Any geographic location not in the aggregate United States, which includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the outlying areas. (IPEDS, Broyles p.23)
ACADEMIC ADVISEMENT
Plan under which each student is assigned to a faculty member or a trained adviser, who, through regular meetings, helps the student plan and implement immediate and long-term academic and vocational goals. (CDS p.26)
ACADEMIC LIBRARY
An entity that provides all of the following:
An organized collection of printed or other materials, or a combination thereof;
A staff trained to provide and interpret such materials as required to meet the informational cultural, recreational, or educational needs of clientele;
An established schedule in which services of the staff are available to clientele;
The physical facilities necessary to support such a collection, staff, and schedule.
This includes libraries that are part of learning resource centers. (IPEDS, Broyles p. 24)
ACADEMIC PROGRAM
Instructional program leading toward an associate's, bachelor's, master's, doctor's, or first-professional degree or resulting in credits that can be applied to one of these degrees. (IPEDS, Broyles p.24)
ACADEMIC SUPPORT
This functional expense category includes expenses of activities and services that support the institution's primary missions of instruction, research, and public service. It includes the retention, preservation, and display of educational materials (for example, libraries, museums, and galleries); organized activities that provide support services to the academic functions of the institution (such as a demonstration school associated with a college of education or veterinary and dental clinics if their primary purpose is to support the instructional program); media such as audiovisual services; academic administration (including academic deans but not department chairpersons); and formally organized and separately budgeted academic personnel development and course and curriculum development expenses. Also included are information technology expense related to academic support activities; if an institution does not separately budget and expense information technology resources, the costs associated with the three primary programs will be applied to this function and the remainder to institutional support. FASB institutions include actual or allocated costs for operation and maintenance of plant, interest, and depreciation. GASB institutions do not include operation and maintenance of plant or interest but may, as an option, distribute depreciation expense. (IPEDS Survey)
ACADEMIC SUPPORT (EXPENDITURES)
Expenditures for the support services that are an integral part of the institution's primary mission of instruction, research, or public service. Includes expenditures for libraries, museums, galleries, audiovisual services, academic computing support, ancillary support, academic administration, personnel development, and course and curriculum development. Also includes expenditures for veterinary and dental clinics if their primary purpose is to support the institutional program. (IPEDS, Broyles p.24)
ACADEMIC YEAR
The period of time generally extending from September to June; usually equated to two semesters or trimesters, three quarters, or the period covered by a 4-1-4 plan. (IPEDS, Broyles p.24)
ACADEMIC YEAR
An Academic Year for UTPA begins with the fall semester of one year and ends with the last summer session of the following year. Academic Year 2004, for example, began during fall of 2003 and reached completion at the end of summer 2004. The Academic Year is equal to the institution’s Fiscal Year which runs from September 1 to August 31. (UTPA Stats-at-a-Glance)
ACCELERATED PROGRAM
Completion of a college program of study in fewer than the usual number of years, most often by attending summer sessions and carrying extra courses during the regular academic term. (CDS p.26)
ACCREDITING AGENCIES
Agencies that establish operating standards for educational or professional institutions and programs, determine the extent to which the standards are met, and publicly announce their findings. (IPEDS, Broyles p.24)
ACT (AMERICAN COLLEGE TESTING PROGRAM)
The ACT assessment program measures educational development and readiness to pursue college- level coursework in English, mathematics, natural science, and social studies.
Student performance does not reflect innate ability and is influenced by a student's educational preparedness. (IPEDS, Broyles p.25)
ADDITIONS TO PHYSICAL PLANT ASSETS
Land, buildings, improvements other than buildings, equipment, and library books that are added during the fiscal year through purchases, by gifts-in-kind from donors, and from other additions, but excludes construction in progress. (IPEDS, Broyles p.25)
ADJUNCT FACULTY
A faculty position where one has an occasional or temporary affiliation with an institution or another faculty member in performing a duty or service in an auxiliary capacity. (IPEDS, Broyles p.25)
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
May be used when a qualified person from business, industry, government, private practice, or another institution of higher education may be teaching a course or participating in the teaching of a course at The University of Texas-Pan American.
