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Educational Demand and Quality - Interactive & Sortable Table Representation
Fiscal Year 2010 Performance Report - December 18, 2009 Update

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We invite you to take advantage of our interactive dashboard presentation. The tables below represent how well we are achieving the progress desired in each of the  performance indicators associated with the category of Educational Demand and Quality.

Within each table, you can also click on any of the column headings to sort by that attribute to enable you to further explore the data. Links are also provided to enable you to see a graphic representation of the data which may make trends or comparisons more readily apparent.

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Enrollment Demand Progress

Western Illinois University has enrollment goals of 12,500 students in Macomb and 3,000 students in the Quad Cities.  In Macomb, the number of new freshmen applications increased. The University has been successful at increasing interest (applications).  The number of acceptances and the University’s “show-rate” (ratio of enrollment to acceptances) decreased. As the University actively recruits more freshmen, it will be competing in both the two- and four-year sector. The economics of higher education may be leading more students to start in a community college and transfer to a four-year institution. In Macomb, undergraduate transfer applications, acceptances, and enrollments all increased.

On the Quad Cities Campus, total enrollment increased. The challenge is to increase the campus show-rate. The University should have a strong base to build in the years ahead. Compared to fall 2008, total student enrollment at Eastern Iowa Community College is up 22 percent and total student enrollment at Black Hawk College is up seven percent. These are the two primary “feeder” institutions of the Quad Cities Campus.

Table 1: Total Enrollment in Macomb and Quad Cities
Fall 2005 through Fall 2009
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Macomb Enrollment	Fall 2005	Fall 2006	Fall 2007	Fall 2008	Fall 2009	2008-09 Number Change	2008-09 Percent Change
Total	12,128	12,231	11,961	11,783	11,266	(517)	(4.4%)
On-Campus	11,277	11,368	11,219	10,785	10,487	(298)	(2.8%)
Off-Campus	851	863	742	998	779	(219)	(21.9%)

 

Quad Cities Enrollment	Fall 2005	Fall 2006	Fall 2007	Fall 2008	Fall 2009	2008-09 Number Change	2008-09 Percent Change
Total	1,276	1,371	1.370	1,392	1,413	21	1.5%
On-Campus	1,217	1,331	1,331	1,360	1,352	(8)	(0.6%)
Off-Campus	59	40	39	32	61	29	90.6%

 

With New Freshmen Applications, Acceptances, Enrollments, and Show-Rates

New Freshmen	Fall 2005	Fall 2006	Fall 2007	Fall 2008	Fall 2009	2008-09 Number Change	2008-09 Percent Change
Applied	7,286	7,620	8,203	8,164	8,331	167	2.0%
Accepted	5,224	5,371	5,594	5.528	5,301	(227)	(4.1%)
Acceptance Rate	71.7%	70.5%	68.2%	67.7%	63.6%	--	(4.1%)
Enrolled	1,823	1,928	1.957	1,813	1,641	(172)	(9.5%)
Show Rate (Enrolled/Accepted)	34.9%	35.9%	35.0%	32.8%	31.0%	--	(1.8%)

 

With Transfer Applications, Acceptances, Enrollments, and Show-Rates

New Transfers Macomb	Fall 2005	Fall 2006	Fall 2007	Fall 2008	Fall 2009	2008-09 Number Change	2008-09 Percent Change
Applied	2836	2661	2530	2309	2391	82	3.6%
Accepted	2040	1951	1792	1633	1732	99	6.1%
Enrolled	1273	1269	1063	1077	1139	62	5.8%
Show Rate (Enrolled/Accepted)	62.4%	65.0%	59.3%	66.0%	65.8%	--	(0.2%)

 

New Transfers Quad Cities	Fall 2005	Fall 2006	Fall 2007	Fall 2008	Fall 2009	2008-09 Number Change	2008-09 Percent Change
Applied	n/a	n/a	n/a	278	346	68	24.5%
Accepted	n/a	n/a	n/a	250	296	46	18.4%
Enrolled	130	154	184	196	193	(3)	(1.5%)
Show Rate (Enrolled/Accepted)	n/a	n/a	n/a	78.4%	65.2%	--	(13.2%)

 

 

Show Rates - Students Enrolling After Acceptance Progress

The Enrollment Benchmarking Report presented at the December 18, 2009, Western Illinois University Board of Trustees meeting discusses strategies used by both campuses to increase total student enrollment. Benchmarking and adapting best practices at peer institutions may help to increase the University’s show-rate. In peer institution comparisons, Western ranks second lowest in new freshmen show-rates, eighth (of 15) in transfer student show-rates for the Macomb Campus, and third (of seven) in transfer student show-rates for the Quad Cities Campus.

