Table 1: Non-JPA student status by term (see table below). 

JPA = Police and Fire Academy Students. These students are enrolled through Gavilan but are served by a consortium of local colleges. JPA students may or may not be trained on the Gavilan campus and their enrollments are managed differently than other students. For these reasons, JPA and non-JPA enrollments are generally separated for internal planning. Due to differences in methods between agencies or differences in the timepoint during a semester when enrollments are reported, some discreprencies in headcounts may be apparent when comparing different sources. The data provided here are considered to be accurate end of the semester values unless otherwise noted.

CONTINUING STUDENT
A student who is enrolled in the current session and who was enrolled in the previous regular session.

FIRST-TIME STUDENT
A student enrolled in any college for the first time after High School . The first time a student enrolls in a primary term this element should be coded as '1', even if the student was previously enrolled in a summer session. For example, if a student enrolls at the college for the first time during a summer term and subsequently enrolls during a fall term the student should be coded as '1' for both terms.

FIRST-TIME TRANSFER STUDENT
A student enrolled at the reporting college for the first time and who
transferred from another institution of higher education.

RETURNING TRANSFER STUDENT
A student who has previously attended the reporting college, transferred to another college, and has now returned to the reporting college.

RETURNING STUDENT
A student enrolled at the reporting college after an absence of one or more regular sessions without interim attendance at another college.