(UTPA HOPS p.6.4.1)
ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT
The administrative office in a multi-campus environment. This may also apply to the parent or lead campus in a system with one or more branch campuses. (IPEDS, Broyles p.25)
ADMISSIONS TEST SCORES
Scores on standardized admissions tests or special admissions tests. (IPEDS, Broyles p.25)
ADMITTED STUDENT
Applicant who is offered admission to a degree-granting programat your institution. (CDS p.26)
ADULT BASIC EDUCATION
Courses designed primarily for students 16 years of age and older to improve basic skills in reading, writing, and arithmetic. These courses are not intended to be part of a program leading to a high school degree, nor are they part of any academic, occupational, or vocational program. (IPEDS, Broyles p.26)
ADULT STUDENT SERVICES
Admission assistance, support, orientation, and other services expressly for adults who have started college for the first time, or who are re-entering after a lapse of a few years.
(CDS p.26)
ALL OTHER STUDENTS
Includes all other students except first-time students. (IPEDS, Broyles p.26)
AMERICAN INDIAN OR ALASKAN NATIVE
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North America and who maintains cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community recognition. (CDS p.26) (IPEDS, Broyles p.26)
ANNUITY AND LIFE INCOME FUNDS
Funds carrying a stipulation that the institution make payments to one or more specific beneficiaries. (IPEDS, Broyles p. 26)
APPLICANT (FIRST-TIME, FIRST YEAR)
An individual who has fulfilled the institution’s requirements to be considered for admission (including payment or waiving of the application fee, if any) and who has been notified of one of the following actions: admission, nonadmission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution). (CDS p.26)
APPLICATION FEE
That amount of money that an institution charges for processing a student's application for acceptance. This amount is not creditable toward tuition and required fees, nor is it refundable if the student is not admitted to the institution. (CDS p.26) (IPEDS, Broyles p.26)
ARCHIVES
Noncurrent records of an organization or institution preserved because of their continuing value. (IPEDS, Broyles p.26 & 27)
ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, or Pacific Islands. This includes people from China, Japan, Korea, the Philippine Islands, American Samoa, India, and Vietnam. (CDS p.26) (IPEDS, Broyles p.27)
ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE
An award that normally requires at least 2 but less than 4 years of full- time equivalent college work. (CDS p.26) (IPEDS, Broyles p.27)
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS COLLEGES (CARNEGIE)
These institutions offer associate of arts certificate or degree programs and, with few exceptions, offer no baccalaureate degrees. (IPEDS, Broyles p.27)
ATHLETIC AID
Athletically-related student aid is any scholarship, grant, or other form of financial assistance, the terms of which require the recipient to participate in a program of intercollegiate athletics in order to be eligible to receive such assistance. (IPEDS, Broyles p.27)
AUDIT/AUDITING (A CLASS)
This occurs when a student elects to take a course, but does not wish to receive credit for the course toward a degree or other formal award. Since this activity is not credit bearing, it is not counted in the Institutional Characteristics survey, Instructional Activity. The students are not counted as part of EF-Fall Enrollment if they are exclusively auditing their classes. (IPEDS, Broyles p.27 & 28)
AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES
Funds for activities which furnish a service to students, faculty, or staff for which charges are made that are directly related to the cost of the service such as residence halls, bookstores, intercollegiate athletics, etc. (TCB p.125)
AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES (EXPENDITURES)
Expenditures for essentially self-supporting operations of the institution that exist to furnish a service to students, faculty, or staff, and that charge a fee that is directly related to, although not necessarily equal to, the cost of the service. Includes mandatory and nonmandatory transfers. Examples are residence halls, food services, student health services, college stores, and barber shops. (IPEDS, Broyles p.28)
AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES (REVENUES)
Revenues generated by or collected from the auxiliary enterprise operations of the institution that exist to furnish a service to students, faculty, or staff, and that charge a fee that is directly related to, although not necessarily equal to, the cost of the service. Auxiliary enterprises are managed as essentially self-supporting activities. Examples are residence halls, food services, student health services, intercollegiate athletics, college unions, college stores, and movie theaters. (IPEDS, Broyles p.28)
