). More and
community college as the first step to the degree.
more high school graduates appear to be opting for the
Increasing participation by welfare recipients as a result of welfare reform efforts.
enrollment increases of five
The 1993 Legislature authorized funding for community and technical college
percent for two types of FTEs:
Regularly funded FTEs, a 1.8 percent growth
FTEs earmarked for the unemployed under ESHB 1988, the Workforce Employment and Training
Act, a 3.4 perc:Int additional growth
These new FTEs partially address the growing demand for community and technical college enrollment.
For data by college, see pages 43 - 45.
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