· Between 1991-92 and 1994-95, the number of courses taught per permanent faculty payroll FTE (full-time equivalents) increased from 3.4 to 3.9. The ratio dropped to 3.8 courses per faculty in 1995-96. Compared to last year, the ratio for the Natural Sciences Division remained constant at 3.5. The ratios fell for the Arts Division (from 4.5 to 4.3), the Social Sciences Division (from 4.2 to 4.0), and the Humanities Division (from 4.1 to 4.0).

· The campus ratio of regular enrollments to payroll FTE decreased by 8% (from 155.1 to 141.7) while student enrollment dropped only 2%. Course enrollments in regularly scheduled classes declined dramatically in the Arts, Humanities, and Natural Sciences Divisions. Arts showed the biggest drop in enrollments from 4,807 to 3,792 student FTE--which caused an 18% decrease in their ratio of regular enrollments to payroll FTE (from 155.1 to 126.5). In contrast, the ratio for the Social Sciences Division dropped only slightly (from 187.4 to 185.6) in spite of a 3.8 FTE decrease in their payroll faculty.

· Individual study enrollments per faculty payroll FTE was the lowest it has been over the last eight years (12.4 per payroll FTE). When compared with 1994-95, the Natural Sciences Division decreased from 18.6 to 14.0 (still above the campus average). The ratio for the other divisions showed smaller declines (Arts from 8.6 to 7.4, Humanities from 11.3 to 9.2, and Social Sciences from 15.0 to 14.8).

· The number of regularly scheduled courses taught by ladder faculty declined from last year in every department in the Arts and Social Sciences Divisions. The number of courses offered by departments in the Humanities Division were about the same, and there was an increase in the courses offered by faculty in the Natural Sciences Division. The largest increases in the number of courses taught by ladder faculty were in Biology (from 82 to 96) and Women’s Studies (from 3 to 14). The largest decreases were in Literature (from 99 to 87) and Economics (from 66 to 57). The number of students enrolled in courses taught by ladder faculty declined by a total of 3,585. The departments with the largest absolute declines were Literature (932), History (808), Computer Science (660), and Music (560).

· Fewer general education (GE) courses were offered in 1995-96 than in 1994-95 (from 1,349 to 1,266). The proportion of GE courses sponsored by the Humanities Division increased (from 30% to 32%); the percentage taught by Arts (19%) and Natural Sciences Divisions (14%) each dropped slightly, while courses sponsored by the Social Sciences (14%) and Colleges (21%) were the same as last year. The number of course offerings that satisfied GE requirements dropped by 83 (42 in the Humanities). Only 32 courses satisfied the "Introduction to the Social Sciences" requirement.

· Departments and programs that offered the most classes with enrollments below the minimum class size criteria were Music (13), German language (12), and Earth Sciences (8).