Non-Resident and Foreign Enrollment at Miami-Dade Community College, 1990 Compared to 1994. Research Report No. 95-11R.

A July 1995 report by Florida's Miami-Dade Community College examined reasons for a decline in enrollment among first-time-in-college students, including non-Florida residents, from fall 1990 to fall 1994. This report looks at the change in credits generated by non-Florida residents and foreign students over the same period. Study findings included the following: (1) when comparing the 1990/91 academic year to 1994/95, 55,887 fewer credits were generated overall by non-Florida residents, representing a loss of almost 1,400 full-time equivalent students; (2) over the same period, Florida residents registered an increase of 1,509 credits; (3) with respect to the students' immigration code, Visa students accounted for 11,526 of the total credit loss, while there was a gain of 25,668 credits generated by students with Resident Alien status; (3) with respect to the decline of credits among Visa students, the largest decreases were found for students from Peru at -85, Colombia also at -85, Jamaica at -61, the Bahamas at -56, and Panama at -54; and (4) among Resident Alien students, the largest increases were generated by students from Haiti at 831, Nicaragua at 552, the Dominican Republic at 254, and Peru at 191. Data tables are appended. (TGI)