作者：辛西娅·休伯特

2023年11月7日

萨克拉门托 State’s most recent enrollment and graduation rates fell – slightly – in 2023, suppressed by lagging effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and interrupting trends that had carried both measurements to historic heights.

然而，随着大学加紧努力与可能错过注册截止日期的学生联系，并努力确保注册的学生及时毕业，大学预计会再次增长。

负责招生和参与的副总裁史蒂文·萨尔西多（Steven Salcido）说，在家学习的挑战和其他疫情造成的困难可能会减缓许多学生的学业进步。

数据显示，今年秋季，萨克州立大学招收了30193名学生，比去年减少了约700名。

“The drop in enrollment we are now seeing represents students that we lost during the pandemic,” which caused a widespread switch to online classes beginning in March 2020, Salcido said. 他说，转向在线学习环境，再加上经济困难和其他与疫情有关的问题，可能导致许多学生在2020年和2021年离开大学。

如今，萨克州立大学的大部分课程都是面对面授课。

"We’re using multiple modes of communication: texts, phone calls, mailers to students and parents. 有时候，他们只需要一点提醒就能重新注册。” -- Steven Salcido, associate vice president of Enrollment and Engagement

To keep enrollment stable, the University is using a “high touch” approach, contacting hundreds of students who have missed registration dates and working with them to complete the process, Salcido said.

“We’re using multiple modes of communication: texts, phone calls, mailers to students and parents,” he said. “Sometimes, they just need a little reminder to get them re-enrolled.” 在其他情况下，学生面临经济、心理健康或其他障碍，大学成员可以帮助他们解决。

萨尔西多说，招生和参与部的学生服务中心正在领导这项工作，但其他部门、工作人员和教职员工也参与其中。 “Enrollment has become a University-wide effort,” he said.

Pandemic challenges also have affected 囊状态’s four-year graduation rate, which reached a record 28.1% in 2022. The 2023 rate slipped to 27.8% , falling for the first time since the University launched its “Finish in Four” and “Through in Two” initiatives in 2016.

转校生的两年毕业率稳定在40.6%。

Administrators say they expect 囊状态’s enrollment and graduation numbers to climb again as the pandemic’s impact on students recedes and the University develops more ways to help them successfully engage with college.

A significant support mechanism continues to be 大黄蜂发射, which started in 2020 and is built on the University planning and recommending courses for new students based on their educational priorities and interests, as well as their responsibilities outside of college. “大黄蜂发射”允许学生更容易地注册他们想要和需要的课程，使他们走上及时毕业的道路。

在“大黄蜂启动”计划下，学生不再主要根据课程的可用性来制定课程表。 相反，他们被分配的课程可以让他们在自己选择的学习领域更有效地前进。

囊状态’s enrollment challenges in recent years mirror those of colleges and universities across the country.

在全国范围内，高校的本科入学率在2020年和2021年急剧下降。 然而，国家学生信息中心研究中心今年早些时候发布的一份报告显示，入学人数正在稳定下来。 报告显示，去年员工人数减少了不到1%。

The CSU system, which has seen significant enrollment declines since 2020, this fall launched a “dual admissions” program called 转移成功路径. 这一举措旨在通过在科罗拉多州立大学为社区大学生保留校园名额，同时为他们提供咨询和图书馆等服务，来提高入学率。

The CSU shared comprehensive graduation numbers and statistics for each of the system’s 23 campuses at its Nov. 7 board meeting.