ERIC ED377922: How Colleges Are Coping, 1992.

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Huggett, Kim
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How Colleges Are Coping, 1992.
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Chabot-Las Positas Community Coll. District,
Pleasanton, CA.
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92
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How Colleges Are Coping; n2-6 Feb-Oct 1992
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DESCRIPTORS
Budgeting; College Administration; *Community
Colleges; *Financial Problems; *Private Colleges;
Reduction in Force; *Retrenchment; State Surveys;
*State Universities; Two Year Colleges
ABSTRACT
This series of reports reviews how California
colleges are coping with a difficult economy. The reports, produced
in February, March, June, August, and October of 1992, review the
impact of budgetary shortfalls on the 107 California Community
Colleges (CCC), 20 California State Universities (CSU), 8 University
of California (UC) campuses, and 63 private collegeF. Specific
information on headcounts, fee increases, layoffs, and class closures
are reported for each campus, plus an overview is provided for each
system. Highlights of these reports include the followiiv:
(1)
approximately 100,000 students stayed away from CCC's because they
were unable to enroll in the classes they wanted;
(2) CCC's admitted
88,000 more students than the state is obligated to fund;
(3) of 1.5
million students, 24,000 who would normally be in UC or CSU
institutions are in CCC's;
fees for 369,000 CSU students
(4)
increased 407.;
(5) at CSU, 5,000 classes were cut, about 3,000
instructors laid off, and 1,000 staff and management positions were
eliminated;
(6) CSU suffered a 7,000 decline in enrollment;
(7) a
projected 8% budget reduction of $130 million will force CSU to lay
off 340 tenured and tenure track faculty;
in January 1992,
(8)
student fees were raised 24% by UC regents;
the regents have
(9)
approved stricter residency requirements for out-of-state students
that would require non-resident undergraduates to pay full tuition
for 3 years; and (10) private school enrollments are shrinking due to
competition for donations and reputation for costliness. (KP)
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How Community Colleges are Coping
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Coping
How Community Colleges are
By Kim Huggett
February 26, 1992
"Gov. Pete Wilson has granted his biggest budget reward
to people with power to improve the state economy:
California's future work force.
"That work force is the 1.5 million students enrolled in
California's 107 community colleges, the state's largest
resource for vocational and job skills training."
The Sacramento Bee
Under Gov. Pete Wilson's proposed budget, commu,nity colleges would
receive a 10 percent increase in funding, to $3.5 billion with no
increase in the $120 annual fee for full-time students. Statewide, there
are enough unfunded students to fill five average campuses of 17,600
students. The chancellor's office estimates that 100,000 students
stayed away from community colleges this year because they couldn't
get the classes they wanted.
Community colleges have admitted 88,000 mcre students than the
state is obligated to fund.
Of 1.5 million students, 24,000 students who would normally be in UC
or CSU institutions this year are in community colleges.
CPEC Findings:
The average California community college classroom has 31.5
students, compared to a national average of 21.
Community colleges receive about $3,000 per full-time student,
compared with nearly $16,000 for UC and $7,500 for CSU.
By the year 2005, California colleges will have an additional
800,000 students
Latest steps by community colleges...
Allan Hancock - Imposed a collegewide .49% budget reduction in
November. which was needed to eliminate the final $110,000 of a
1694,000 deficit. A hiring freeze, personnel reassignments and a shift
of eligible expenses into categorical program funding has brought the
budget down to $22.7 million. The college has also reduced the number
of class sections, cut equipment purchases and reduced library
acquisitions. There have been no layoffs of full-time or permanent part-
time employees.
