Patent Document ID: 4787036
Application ID: 06868643
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A student enrollment stabilization system for an educational institution comprising: means for determining a ratio of an educational institution's historical full tuition student enrollment to the educational institution's market area's historical demographics; means for calculating future demographics of the educational institution's market area for a target year; means for calculating said target year's future full tuition student enrollment by multiplying said ratio by said calculated future demographics for the target year; means for calculatiing a tuition amount per student for said target year; means for calculating annual future revenue for said target year by multiplying said full tuition amount per student for the target year; means for calculating a total student enrollment capacity for an educational institution; means for subtracting a present year from a target year; means for calculating a student scholarship population size for a target year by subtracting the predicted full tuition student enrollment for the target year from said total student enrollment capacity; means for calculating annual future costs for said target year based upon said total student enrollment capacity for said target year; means for calculating an annual break even point of said educational institution for a target year from said annual future costs and said annual future revenues for said target year; and means for calculating a per student future scholarship fee for a target year using said calculation means; means for advertising, promoting and distributing positions in said target year's student scholarship population size, each said position being distributed at a fee approximating said per student future scholarship fee, said distribution not exceeding numerically said target year's student scholarship size.