Enrollment drop follows program cuts at PSU There were fewer students taking Another factor in the University's classes at PSU lhls fall than at any enrollment decline slnce 1979 IS the tlme slnce the fall of 1976, and those dramatlc {"crease in tuttion and fees. students who are on campus are Undergraduatetuitlon and fees are taklng fewer credlt hours than at any neaVly5400 per term now, lollowtng tlme ~nthe last decade. lnst~tutionof a S49 per term tuttion The enrollment drop at PSU is a surcharge for the rernatnder of the dlrect reflectronof the state of 1981-83blenntum. The mieased Oregons and the nat~on'seconomy. cost. coupled wtth federal cuts In The past 18 months have seen student ald, has prlced some major budget cuts whlch have students out of the market. afiected access to hlgher education, PSU. slnce 1979-80. has cut $3.3 mfll~onfrom ~tsoperat~ngbudget. el~rn~nattn7g6 academlc posltlons and 30 5 classlfed posltlons The January-Februaryspecial leg$slat,ve sesslon led to even more budget reductionsat the Un~vers~fv The Impact 01 these cut; IS readlly apparent tn l w k ~ n gat the number of credit sections oflered by the Universtlyover the past three years: Fali. 1979. 2.161 sections 1980. 2083, 1.81. 1g84 There has been More budg a decl~neof more than 8 percent In the number of secttons PSU was able to offer students That decline contributed to an 8 1 percent drop In head count enrollment and an 8 3 percent reduct~onIn Full T~meEquivalent (FTEI students slnce 1979 One FTE equals 15 cred~thours The decl~ne in FTE IS larger than that for head count because the average student IS taksng fewer hours I9 281 tnls year than last year 19 481 The fall 1981 enrollment flgure at PSU was 15.471. compared wth 16.730 In 1980 and 16.841 I" 1979. Wlth the largest drop among women students. Since 1979. the numhrr nf women students has decllr percent wh~lethe number c l i d96 - p i ~f men dropped 6 6 percent The Impact of llmtted ac( classes at PSU IS oartlcula dramatlc for the inadmlne students. both undergraduateana graduate These studerts generally lake s x or fewer credst hours and are not formally adm3tted to a vogram at the Unlvealy Many of them eventually do seer admlsslon to a formal degree pronrarn after compl-tlng some course work In 1979. there were 3 682 non.admitted students at PSU. This fall. that number was down to 2.668. a drop of 27 5 percent Much of that decl~necan be traced dlrectly lo the tact that these students generally reglsler for classes at the last mlnute and, because of the decreased number of sections offered over previous year. have found growing numbers of cou.ses closed et cuts on the way When the Oregon Legislature finally completed11sspecla1 sesslon work just before mldnlght on March 1, the State System of Higher Educationwas en faclng a projected budget cut of 57.5 mlllon more than orignaliy antlclpatedprlor to the sesslons openlng That 57 5 m~llonstate-wtde cut IS In addrtion lo the budget reductlons already made, nclud~ngthose reportedfor PSU ~n the Winter Perspective. Prior to the special legislative session. PSU already had rwt some S3 3 mlllfon from its olected 1981 43 blennbal budget. The Un~verstlys"share" of the !w $7 5 m~llion will produce another 54.000 In program cuts and )50.000 In salary reductlons. The salary cuts could be handled through an unpald furlough for all facuttv and staff or bv delay or ellrninatton of schedule6 salary Increases. As 01 the end of tlre special session. !he lotlow~ngprogram redUC1lOnSalready had been aporoved for Ponand Slate (The new Cuts of 51 m1110n\vII be In addltion lo lhese ) Portland State University Reduction Plan A&k NOWNSTRUCTION Do l b FTE InSliMe br Pollq SfYdles S 122997 3 34 OhCNon-hsm 1 Gp Sul! S e ~ m 38.101 - 2 Cwnse'mg center 133.53 3 Acadectc Anarr 3 64 22.237 rm 4 Ne: Savrogs l r m Transtm 0' Adm,r#sfralivs Data Pmcesslng horn Data S e ~ c e Centei to ffiu 35.m0 - 5 Redwe Space Rentals 45 .m - 6 Red- Matnlenance Ex- a.248 - TOTAL NON-INSTRUCTION I 420.124 7.88 hatrusclon and A-rch Health 8 Physical Educal<~ 1 90413 3 M Area Studies 121 426 4 W Busmess Educalm 43 924 Womm 5 Sludmes 2W Jgurnai,srn 36 897 67 83 585 Cwtet lor Mmrq lmnp 2 73 70 775 1 67 Futures Research Inrs!ute 33 147 45 Ln an! Arrn,lmur~ S 337ffl 100 En~ l ~sn PI. oYlphy S~eechCammun~atm T*d Am and M.ll Biology ChemlRry Phy~,", Total ScCncs Geogra~hy HIS~O!~ P~liticill Science Saaoiogy 1-1 Soctal S c h &Is#- Admtnaslratnn Ehratton Mmnoimam o( Jvrom 1-1 1n- n TOTAL INSmWlCtl Cln.md FTE 1 W
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