AVOCATIONAL PROGRAMS
Instructional programs in personal interest and leisure categories whose expressed intent is not to produce postsecondary credits, nor to lead to a formal award or an academic degree, nor result in occupationally specific skills. (IPEDS, Broyles p.28 & 29)
BACCALAUREATE (LIBERAL ARTS) COLLEGES I (CARNEGIE)
These institutions are primarily undergraduate colleges with major emphasis on baccalaureate degree programs. They award 40 percent or more of their baccalaureate degrees in liberal arts fields and are restrictive in admissions. (IPEDS, Broyles p.29)
BACCALAUREATE COLLEGES-LIBERAL ARTS
These institutions are primarily undergraduate colleges with major emphasis on baccalaureate programs. During the period studied, they awarded at least half of their baccalaureate degrees in liberal arts fields. (Carnegie)
BACCALAUREATE COLLEGES II (CARNEGIE)
These institutions are primarily undergraduate colleges with major emphasis on baccalaureate degree programs. They award less than 40 percent of their baccalaureate degrees in liberal arts fields or are less restrictive in admissions. (IPEDS, Broyles p.29)
BACCALAUREATE COLLEGES-GENERAL
These institutions are primarily undergraduate colleges with major emphasis on baccalaureate programs. During the period studied, they awarded less than half of their baccalaureate degrees in liberal arts fields. (Carnegie)
BACHELOR'S DEGREE
An award (baccalaureate or equivalent degree, as determined by the Secretary, U.S. Department of Education) that normally requires at least 4 but NOT more than 5 years of full-time equivalent college- level work. This includes ALL bachelor's degrees conferred in a 5-year COOPERATIVE (WORK-STUDY PLAN) PROGRAM. A cooperative plan provides for alternate class attendance and employment in business, industry, or government; thus, it allows students to combine actual work experience with their college studies. Also, includes bachelor's degrees in which the normal 4 years of work are completed in 3 years. (CDS p.26) (IPEDS, Broyles p.29)
BALANCE OWED ON PRINCIPLE
Balance owed on indebtedness principal (at the beginning/end of the year) is that amount shown in the liability section of the plant fund balance sheet. (IPEDS, Broyles p.30)
BLACK, NON-HISPANIC
A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa (except those of Hispanic origin). (CDS p.26) (IPEDS, Broyles p.30)
BOARD (CHARGES)
Assume average cost for 19 meals per week or the maximum meal plan. (CDS p.26)
BOARD CHARGES
The charge for an academic year for meals, for a specified number of meals per week. (IPEDS, Broyles p.30)
BOOK VALUE
Book value of a physical asset is the dollar amount of the value of the physical asset at the time of construction or purchase of that asset, or, if the asset is a gift, the market value of the asset at the time of the gift. It may also be thought of as the difference between the balance of a plant asset account and its related accumulated depreciation account. (IPEDS, Broyles p. 30)
BOOKS
Nonperiodical printed publications bound in hard or soft covers, or in loose- leaf format, of at least 49 pages, exclusive of the cover pages, or a juvenile nonperiodical publication of any length bound in hard or soft covers. (IPEDS, Broyles p.30&31)
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES (COSTS)
Average cost of books and supplies. Do not include unusual costs for special groups of students (e.g., engineering or art majors), unless they constitute the majority of students at your institution. (CDS p.26)
BRANCH INSTITUTION
A campus or site of an educational institution that is not temporary, is located in a community beyond a reasonable commuting distance from its parent institution, and offers organized PROGRAMS of study, not just courses. (IPEDS, Broyles p. 31)
BRANCH LIBRARY
Auxiliary library service outlets with quarters separate from the central library of an institution which have a basic collection of books and other materials, a regular staffing level, and an established schedule. (IPEDS, Broyles p.31)
See Other Insurance Benefits. (IPEDS, Broyles p.31)
CALENDAR SYSTEM
The method by which an institution structures most of its courses for the academic year. (CDS p.26) (IPEDS, Broyles p. 31)
CAPITAL OUTLAY
The costs of acquiring plant assets, adding to plant assets, and adding utility to plant assets for more than one accounting period. (IPEDS, Broyles p.31)
CAREER AND PLACEMENT SERVICES
