Discipline Evaluation: Natural Science Fall 2008 to Fall 2010

Discipline Evaluation: Natural Science Fall 2008 to Fall 2010 Research Report No. 58-11 Office of Institutional Research, Planning, and Assessment Northern Virginia Community College July 2011

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Discipline Evaluation: Natural Science Fall 2008 to Fall 2010 Table of Contents Notes... ii Section I: Unduplicated Discipline Enrollment Profile... 1 Section II: FTES, FTEF, and Funded Ratio... 5 i

Notes Section I provides the unduplicated discipline enrollment profile for the fall 2008, fall 2009, and fall 2010 semesters. The students are counted once regardless of how many Natural Science courses they took. The profile information includes sex, race, age groups, and full-time/parttime enrollment at NOVA. Section II includes the FTES, FTEF, and Funded Ratios by campus for the fall from 2008 to 2010. ii

Section I: Unduplicated Discipline Enrollment Profile 1

Unduplicated Discipline Enrollment Profile Fall 2008 Discipline=NAS COURSE CAMPUS ALEXANDRIA LOUDOUN MANASSAS ANNANDALE WOODBRIDGE COLLEGE N % N % N % N % N % N % ENROLLMENT 355 100.0 217 100.0 68 100.0 847 100.0 217 100.0 1704 100.0 GENDER Male 66 18.6 54 24.9 27 39.7 213 25.1 40 18.4 400 23.5 Female 289 81.4 163 75.1 41 60.3 634 74.9 177 81.6 1304 76.5 RACE White 102 28.7 122 56.2 54 79.4 382 45.1 99 45.6 759 44.5 Black 108 30.4 26 12.0 6 8.8 124 14.6 40 18.4 304 17.8 Nat. Amer 1 0.3.... 16 1.9 1 0.5 18 1.1 Asian 49 13.8 31 14.3 3 4.4 163 19.2 23 10.6 269 15.8 Hispanic 66 18.6 23 10.6 4 5.9 114 13.5 39 18.0 246 14.4 Other 29 8.2 15 6.9 1 1.5 48 5.7 15 6.9 108 6.3 AGE GROUP 17 & Below 4 1.1 3 1.4 5 7.4 8 0.9 8 3.7 28 1.6 18-21 YRS 110 31.0 86 39.6 39 57.4 296 34.9 91 41.9 622 36.5 22-30 YRS 156 43.9 81 37.3 13 19.1 359 42.4 62 28.6 671 39.4 31-44 YRS 69 19.4 40 18.4 5 7.4 145 17.1 46 21.2 305 17.9 45-59 YRS 15 4.2 7 3.2 6 8.8 37 4.4 10 4.6 75 4.4 60+ YRS 1 0.3.... 2 0.2.. 3 0.2 FULL-TIME/PART-TIME Full-Time 98 27.6 83 38.2 40 58.8 279 32.9 67 30.9 567 33.3 Part-Time 257 72.4 134 61.8 28 41.2 568 67.1 150 69.1 1137 66.7 PROGRAM PLACEMENT In Program 316 89.0 182 83.9 64 94.1 725 85.6 196 90.3 1483 87.0 Not In Program 39 11.0 35 16.1 4 5.9 122 14.4 21 9.7 221 13.0 SOURCE: IRIS COURSE AND STUDENT FILES INFORMATION REFLECTS FALL 2008 END-TERM CENSUS DATE ENROLLMENT. (STUDENT MAY HAVE MULTIPLE ENROLLMENTS BUT IS COUNTED ONLY ONCE) 2

Unduplicated Discipline Enrollment Profile Fall 2009 Discipline=NAS COURSE CAMPUS ALEXANDRIA LOUDOUN MANASSAS ANNANDALE WOODBRIDGE COLLEGE N % N % N % N % N % N % ENROLLMENT 359 100.0 250 100.0 82 100.0 880 100.0 279 100.0 1850 100.0 GENDER Male 64 17.8 62 24.8 26 31.7 224 25.5 51 18.3 427 23.1 Female 295 82.2 188 75.2 56 68.3 656 74.5 228 81.7 1423 76.9 RACE White 96 26.7 154 61.6 58 70.7 430 48.9 138 49.5 876 47.4 Black 120 33.4 22 8.8 7 8.5 126 14.3 72 25.8 347 18.8 Nat. Amer 1 0.3 1 0.4 1 1.2 4 0.5 3 1.1 10 0.5 Asian 52 14.5 34 13.6 5 6.1 161 18.3 15 5.4 267 14.4 Hispanic 62 17.3 27 10.8 8 9.8 102 11.6 40 14.3 239 12.9 Other 28 7.8 12 4.8 3 3.7 57 6.5 11 3.9 111 6.0 AGE GROUP 17 & Below 8 2.2 4 1.6 2 2.4 9 1.0 4 1.4 27 1.5 18-21 YRS 120 33.4 99 39.6 49 59.8 337 38.3 140 50.2 745 40.3 22-30 YRS 142 39.6 80 32.0 19 23.2 334 38.0 77 27.6 652 35.2 31-44 YRS 72 20.1 56 22.4 7 8.5 162 18.4 44 15.8 341 18.4 45-59 YRS 15 4.2 10 4.0 4 4.9 36 4.1 13 4.7 78 4.2 60+ YRS 2 0.6 1 0.4 1 1.2 2 0.2 1 0.4 7 0.4 FULL-TIME/ PART-TIME Full-Time 115 32.0 86 34.4 48 58.5 335 38.1 96 34.4 680 36.8 Part-Time 244 68.0 164 65.6 34 41.5 545 61.9 183 65.6 1170 63.2 PROGRAM PLACEMENT In Program 335 93.3 217 86.8 73 89.0 800 90.9 255 91.4 1680 90.8 Not In Program 24 6.7 33 13.2 9 11.0 80 9.1 24 8.6 170 9.2 SOURCE: IRIS COURSE AND STUDENT FILES INFORMATION REFLECTS FALL 2009 END-TERM CENSUS DATE ENROLLMENT. (STUDENT MAY HAVE MULTIPLE ENROLLMENTS BUT IS COUNTED ONLY ONCE) 3

