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A background paper on long-range enrollment and facilities planning in California's public segments of higher education is designed to: (1) establish a policy framework wi'-hin which the Postsecondary Education Commission can examine and assess the planning processes of the segments; and (2) describe the processes, identifying major differences among the segments for short-term enrollment planning as utilized for the annual state budgeting process, long-range enrollment planning as utilized for state capital outlay and institutional long-range planning purposes, and ongoing capital outlay planning. Major sections take up the following topics: a policy context for the Commission's planning priorities; population projections through 2020; long-range enrollment projections (background, recent projections, demography, and enrollment projection methodologies); segmental enrollmen