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session last year
Bakersfield College - Cut 40 percent of its summer
slightly higher. this year. Pulling
and will probably hold at that level, or
onto the BC site.
some courses taught off-campus
Cabrillo College - Avoided layoffs by deferring maintenance
returned to the
College of the Canyons - Five of 10 administrators
to teach one class each,
classroom in January without compensation
saving up to $26,000 in part-timer pay.
class schedules in
Columbia College - Small Sonora college now inserts
local newspaper.
headcount is up 7 percent, to
Contra Costa College - Spring semester
10.000 students
2 percent
Diablo Valley College - Semester opened Jan. 21 with a
within two weeks.
increase to 19,300 an expects to have 23,000
mid-1980s.
Student population has increased 30 percent since
Foothill-DeAnza CCD - Board has instituted a hiring freeze, has cut out
layoffs.
virtually all capital expenditures and is considering
high
Gavilan College - No class cuts this year despite an all-time
discuss
headcount of 4.260, but administrators and staff are meeting to
possible layoffs. Has been adding 500 registrants a year.
for the
Irvine Valley College - Will cut 100 of 500 course offerings
schedules.
summer. Will continue mailing
Kings River College - Will now mail class schedules to continuing
students only.
million
Los Angeles CCD - Dipped into reserves to adopt a $362
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budget and avoid layoffs and class cuts. Enrollment is up 5.6% in
increasing
college system. Administration cites high unemployment and
Chancellor
number of students who could not get into universities.
estimates the district turned away 50,000 students last
fall.
Spring semester headcount is up 13 percent to
Los Medanos College
7.000 students, biggest increase in college history.
College of Marin - Still considering what to do for summer, but
of classes
projections are that the college will not exceed the number
offered in 1991, when offerings were cut in half. Made $300,000 in
Will cut
cuts during this year. No new sections were opened this year.
back the mailing of 103.000 class schedules to a handful of zip codes.
fall
Mira Costa College - Stopped mailing 120.000 class schedules last
and it has worked out well. They took pains to let continuing students
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know they would not be getting skeds over the summer. Even so, a few
missed "every single notification." Enrollment stayed steady.
Enrollment management committee shortened late reg from two weeks
to one week. College is scheduling the smallest summer session in five
years.
Mira Costa has eliminated 8 of 12 intercollegiate sports, all those
coached by part-time instructors: baseball, soccer, softball, mens
tennis, mens track and cross-country, womens volleyball. womens
basketball. Kept mens basketball, womens tennis and womens cross
country and track. Eliminated all sports taught by part-time faculty: AD
will be retiring, position will not be filled.
Modesto Junior College - Ceased bulk mailing class schedules and is
now insert course listing in 155,000 copies of the Modesto Bee.
Monterey Peninsula College - Nearly 100 classes were cut last quarter,
with an enrollment management committee considering more.
Napa College - Dropped 30 percent of its summer schedule last year
and will probably hold to that level this year. Heaviest cuts were in
physical education. Will continue to mass-mail class schedule.
North Orange CCD A budget committee is considering options for
';utting $4 million from the 92-93 budget ($4 million was cut from 91-
92 budget). Cuts will come in instruction and unfunded ADA. A proposal
to eliminate summer sessions is being considered. Class schedules will
no longer be mailed.
Oh lone College - Cut 70 spring classes (5 percent of 1,400 course
offerings) to try and reduce a $250,000 bduget deficit. Up to 40 fall '92
classes may be cut. The college hopes to save $300.000 by
"temporarily" not filling positions as employees quit or retire. No
layoffs, but cutbacks in part-time instruction budget. College expects to
eliminate another $1 million in spending for the 1992-93 budget.
Teacher unions are preparing for negotiations. Student headcount was
up 10% in the fall to 9,800.
Palomar College - Had 26.000 students in the fall, with funding to
cover a 5.7% growth. representing addition of 500 students. Even so,
president says Palomar is still 500 students over cap. Has not mailed
schedules for several years. but does some target mailing with zip codes
such as we do with Hacienda and Union City.
Peralta CCD - Has frozen budgets and dropped some courses with as
many as 30 students enrolled to cut back on part-time faculty costs.
