Trustees: Enrollment Report + Other Business

AUTUMN QUARTER ENROLLMENT AT OHIO STATE IS 54,781

     COLUMBUS -- Autumn quarter enrollment at all campuses 
of The Ohio State University is 54,781.  That is down 1,006 
students from a year ago, a drop of 1.8 percent.  Enrollment 
peaked at a record 60,589 in 1991.

     William Shkurti, vice president for finance, reported 
to the Board of Trustees Friday (11/3) that enrollment is 
what enrollment planners projected last spring.

     "Enrollments at the Columbus campus are in line with 
what we expected for continued financial equilibrium," he 
said.

     Columbus campus enrollment is 48,676, down 866 students 
from a year ago, but still the largest single college campus 
in the nation.  New first quarter freshmen total 5,794, six 
short of the university's goal of 5,800.  Another 2,660 
students transferred to the Columbus campus, 40 short of the 
goal of 2,700.

     "We have been downsizing for four years," said Jim 
Mager, assistant vice president for enrollment management.  
"This downsizing was planned to improve the quality of life 
for students."

     Some examples are less crowded classrooms and fewer 
closed courses, fewer residents in rooms in the residence 
halls, and less demand for parking, library, computing, and 
recreational facilities.

     Mager said that the numbers of new freshman students 
dropped from more than 6,000 in the 1980s to about 5,400 
beginning four years ago.  Ohio State has admitted more new 
freshmen the last two years to stabilize overall enrollment.

     "In the next few years at the Columbus campus, we 
project to stay between 48,000 and 49,000 students," he 
noted.

     Enrollment at other campuses totaled 6,105, down 140 
students from a year ago.  Two campuses recorded increases 
in enrollment.  The Agricultural Technical Institute, which 
enrolled students in a new two-year Associate of Science 
transfer degree program for the first time this fall, is up 
43 students, 5.8 percent, to 783.  Lima is up 12 students, 
or 1 percent, to 1,244.  The largest percentage decrease was 
Mansfield, down 145 students, or 9.6 percent, to 1,359.  
Marion is down 38 students to 1,171 and Newark's enrollment 
is 1,548, or 12 fewer than a year ago.

     University-wide, graduate professional student 
enrollment rose 2.5 percent to 2,707 and includes a record 
number of females, 1,230.  Graduate professionals are 
students enrolled in the colleges of Dentistry, Law, 
Medicine, Optometry, and Veterinary Medicine, and the 
doctoral program in the College of Pharmacy.

     There are 40,993 undergraduate students, down 2 
percent, and 11,081 graduate students, down 2.2 percent from 
a year ago.

     Autumn quarter record high enrollments were reported 
for African American students, 3,549; Asian American 
students, 2,282, and Hispanic students, 904.  Native 
American student enrollment held steady at last year's 
record of 160.

     There are 44,663 students from Ohio, down 2.3 percent.  
Of those students, 12,843 are from Franklin County, 3,393 
are from Cuyahoga County, 1,621 from Montgomery County, and 
1,539 are from Hamilton County.  Of other states, New York 
leads with 742 students enrolled at Ohio State.

     There are 3,827 international students, led by the 
Republic of Korea with 474 and Taiwan at 467.  There are 
1,377 undergraduate international students, including 1,368 
on the Columbus campus, which are record highs for autumn 
quarter.

Miscellaneous Matters

     In other matters, trustees:

     -- Accepted the 1994-95 audit report, recommendations, 
and responses for Ohio State.  Coopers & Lybrand conducted 
the primary audit, which included the annual audit of the 
university's financial statements, state compliance, federal 
financial assistance for the university and its Research 
Foundation, financial statements of the Research Foundation, 
and the NCAA Agreed-Upon Procedures Report.  Parms & Co. was 
sub-contractor for the audit of residence and dining halls 
revenue bonds funds and federal student financial aid 
programs.  Manoranjan & Jayanthan was the sub-contractor for 
the audit of WOSU Stations, including Corporation for Public 
Broadcasting Audits.

