Second-Year Findings and Analysis Second year program data were collected in Fall 1995 through state coordinating and governing offices. Although implementation of a new data instrument slowed reporting, enrollment reports were released in March 1996. Realized savings to students varies by institution, ranging from 16 to 65 percent. Nebraska was a major exporter. Flows to and from Kansas and Missouri involved movement to contiguous, bordering states.
MSEP participation grows primarily through the extension of tuition benefits to new students.
MHEC estimates that 57 percent were new to their college or university in Fall 1995. Accordingly, MSEP penetration of the student market is over 7 percent for the second year. The MSEP Council last convened via teleconference in March 1996 to discuss the Fall 1995 findings, preparation of program informational materials for the 1997 admissions cycle, and program concerns of the state coordinating offices. An ad hoc subcommittee was established to review the institutional enrollment report process with an eye towards streamlining and simplifying reporting mechanisms. The Council also discussed promotion of MSEP at the institutional level, with an interest in encouraging participation at institutions presently not reporting MSEP enrollments.