Unduplicated Discipline Enrollment Profile Fall 2010 Discipline=NAS COURSE CAMPUS ALEXANDRIA LOUDOUN MANASSAS ANNANDALE WOODBRIDGE COLLEGE N % N % N % N % N % N % ENROLLMENT 311 100.0 227 100.0 73 100.0 815 100.0 228 100.0 1654 100.0 GENDER Male 77 24.8 66 29.1 19 26.0 228 28.0 44 19.3 434 26.2 Female 234 75.2 161 70.9 54 74.0 587 72.0 184 80.7 1220 73.8 RACE White 105 33.8 144 63.4 40 54.8 423 51.9 91 39.9 803 48.5 Black 76 24.4 21 9.3 7 9.6 98 12.0 57 25.0 259 15.7 Nat. Amer 4 1.3.. 1 1.4 4 0.5 1 0.4 10 0.6 Asian 47 15.1 21 9.3 13 17.8 137 16.8 16 7.0 234 14.1 Hispanic 56 18.0 28 12.3 7 9.6 108 13.3 53 23.2 252 15.2 Other 23 7.4 13 5.7 5 6.8 45 5.5 10 4.4 96 5.8 AGE GROUP 17 & Below 1 0.3.. 2 2.7 17 2.1 6 2.6 26 1.6 18-21 YRS 110 35.4 81 35.7 40 54.8 280 34.4 104 45.6 615 37.2 22-30 YRS 135 43.4 77 33.9 17 23.3 324 39.8 76 33.3 629 38.0 31-44 YRS 56 18.0 53 23.3 14 19.2 156 19.1 32 14.0 311 18.8 45-59 YRS 8 2.6 13 5.7.. 36 4.4 10 4.4 67 4.1 60+ YRS 1 0.3 3 1.3.. 2 0.2.. FULL-TIME/PART-TIME Full-Time 111 35.7 89 39.2 35 47.9 288 35.3 80 35.1 603 36.5 Part-Time 200 64.3 138 60.8 38 52.1 527 64.7 148 64.9 1051 63.5 PROGRAM PLACEMENT In Program 297 95.5 197 86.8 67 91.8 757 92.9 217 95.2 1535 92.8 Not In Program 14 4.5 30 13.2 6 8.2 58 7.1 11 4.8 119 7.2 SOURCE: IRIS COURSE AND STUDENT FILES INFORMATION REFLECTS FALL 2010 END-TERM CENSUS DATE ENROLLMENT. (STUDENT MAY HAVE MULTIPLE ENROLLMENTS BUT IS COUNTED ONLY ONCE) 4

Section II: FTES, FTEF, and Funded Ratio 5

FTES, Current Funded Ratio, and FTEF Requirement by Campus for NAS Discipline: Fall 2008 Campus FTES Current Funded Ratio FTEF Requirement FT FTEF Difference PT FTEF AL 97.3 15.4 6.3 1.3 5.0 2.4 AN 230.1 15.4 14.9 4.3 10.6 4.3 LO 58.4 15.4 3.8 0.3 3.5 2.1 MA 18.1 15.4 1.2 0.3 0.9 0.3 WO 60.0 15.4 3.9 1.1 2.8 0.8 FTES, Current Funded Ratio, and FTEF Requirement by Campus for NAS Discipline: Fall 2009 Campus FTES Current Funded Ratio FTEF Requirement FT FTEF Difference PT FTEF AL 96.8 15.4 6.3 2.9 3.4 4.3 AN 241.3 15.4 15.7 8.5 7.2 9.9 LO 68.3 15.4 4.4 2.7 1.7 2.4 MA 21.9 15.4 1.4 1.1 0.3 0.3 WO 74.4 15.4 4.8 3.2 1.6 1.6 FTES, Current Funded Ratio, and FTEF Requirement by Campus for NAS Discipline: Fall 2010 Campus FTES Current Funded Ratio FTEF Requirement FT FTEF Difference PT FTEF AL 84.3 15.4 5.5 2.4 3.1 1.7 AN 225.7 15.4 14.7 5.6 9.1 4.9 LO 62.4 15.4 4.1 1.2 2.9 1.6 MA 19.5 15.4 1.3 0.6 0.7 0.3 WO 61.1 15.4 4.0 2.0 2.0 0.6 Source: Selected Trend Data on Disciplines Fall 2006-2010, Fall 2005-2009, Fall 2004-2008 Note: FTEF represents the discipline for which faculty were originally hired. For example, if a faculty is hired to teach Math but teaches Physics, HR identifies that faculty as Math faculty. 6

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