     -- Authorized employment of architectural and 
engineering firms and agreed to request construction bids to 
create one contiguous labor and delivery unit in Doan Hall.  
The project involves completing work on or renovating about 
31,500 square feet of space on the sixth floor.  The total 
estimated cost is $4.9 million, including $4.15 million in 
construction costs.  University Hospitals will fund the 
project.

     -- Awarded contracts for upgrading and consolidating 
the University Hospitals Emergency Power System, a $4.2 
million project funded by University Hospitals.  Estimated 
completion date is May 1997.

     -- Voted to accept an offer from CSX Inc. to purchase 
1.428 acres of unused railroad siding land south of Kinnear 
Road for $50,000.  CSX discontinued rail service in the area 
several years ago.  Acquisition will remove physical and 
legal barriers to university operations that require 
crossing CSX property.  The land will be used for parking 
and driveway access at the rear of 1275 Kinnear Road, a 
Research Park building.  Part of the building is occupied by 
the Business Technology Center.  Other parts are being 
converted from a mattress factory to a flexible-use office 
and laboratory facility.  The appraised value of the 
railroad land is $90,000.  Funds will be provided from 
Research Park funds.

     -- Accepted at no cost the easement rights to railroad 
rights of way from CSX in the Research Park area near 
Kinnear and Kenny roads.  The acquisitions are subject to 
approval by the Ohio Board of Regents and the State 
Controlling Board.  Much of the easement-held land is on or 
borders university property.

     -- Authorized officials to enter into a memorandum of 
understanding to allow Lima Technical College to construct 
an Engineering and Technologies Laboratory on The Ohio State 
University-Lima campus.  Lima Technical has agreed to 
replace intramural facilities at the construction site.  The 
Ohio State University-Lima Board of Trustees recommended the 
land use for the building on Oct. 12.

     -- Presented the Student Affairs Committee Student 
Recognition Award to Arnita M. Stanford of NEW JERSEY.  
Stanford is a senior majoring in pharmacy and director of a 
program that educates elementary school children about the 
proper use of medications.  She received All-American honors 
and placed sixth in the 400-meter hurdles semifinals during 
the 1992 Olympic trials.  She was the Most Valuable Player 
of the Big Ten Conference for the month of April 1992.  
Stanford plans to graduate winter quarter 1996.

     -- Heard a presentation by Glenn Daehn, associate 
professor, and Gregg Fenton, graduate student, in the 
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, on research 
aimed at making lighter vehicles possible through high 
velocity metal forming; and heard a report from William 
Clark, associate dean of the Graduate School, concerning 
doctoral programs at Ohio State.

     -- Received an update on the Comprehensive Cancer 
Center and Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Research 
Institute by David Schuller, director.

     -- Saw a video on Parents Weekend and received an 
update on Parents Association activities by Bill Wahl, 
manager.

     -- Discussed in the Student Affairs Committee whether 
to create a committee to examine the feasibility of 
establishing a student activity fee.  All other Big Ten 
universities have such a fee.  No action was taken.  The 
committee also heard reports on homecoming events and the 
university's 125th anniversary activities.

     -- Heard a report from Richard Sisson, provost, and 
David Williams, vice president for student affairs, 
regarding implementating recommendations of the Committee on 
the Undergraduate Experience.  Sisson reported that the 
number of academic-based clusters of first-year students is 
expected to grow from four to 19 next year.  Clusters are 
groups of students with common academic interests who 
schedule and take classes together.

     -- Heard a report in the Agricultural Affairs Committee 
about the implementation of Continuous Quality Improvement, 
a Total Quality Management program, in the College of Food, 
Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.

     -- Ordered the conferring of degrees and certificates 
on Dec. 8 to students who will have completed the 
requirements for them.

     -- Appointed or reappointed several people to the 
medical staffs of the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and 
Research Institute and The Ohio State University Medical 
Center.

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Contact:  Jim Mager, (614) 292-3474, or William J. Shkurti, 
(614) 292-9232.
Written by Tom Spring.


[Submitted by: Carolyn Glover (cglover@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu)
               
Fri, 03 Nov 1995 15:50:08 -0500]
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