A range of services, including (often) the following: coordination of visits of employers to campus; aptitude and vocational testing; interest inventories, personal counseling; help in resume writing, interviewing, launching the job search; listings for those students desiring employment and those seeking permanent positions; establishment of a permanent reference folder; career resource materials. (CDS p.26)
CARNEGIE CLASSIFICATION CODE
Code developed by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to classify institutions based largely on academic mission. The coding structure was revised in 1994 to classify approximately 3,600 institutions into the following categories:
Research Universities I
Research Universities II
Doctoral Universities I
Doctoral Universities II
Master's (Comprehensive) Colleges and Universities I
Master's (Comprehensive) Colleges and Universities II
Baccalaureate (Liberal Arts) Colleges I
Baccalaureate Colleges II
Associate of Arts Colleges
Specialized Institutions
* Theological seminaries, Bible colleges and other institutions offering degrees in religion
* Medical schools and medical centers
* Other separate health profession schools
* Schools of engineering and technology
* Schools of business and management
* Schools of art, music, and design
* Schools of law
* Teacher's colleges
* Other specialized institutions
* Tribal colleges and universities
(IPEDS, Broyles p.31&32)
CARNEGIE UNITS
One year of study or the equivalent in a secondary school subject. (CDS p.26)
CARTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS
Materials representing in whole or in part the Earth or any celestial body at any scale. These materials include two- and three-dimensional maps and globes. (IPEDS, Broyles p.33)
CASUAL EMPLOYEES
Persons who are hired to work during peak times such as those that help at registration time or those that work in the bookstore for a day or two at the start of a session. (IPEDS, Broyles p.33)
CERTIFICATE
A formal award certifying the satisfactory completion of a postsecondary education program. (IPEDS, Broyles p.33)
CERTIFICATION RATE OF TEACHER EDUCATION GRADUATES(FORMERLY PASS RATE OF ExCET EXAM)
The percentage of the institution’s undergraduate teacher education program
graduates who become certified to teach by the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) within the fiscal year following the year of graduation from the program.(LBB October p.5)
CEU
Continuing education unit. One continuing education unit is normally defined as 10 contact hours of participation in an organized continuing education experience under responsible sponsorship, capable direction, and qualified instruction. (IPEDS, Broyles p.33)
CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR
The principal administrative official, or chief executive officer, responsible for the direction of all affairs and operations of a postsecondary education institution or that component of an organization that conducts postsecondary education and may report to a governing board. (IPEDS, Broyles p.33)
CIP (CLASSIFICATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS)
An NCES publication that provides a numerical classification and standard terminology for secondary and postsecondary instructional programs. (IPEDS, Broyles p.34)
CIP CODE
A six-digit code in the form xx.xxxx that identifies instructional program specialties within educational institutions. (IPEDS, Broyles p.34)
CIRCULATION TRANSACTIONS
The number of items lent from the general collection and from the reserve collection for use usually (although not always) outside the library. Includes activities with initial charges, either manual or electronic, and also renewals, each of which is reported as a circulation transaction. (IPEDS, Broyles p. 34)
CLASS RANK
The relative numerical position of a student in his or her graduating class, calculated by the high school on the basis of grade-point average, whether weighted or unweighted.
(CDS p. 27)
CLERICAL AND SECRETARIAL STAFF
Persons whose assignments typically are associated with clerical activities or are specifically of a secretarial nature. Includes personnel who are responsible for internal and external communications, recording and retrieval of data (other than computer programmers) and/or information and other paperwork required in an office, such as bookkeepers, stenographers, clerk-typists, office- machine operators, statistical clerks, and payroll clerks. Also includes sales clerks such as those employed full time in the bookstore, and library clerks who are not recognized as librarians. (IPEDS, Broyles p.34)
CLOCK HOUR
See Contact Hour. (IPEDS, Broyles p.35)
COHORT
Number of full-time first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates (this is the fall cohort reported in Part A). (IPEDS Survey)
Courses in academic subjects (English, history and social studies, foreign languages, mathematics, science, and the arts) that stress preparation for college or university study.
