The UNC Policy Manual
400.1.8[R]
Adopted 12/10/99
Amended 07/01/07
This
regulation defines a common census date for the counting of enrolled
degree-credit students, full-time equivalent students, and student credit hours
for budgeting and reporting purposes.
Effective
For
regular term instruction, the census date is the 10th class day of
the term.[1] For summer sessions, degree credit extension
courses, and any other degree-credit courses taught on an irregular calendar,
the census date is the class day representing the passage of 10 percent of the
instructional period. Implementation of
and adherence to a common census date policy will standardize the time at which
institutions take their official enrollment and course counts and thereby
facilitate the auditing of these counts.
Previous
attempts to implement a common census date proved difficult to accomplish
because of the number of affected policies and programs at some institutions. However, the absolute necessity of
implementing such a policy in connection with the new SCH funding model
requires that it be done as soon as possible.
Institutions that are able to adopt the common census date before
[This is a rewrite of Administrative
Memorandum #403.]
[1]The census date for the high school
program of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics is the 10th
day of the academic year. See G.S.
116-235.