In August, 1989, the Board of Trustees approved an overall enrollment plan for Auburn University. A primary criterion of the plan was based on "...the need to maintain high levels of quality in programs offered. That is, enrollments should never exceed resources required to provide levels of excellence -- in faculty, facilities, libraries, parking, and the like."

     Undergraduate and graduate student enrollment has generally exceeded the Enrollment Plan's projections, and the Plan's statement of need for faculty to support student enrollment has not been met entirely.

    Based on the need to maintain quality through the measure of program enrollment limitations and for an operational procedure to implement the University's Enrollment Plan, it will be the policy of Auburn University for the President to approve college and school enrollment plans. The President, together with the Vice President for Academic Affairs and the Deans of the various schools and colleges, will review and act upon enrollment plans designed to maintain high levels of quality based on the following considerations:

1. Programmatic goals
2. Faculty resources
3. Instructional facilities
4. Equipment and library requirements
5. Program accreditation criteria and standards
6. Budgetary support

Annually, the President will provide to the Board of Trustees a report on approved enrollment plans.

ADOPTED: 1/25/93