(CDS p.27)
COLLEGE WORK-STUDY PROGRAM (CWS)
(Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, Title IV, Part C; Public Laws 89-329, 92-318, 94-482, et al; 42 USC 2751-2756b.) Provides part- time employment to eligible postsecondary students to help meet educational expenses. This program provides grants to institutions for partial reimbursement of wages paid to students. (IPEDS, Broyles p.35)
COMMON APPLICATION
The standard application form distributed by the National Association of Secondary School Principals for a large number of private colleges who are members of the Common Application Group. (CDS p.27)
COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRANSFER GRADUATES
Graduates who attempted 30 or more semester credit hours in a Texas public community college during the past six years. (LBB October p.21)
COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM
Referral center for students wishing to perform volunteer work in the community or participate in volunteer activities coordinated by academic departments. (CDS p.27)
COMMUTER
A student who lives off campus in housing that is not owned by, operated by, or affiliated with the college. This category includes students who commute from home and students who have moved to the area to attend college. (CDS p.27)
COMPLETER
A student who receives a degree, diploma, certificate, or other formal award. In order to be considered a completer, the degree/award must actually be conferred. (IPEDS Survey)
COMPLETERS WITHIN 150% (OF NORMAL TIME)
Students (within a cohort or subcohort) who completed their program within 150% of the normal time to completion. See Normal Time. (IPEDS Survey)
COMPUTER FILES (LIBRARY COLLECTIONS)
Materials such as CD-ROMs, magnetic tapes, and magnetic disks that are designed to be processed by a computer or similar machine. Examples are U.S. Census data tapes, locally mounted databases, and reference tools on CD-ROM, tape, or disk. (IPEDS, Broyles p.35)
CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT
UT Pan American sponsors two types of Concurrent Enrollment Programs – the High School to University (Off-Campus Attendance or Distance Learning) and the Independent Student Program (On-Campus Attendance). Also, Concurrent Enrollment Honors Program. (UTPA Undergraduate p.20)
CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT STUDENT
Outstanding High School juniors and seniors who earn college credit in a university-supervised environment. (UPTA Undergraduate p.20)
CONTACT HOUR
A unit of measure that represents an hour of scheduled instruction given to students. Also referred to as clock hour. (CDS p.27) (IPEDS, Broyles p. 35)
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
Programs and courses designed specifically for individuals who have completed a professional degree (such as law, medicine, dentistry, or social work) to obtain additional training in their particular field of study. (IPEDS, Broyles p.35&36)
CONTINUOUS BASIS (FOR PROGRAM ENROLLMENT)
A calendar system classification that is used by institutions that enroll students at any time during the academic year. For example, a cosmetology school or a word processing school might allow students to enroll and begin studies at various times, with no requirement that classes begin on a certain date. (CDS p.27)
(IPEDS, Broyles p.36)
CONTRACTED SERVICES
Services obtained through contracts with outside agencies which would normally be provided by paid employees. (IPEDS, Broyles p.36)
CONTRIBUTED SERVICES
See Donated Services. (IPEDS, Broyles p.36)
COOPERATIVE HOUSING
College-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing in which students share room and board expenses and participate in household chores to reduce living expenses. (CDS p.27)
COOPERATIVE (WORK-STUDY PLAN) PROGRAM
A program that provides for alternate class attendance and employment in business, industry, or government. (CDS p.27) (IPEDS, Broyles p.36)
CORRESPONDENCE
Method of instruction with students receiving structured units of information and accompanying material completely through the mail. (IPEDS, Broyles p.36)
COUNSELING SERVICE
Activities designed to assist students in making plans and decisions related to their education, career, or personal development. (CDS p.27) (IPEDS, Broyles p.36&37)
CREDIT
Recognition of attendance or performance in an instructional activity (course or program) that can be applied by a recipient toward the requirements for a degree, diploma, certificate, or other formal award. (CDS p.27) (IPEDS, Broyles p.37)
CREDIT COURSE
A course that, if successfully completed, can be applied toward the number of courses required for achieving a degree, diploma, certificate, or other formal award. (IPEDS, Broyles p.37)
CREDIT HOUR
A unit of measure representing an hour (50 minutes) of instruction over a 15-week period in a semester or trimester system or a 10-week period in a quarter system. It is applied toward the total number of hours needed for completing the requirements of a degree, diploma, certificate, or other formal award. (CDS p.27) (IPEDS, Broyles p. 37)
CROSS-REGISTRATION
A system whereby students enrolled at one institution may take courses at another institution without having to apply to the second institution. (CDS p.27)
CUMULATIVE MEASURE
Measure for which one period’s performance may be added to a previous period’s performance to obtain year-to-date performance; otherwise, a measure is noncumulative.