Rancho Santiago College - Chancellor has put on hold a committee
proposal to reduce summer offerings 27%. Chancellor has plan for
credentialed administrators to teach summer courses in their field in
with no additional compensation.
addition to their regular duties,
schedules and is printing fewer.
College will not mail summer
first day of open enrollment for the
Sacramento City College - By the
classes had been closed because they
spring semester. 540 of 2.200
students.
college is serving 1,700 unfunded
were at full capacity. The
No longer mails class schedules.
in the spring semester,
San Joaquin Delta College - Cut 300 courses
last fall. Some classes had
10% of course offerings. 115 were cut
committee which is
waiting lists of 200. Enrollment management
$6 million budget
considering summer session cuts. Still maintains a
but 4,000 are unfunded.
reserve. 19,000 headcount,
that up to 500 at each campus
San Jose/Evergreen CCD - Estimates
they sought. Cap is 2%, but fall headcount
were unable to get courses
admissions applications
increased 13%. There was a 63% increase in
Jose CC cut 135 courses
last fall at 12,000-student San Jose CC. San
(11,000 students) cut
from spring semester schedule and Evergreen
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had been reluctant to switch
San Mateo CCD - In the past, the district
enrollment. However, the district
to a semester system, fearing a drop
$2.6 million of ADA is not
is currently 8.5% above its cap. meaning
sanctioned by the AFT,
being funded by the state. A vote of instructors,
schedule will begin this
endorsed the move 252-56 and the semester
level, which .vas a 25%
fall. Summer session will be held at 1991
reduction over previous year.
considering no longer
Santa Rosa Junior College - Committee is
mailing class schedules.
classes,
Southwestern College - Has eliminated 28% of summer
considering
consolidating all courses into one 6-week session. Is
decision until after
halting the mailing of schedules, but will wait on a
first try at an early start (in
the fall semester, which is the college's
order to end semester by December break).
session.
College of the Sequoias - Not at cap, will not cut summer
enrollment
Skyline College - 75 classes cut this year, with the
for first cuts
management committee looking at low-enrollment courses
next year.
services by
Yuba College - Has cut classes, tutoring and counseling
$1.5 million for '91-92.
could not get
Valley College - President estimates that 1,000 students
Nys campus.
the courses they wanted at the 20,000-student Van
taking classes in
Maintenance has been deferred and some students are
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temporary bungalows erected during WWII. 7.5 percent headcount
increase.
Ventura County CCD - Trustees have reviewed bond options, loans and
tax revenue estimates, but have not decided on how to proceed in
developing alternative means of finance. The spring semester schedule
of classes was not bulk-mailed to district residents, saving about
$12,000.
California State Universities
Governor's budget recommends 1.4% increase. System had requested 1.79%.
Fees for 369.000 students will be increased 40%. Fees will go to
$1,308. plus about $144 in campus fees. The new fees will raise $93
million, but CSU officials calculate they will need another $44 million
just to maintain this year's level of service.
After cancelling more than 3,000 classes and not rehiring or laying off
3.000 full- and part-time faculty, CSU suffered an enrollment decline
for the fifth time since the creation of the system in 1960.
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campuses closed admissions for autum, 1992 on Dec. 1.
The governor's budget calls for up to a 34% increase in student fees, to
$1,462 a year. Fees went up 20%, to $1,088, for 91-92. Enrollment fell
system-wide by 7.000 students in the fall of 1991, a 1.9% decline to
362,104.
Enrollment went from 13.000 in 1990 to 13,067
CSU Hayward
(9.691 full-time equivalent) in 1991 (It has the staff to handle 16,000
and was originally planned to accommodate 24,000). CSU Hayward was
one of 6 CSU campuses allowed to grow by the CSU system, which set a
3,000-student growth cap statewide (although the demand was
12,000). The 91-92 operating budget cut by $6 million, to $58.1
million. 240 fewer class sections are being offered.
CSU Northridge - Lost $15.8 million of its budget, a 9.8 percent cut.
