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APPENDIX <br />1. Enrollment Expectations Handout: <br />Doug Huffman, Dean of Admissions & Records gave his <br />report and pointed out the following items. <br />Property - The campus must be prepared for about 1,700 <br />students to average 1,600 FTE for a school year. <br />Mission -The facilities affect how we are going to do our <br />mission and space is needed to make it happen, but we <br />should not let space completely dictate our mission. <br />Markets - There are 3 areas to consider when marketing <br />the college. <br />Demographics - 58% of NWC's student body come from <br />MN and 30 % from WI, IA, ND, SD, and IL. It is <br />important to note that the "echo boom" (children of the <br />"baby boomers") is to hit its high school graduation peak <br />in Minnesota in 2003 with 63,165 graduates, more than <br />any year since the 1980's. The CCCU discovered that the <br />biggest competitors to Christian institutions for Christian <br />students are public institutions like the U of M because of <br />perceived quality and affordability. <br />Target Audience - The College's pool of potential students <br />for traditional day school is limited. The enrollment <br />surge in 2000-2001 and record retention has put us two <br />years in advance of the projection model to reach the <br />1,600 FTE goal. <br />Affordability - NWC is already too expensive for the <br />families that send their students here according to the <br />comparison of price to estimated family wealth. Schools <br />like Bethel charge more, but their families can afford it. <br />NWC may need to raise awareness and have a different <br />marketing scheme. <br />Discussion: <br />Barb commented that the CCCU 3 top institutions have noted <br />for retention the cost, size and spiritually. The larger the <br />size the higher the retention. Larry Page commented that once <br />Northwestern reaches 1600 FTE we might have to be more <br />selective in certain areas (students, majors, etc). <br />2. General Classroom Needs Handout: <br />Dr. Barb Lindman, Dean of Curriculum and Instruction gave her <br />report and pointed out the following items. <br />Based from the space study from Partners & Sirny and NWC <br />course enrollment data, it is estimated that an additional <br />�a 6„293 square feet of general use classroom space is needed <br />3 R 5%FTS `%.ccommodate an FTE of 1600. If the less -than -desirable <br />LASS kee off, classrooms are not used the total needed is 13,818 square <br />feet. <br />The new media building could have room for classes, but <br />because of the distance of the building more time would be <br />needed to pass to the next class. <br />See tables 1-5 in handout for specific data. <br />NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE CAMPUS MASTER PLAN PARTNERS & SIRNY ARCHITECTS APP CA <br />