(LBB March p.5)
CURRENT FUNDS EXPENDITURES (AND TRANSFERS)
The costs incurred for goods and services used in the conduct of the institution's operations. Includes the acquisition cost of capital assets, such as equipment and library books, to the extent current funds are budgeted for and used by operating departments for such purposes. Includes:
(1)Educational and general expenditures and transfers for --
* Instruction
* Research
* Public services
* Academic support
* Student services
* Institutional support
* Operation and maintenance of plant
* Scholarships and fellowships
(2)Auxiliary enterprises
(3)Hospitals
(4)Independent operations
(IPEDS, Broyles p.37&38)
CURRENT FUNDS REVENUES
Unrestricted gifts, grants, and other resources earned during the reporting period and restricted resources to the extent that such funds were expended for current operating purposes. Excludes restricted current funds received but not expended because these revenues have not been earned. Includes current funds revenues from the following:
* Tuition and fees
* Government appropriations (Federal, state, and local)
* Government grants and contracts (Federal, state, and local)
* Private gifts, grants, and contracts
* Endowment income
* Sales and services of educational activities
* Auxiliary enterprises
* Hospitals
* Other sources
* Independent operations
(IPEDS, Broyles p.38&39)
CURRENT REPLACEMENT VALUE
The current costs to replace all buildings owned, rented, or used by the institution. Represents recent appraisal value or what is currently carried as insurance replacement value. Is not considered the replacement values of those buildings which are a part of endowment or other capital fund investments in real estate. This figure is not a book value figure. (IPEDS, Broyles p.39)
A student service designed to provide appropriate care and protection of infants, preschool, and school-age children so their parents can participate in postsecondary education programs. (IPEDS, Broyles p.39&40)
DEDUCTIONS FROM PHYSICAL PLANT ASSETS
These deductions represent a decline in the value of physical plant assets resulting from selling, razing, fire, and other hazards, or other disposition of the assets. (IPEDS, Broyles p.40)
DEFERRED ADMISSION
The practice of permitting admitted students to postpone enrollment, usually for a period of one academic term or one year. (CDS p.27)
DEGREE
An award conferred by a college, university, or other postsecondary education institution as official recognition for the successful completion of a program of studies. (CDS p.27) (IPEDS, Broyles p.40)
DEGREE-SEEKING STUDENTS
Students enrolled in courses for credit who are recognized by the institution as seeking a degree or formal award. At the undergraduate level, this is intended to include students enrolled in vocational or occupational programs. (CDS p.27) (IPEDS, Broyles p.40)
DIFFERS BY PROGRAM (CALENDAR SYSTEM)
A calendar system classification that is used by institutions that have occupational/vocational programs of varying length. These schools may enroll students at specific times depending on the program desired. For example, a school might offer a 2-month program in January, March, May, September, and November; and a 3-month program in January, April, and October. (CDS p.27) (IPEDS, Broyles p.40)
DIPLOMA
A formal document certifying the successful completion of a prescribed program of studies. (IPEDS, Broyles p.41)
DISTANCE LEARNING
An option for earning course credit at off-campus locations via cable television, internet, satellite classes, videotapes, correspondence courses, or other means. (CDS p.27)
DOCTOR'S DEGREE
The highest award a student can earn for graduate study. The doctor's degree classification includes such degrees as Doctor of Education, Doctor of Juridical Science, Doctor of Public Health, and the Doctor of Philosophy degree in any field such as agronomy, food technology, education, engineering, public administration, ophthalmology, or radiology. For the Doctor of Public Health degree, the prior degree is generally earned in the closely related professional field of medicine or in sanitary engineering. (IPEDS, Broyles p.41)
DOCTORAL DEGREES
Doctoral degrees are defined in the IPEDS Completions survey to include the Ph.D. in any field as well as other doctoral-level degrees such as the Doctor of Education, Doctor of Juridical Science, and Doctor of Public Health. Degrees defined as first-professional degrees in IPEDS are not counted among doctoral degrees. (Carnegie)
DOCTORAL DEGREE
The highest award a student can earn for graduate study. The doctoral degree classification includes such degrees as Doctor of Education, Doctor of Juridical Science, Doctor of Public Health, and the Doctor of Philosophy degree in any field such as agronomy, food technology, education, engineering, public administration, ophthalmology, or radiology. For the Doctor of Public Health degree, the prior degree is generally earned in the closely related field of medicine or in sanitary engineering. (CDS p.28)
DOCTORAL LEVEL
A student admitted to an approved doctoral degree program at the institution. Such students are those who a) have been officially admitted to a doctoral program, and b) have completed a master’s degree which the institution recognizes as the equivalent of one year’s work toward the doctoral degree on which the student is working, or at least 30 semester credit hours of work toward the proposed degree. (TCB, p.21)