Table 2: New Freshmen and New Transfer Show-Rates at Western Illinois University and Quad Cities Benchmark Institutions
Fall 2008
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Minority, International, and Pell Grant Recipient Progress

The percent of total minority student enrollment in Macomb and international student enrollment on the Quad Cities Campus both increased. However, as suggested above, the University needs to carefully monitor issues related to price sensitivity. Both campuses also saw decreases in the percent of Pell Grant recipients enrolled at the University.

Table 3: Minority, International, and Pell Grant Recipient Enrollment as a Percent of Total Enrollment
Western Illinois University-Macomb and Quad Cities
Fall 2005 through Fall 2009
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Macomb Campus	Fall 2005	Fall 2006	Fall 2007	Fall 2008	Fall 2009	2008-09 Number Change	2008-09 Percent Change
Total Enrollment	12,128	12,231	11,961	11,783	11,266	(517)	(4.4%)
Percent Minority	12.2%	12.8%	12.9%	15.1%	16.1%	--	1.0%
Percent International	2.2%	3.1%	2.5%	3.7%	3.4%	--	(0.3%)
Percent Pell Grant	34.2%	33.0%	32.2%	32.2%	32.1%	--	(0.1%)

Quad Cities Campus	Fall 2005	Fall 2006	Fall 2007	Fall 2008	Fall 2009	2008-09 Number Change	2008-09 Percent Change
Total Enrollment	1,276	1,371	1,370	1,392	1,413	21	1.5%
Percent Minority	9.1%	10.1%	10.1%	11.0%	10.7%	--	(0.3%)
Percent International	0.7%	0.6%	0.3%	0.3%	0.7%	--	0.4%
Percent Pell Grant	24.1%	22.4%	24.6%	27.6%	27.1%	--	(0.5%)

 

Minority enrollment as a percent of total student enrollment at Western Illinois University-Macomb ranks fifth highest (of 14) among benchmark institutions. Western Illinois University-Quad Cities ranks third lowest among its benchmark institutions. A challenge for all three local higher education institutions in the Quad Cities is to increase minority enrollment.

Table 4: Minority Student Enrollment as a Percent of Total Student Enrollment
Western Illinois University-Macomb and Quad Cities
Fall 2008
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Enrollment Quality Progress

Both the average ACT score and the percent of new freshmen enrolled at the University from the top 25 percent of their high school graduating class increased for the first time in four years. The middle half of the University’s ACT distribution remained constant at 19-23.

Table 5: ACT Score and High School Rank Information: Western Illinois University New Freshmen
Fall 2005 through Fall 2009
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ACT or High School Rank	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Average ACT Score	21.2	21.2	21.2	21.2	21.3
ACT Interquartile Range	20-22	18-23	19-24	19-23	19-23
Freshmen from top 25% of HS Class	22%	20%	22%	22%	24%

 

Compared to peer institutions, Western Illinois University ranks 13th (of 16) in average ACT score, and the ACT interquartile range is tied with Sam Houston State University and ranks 12th. The percent of new freshmen at Western from the top 25 percent of their high school graduating class ranks last and is tied with Eastern Illinois University.

Table 6: ACT Score and High School Rank Information: Western Illinois University - Macomb Benchmark Institutions
Fall 2008
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Faculty and Administrative Professionals Salary Progress

The high-achieving and diverse students of Western Illinois University are served by a high-achieving, diverse faculty and staff. Both Higher Values in Higher Education and Higher Values in Higher Education 2008-2018 identify faculty and staff salaries that meet and exceed the mean of peer institutions as the highest institutional priority. Compared to Fiscal Year 2008, the University experienced increases in salaries as a percent of peer group averages for instructors and assistant professors, and decreases in similar comparisons for associate professors and professors. Administrative/Professional staff salaries exceed peer group averages.

In reading the data in the table below, it is important to note that salary comparisons are influenced by many factors, including the number of employees in a given classification, the number of years in that classification, etc. With more assistant professors being promoted to associate, for example, the mean salary for assistant professors decreased as the University had a population with fewer years of experience than compared to peer institutions.

Table 7: Average Western Illinois University Salaries Compared to the Mean of Peer Institutions
Fiscal Years 2005 through 2009
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Salaries as a % of Peer Group Averages	Fall 2005	Fall 2006	Fall 2007	Fall 2008	Fall 2009
Professors	99.7%	99.9%	100.3%	98.9%	96.8%
Associate Professors	95.7%	95.3%	95.5%	94.7%	93.7%
Assistant Professors	92.1%	90.6%	90.6%	89.2%	90.6%
Instructors	87.2%	86.5%	87.5%	90.9%	91.9%
Administrative Professionals	n/a	103.5%	102.9%	103.7%	100.9%

 

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