CSU Sacramento - Has launched a five-year, $50 million campaign to
raise private donations, requiring a doubling of its current fundraising
rate.
San Diego State University Cut its budget $20 million this year and
cancelled more than 600 classes.
San Jose State - Took an $11 million budget cut for 91-92, down to
$86 million. SJS had increased student population 20% (to 30,000)
over the previous five years. Academic VP says he has documented
students who take courses iri their major at SJS and lower division
courses at community colleges.
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California
University of
requested 9%.
1.5% increase. System had
Governor's budget recommends
($550) in student
for up to a 22% increase
The governor's budget calls
40% in 91-92 to $2,474, salaries
fees, to $3,036 a year. Fees went up
including 350
employees given early retirement
were frozen. 3.500
faculty members.
raised 22% by the regents.
Student fees were eventually
166.500 students,, the top 12.5 percent
of
The system currently serves
high school graduates.
building
system is still committed to
Chancellor David Gardner says the
the central valley.
a 10th campus in
Private Colleges
of competition for donations and a
Enrollments are shrinking because
discourages potential students.
reputation for costliness which
colleges which could enroll 15,000
CPEC says the state has 63 private
the need for new public college campuses.
more students and ease
close
of 170,000, but a dozen could
They have a combined enrollment
of Independent California
by 2000. according to the Association
Colleges and Universities.
$5.5 million deficit this year.
The University of the Pacific - Faces a
budget and a $13 million drop next year.
8% of its annual $72 million
and carpenters and will contract
Laid off 100 janitors, groundskeepers
$600.000 savings. Has sufferd a 13%
for these services, anticipating a
while costs doubled. Tuition
drop in enrollment over the past ten years
Has instituted a degree-in-four-years
is now $14,480 annually.
"guarantee."
but must boost enrollment by
Mills College - Has 700 undergraduates,
financially sound.
400 more by 1995 to remain
class dropped 20%, which produced an
USC - This year the freshman
$18 million budget shortfall.
applicants over the past
There has been a 13% decline in
Stanford
applicants than it can
three years. through it still has five times more
admit.
Notable
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A study by UCLA's Higher Education Research Institute found that
students increasingly are deciding where to apply for college on the
basis of cost and the availability of financial aid. The study found that
27.7% of 1991 freshmen nationwide chose colleges based on low
tuition, compared with 23.4% in 1990 and 17% in 1981.
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Coping
How Community Colleges are
By Kim Huggett
March 31, 1992
reward
"Gov. Pete Wilson has granted his biggest budget
to people with power to improve the state
economy:
California's future work force.
"That work force is the 1.5 million students enrolled in
California's 107 community colleges, the state's largest
resource for vocational and Job skills training."
The Sacramento Bee
Under Gov. Pete Wilson's proposed budget. community colleges would
with no
receive a 10 percent increase in funding. to $3.5 billion
Statewide. there
increase in the $120 annual fee for full-time students.
of 17,600
are enough unfunded students to fill five average campuses
students. The chancellor's office estimates that 100,000 students
stayed away from community colleges this year because they couldn't
get the classes they wanted.
Community colleges have admitted 88.000 more students than the
state is obligated to fund.
Of 1.5 million students. 24.000 who would normally be in UC or CSU
institutions this year are in community colleges.
The Cost to the State of Higher Education:
$16,303 per University of California student
$7,192 per California State University student
$3,073 per California Community College student
(Figures from CCC Chancellor David Mertes)
CPEC Findings:
The average California community college classroom has 31.5
students, compared to a national average of 21.
By the year 2005. California colleges will have an additional
800,000 students
Latestitio123 co mmuniqcotal
.
College of Alameda - 32 course sections eliminated this spring in
attempt to meet $75,000 budget deficit.
Allan Hancock - Cut budget $694,000 this year. A hiring freeze,
personnel reassignments and a shift of eligible expenses into
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