DOCTORAL UNIVERSITIES I (CARNEGIE)
These institutions offer a full range of baccalaureate programs and are committed to graduate education through the doctorate. They award at least 40 doctoral degrees annually in five or more disciplines. (IPEDS, Broyles p.41)
DOCTORAL UNIVERSITIES II (CARNEGIE)
These institutions offer a full range of baccalaureate programs and are committed to graduate education through the doctorate. They award annually at least 10 doctoral degrees (in three or more disciplines), or 20 or more doctoral degrees in one or more disciplines. (IPEDS, Broyles p.41)
DOCTOTAL/RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES-EXTENSIVE
These institutions typically offer a wide range of baccalaureate programs, and they are committed to graduate education through the doctorate. During the period studied, they awarded 50 or more doctoral degrees per year across at least 15 disciplines. (Carnegie)
DOCTORAL/RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES-INTENSIVE
These institutions typically offer a wide range of baccalaureate programs, and they are committed to graduate education through the doctorate. During the period studied, they awarded at least ten doctoral degrees per year across three or more disciplines, or at least 20 doctoral degrees per year overall. (Carnegie)
DONATED (CONTRIBUTED) SERVICES
Services provided by volunteers, members of religious orders, or by the Central or System office of an institution for which there is no charge to the campus but that would otherwise be provided by employees paid by the campus. (IPED, Broyles p.42)
DORMITORY CAPACITY
The maximum number of students that the institution can provide residential facilities for, whether on or off campus. (IPEDS, Broyles p.42)
DOUBLE MAJOR
Program in which students may complete two undergraduate programs of study simultaneously. (CDS p.28)
DUAL CREDIT
A program through which high school students are enrolled in advanced placement (AP) courses, taught at their high school, that fulfill high school graduation requirements and may earn the student college credits. (IPEDS Survey)
DUAL ENROLLMENT
A program through which high school students may enroll in college courses while still enrolled in high school. Students are not required to apply for admission to the college in order to participate. (CDS p.28) (IPEDS Survey)
An admission plan that allows students to apply and be notified of an admission decision well in advance of the regular notification dates. If admitted, the candidate is not committed to enroll (unlike early decision). Students may reply to the offer under the college's regular reply policy. (IPEDS Survey)
EARLY ACTION PLAN
An admission plan that allows students to apply and be notified of an admission decision well in advance of the regular notification dates. If admitted, the candidate is not committed to enroll; the student may reply to the offer under the college’s regular reply policy. (CDS p.28)
EARLY ADMISSION
A policy under which students who have not completed high school are admitted to and enrolled full-time in college, usually after completion of their junior year. (CDS p.28) (IPEDS Survey)
EARLY DECISION
A plan that allows students to apply and be notified of an admission decision (and financial aid offer, if applicable) well in advance of the regular notification date. Applicants agree to accept an offer of admission and, if admitted, to withdraw their applications from other colleges. There are three possible decision applications: admitted, denied, or not admitted but forwarded for consideration with the regular applicant pool, without prejudice. (IPEDS Survey)
EARLY DECISION PLAN
A plan that permits students to apply and be notified of an admission decision (and financial aid offer if applicable) well in advance of the regular notification date. Applicants agree to accept an offer of admission and, if admitted, to withdraw their applications from other colleges. There are three possible decisions for early decision applicants: admitted, denied, or not admitted but forwarded for consideration with the regular applicant pool, without prejudice. (CDS p.28)
EFFICIENCY MEASURE
An indicator of the resources required to produce a given output level. Efficiency measures measure resource cost in dollars, employee time, or equipment used per unit of product or service output. They relate institution efforts to institution outputs. Indicators of average cost and average time normally serve as efficiency measures, but they may also serve as outcome measures when cost-perunit-of-outcome is the focus and can be meaningfully captured.
< Efficiency measures can be reported in the fall, or annually, or both. (LBB March p.4&5)
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL)
A course of study designed specifically for students whose native language is not English. (CDS p.28)
ENTERING STUDENTS
Students coming into the institution for the first time.
For the purposes of the Enrollment component, this includes undergraduate students who entered the institution for the first time in the fall term. Includes: students who initially attended the prior summer term and returned again in the fall; all first-time, first-year students; students transferring into the institution at any undergraduate level for the first time; both full-time and part-time students; and
all degree/certificate-seeking as well as non-degree/certificate seeking students.
