Title III

Data-Informed Decisions at CR Mendocino Campus

 

Scheduling Decisions: Mendocino administrators have been able to use the daily enrollment report detail illustrating enrollment trends to show that students in Mendocino generally register for classes late in the registration window. Understanding that some Mendocino courses generally don’t gather enough enrollments to remain open until close to the day classes start has helped administrators at that campus make decisions about when and whether to cancel classes due to low enrollment. 

 

Math Department Decisions: The Math Department offered two similar math courses (Math 105 and Math 106), but Math 105 had one fewer unit and did not have as many activities as Math 106. The Math Department considered making Math 105 inactive and to continue offering only Math 106. The IR Department provided data on completion rates for both courses going back to the term in which Math 106 was first offered. Since students in Math 106 had a higher completion rate, a decision was made to inactivate or ‘sunset’ Math 105. 

 

2007-08 Revenue Projections: Using the Census Day Enrollment report, Fiscal Services Director Ron Cox was able to update his previous trend-based 2007-08 budget projections. Trend-based projections indicated that enrollments in 2007-08 would continue to decline and that annual FTES projections would fall to a little over 3,400 FTES. Data from the Census Day Enrollment report were used to show that enrollments for Fall 2007 are higher than Fall 2006 enrollments, indicating a reversal of the steady downward trend CR has experienced in enrollments over the past several years. Based on data from IR, the FTES projection for 2007-08 was revised from less than 3,500 FTES to over 3,600 FTES.