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CSU Faculty Senate Releases Enrollment Data, Announces New USG Performance-Based Funding Program

The CSU Faculty Senate has released a trove of data and other budget-related information for administrators and faculty to ponder. First, overall enrollment is down 3%, with new student enrollment being down between 9% and 10%. Relatedly, student credit hour production is down 2.7%, while CSU's student retention rate is down to 71.99%, which means that the number of returning students is down slightly. These numbers portend near-future cuts to the institution's overall budget. In an attempt to turn this misfortune around, the University System of Georgia has set aside $10 million in performance-based funding. Under this program, higher education institutions will be rewarded if certain metrics for Fall 2025 exceed their Fall 2024 counterparts. According to the CSU Faculty Senate, any of these funds received by CSU will likely be used for professional development for faculty and staff.  
The metrics mentioned above include (1) the in-state headcount (enrollment), (2) the percentage of undergraduate in-person credit hours, (3) the number of students 25 years old and older, (4) one year retention rates (including transfers to other USG institutions), (5) the four-year undergraduate graduation rate, (6) the three-year undergraduate graduation rate for dual enrollment, (7) the graduate in-state employment rate, (8) the total number of undergraduate degrees awarded, and (9) the combined completion rate. CSU's overall enrollment being down 3%, with new student enrollment down between 9% and 10%, speaks to metrics (1) and (3). Credit hour production being down 2.7% addresses metric (2), while the retention rate being down relates to metric (4) and perhaps others. Lastly, the recent series on the expansion of online courses in the Turner College here at Turner Business touches upon metric (2).   


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