(IPEDS Survey)
EIN (ENTITY NUMBER)
The number assigned to an institution by the Internal Revenue Service for tax purposes. (IPEDS, Broyles p.42)
EFFICIENCY MEASURES
Indicators that quantify unit costs or productivity. (LBB October p.25)
11/12-MONTH SALARY CONTRACT
The contracted teaching period of faculty employed for the entire year, usually a period of 11 months. (IPEDS, Broyles p.42)
EMPLOYEE FRINGE BENEFITS
Cash contributions in the form of supplementary or deferred compensation other than salary. Excludes the employee's contribution. Employee fringe benefits include retirement plans, social security taxes, medical/dental plans, guaranteed disability income protection plans, tuition plans, housing plans, unemployment compensation plans, group life insurance plans, worker's compensation plans, and other benefits in-kind with cash options. (IPEDS, Broyles p.42)
EMPLOYMENT SERVICES FOR CURRENT STUDENTS
Activities intended to assist students in obtaining part-time employment as a means of defraying part of the cost of their education. (IPEDS, Broyles p.43)
ENDOWMENT ASSETS
Consists of gross investments of endowment funds, term endowment funds, and funds functioning as endowment for the institution and any of its foundations and other affiliated organizations. (IPEDS, Broyles p.43)
ENDOWMENT FUNDS
Funds whose principal is nonexpendable (true endowment) and that are intended to be invested to provide earnings for institutional use. Also includes term endowment and funds functioning as endowment. (IPEDS, Broyles p.43)
ENDOWMENT INCOME
Consists of: (1) the unrestricted income of endowment and similar funds; (2) restricted income of endowment and similar funds to the extent expended for current operating purposes, and (3) income from funds held in trust by others under irrevocable trusts. Excludes capital gains or losses unless the institution has adopted a spending formula by which it expends not only the yield but also a prudent portion of the appreciation of the principle. Gains spent for current operations are treated as transfers rather than endowment income. (IPEDS, Broyles p.43)
Earnings (not realized gains) on investments of endowments regardless of distribution made of the earnings to various institutional funds. Includes interest, dividends, and amortization of purchased discounts and premiums. (IPEDS, Broyles p.44)
ESD
The Education Statistics Division, within NCES, where IPEDS is conducted. (IPEDS, Broyles p.44)
EXCHANGE STUDENT PROGRAM-DOMESTIC
Any arrangement between a student and a college that permits study for a semester or more at another college in the United States without extending the amount of time required for a degree. See also Study abroad. (CDS p.28)
EXCLUSIONS
Students from the cohort or subcohort who left the institution for any of the following reasons: died or were totally and permanently disabled; to serve in the armed forces; to serve with a foreign aid service of the Federal Government, such as the Peace Corps; or to serve on official church missions. (IPEDS Survey)
EXECUTIVE, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND MANAGERIAL
Persons whose assignments require primary (and major) responsibility for management of the institution, or a customarily recognized department or subdivision thereof. Assignments require the performance of work directly related to management policies or general business operations of the institution, department, or subdivision. It is assumed that assignments in this category customarily and regularly require the incumbent to exercise discretion and independent judgment, and to direct the work of others. Included in this category are all officers holding titles such as president, vice president, dean, director, or the equivalent, as well as officers subordinate to any of these administrators with such titles as associate dean, assistant dean, executive officer of academic departments (department heads, or the equivalent) if their principal activity is administrative. (Note: Includes supervisors of professional employees, while supervisors of nonprofessional employees (technical, clerical, craft, and service/maintenance force) are included within the specific categories of the personnel they supervise.) (IPEDS, Broyles p.44&45)
EXPLANATORY MEASURES
Indicators of underlying factors affecting performance. (LBB October p. 26)
EXPLANATORY MEASURE
A way to provide information that may help users assess the significance of performance reported on other types of measures. An institution may have limited or no control over factors addressed by explanatory measures, including environmental or demographic characteristics related to target populations. This type of measure is often used to describe the level of customer demand or public need for an institution’s products and services. Explanatory measures also may focus on variables over which an institution has significant control, such as staffing patterns for specific functions.
< Explanatory measures can be reported in the fall, or annually. (LBB March p. 4)
EXTENSION CENTERS
See Off-Campus Centers. (IPEDS, Broyles p.45)
EXTENSION DIVISION
A unit of the institution that provides institutional services including the planning, organization, and delivery of extended campus offerings. To carry out these activities, it generally maintains its own enrollment, personnel, and financial records separate from those of the main institution (although an institution may include these records in its own institutional data base). It does not grant either degree-credit or degrees, but these may be awarded by the institution for instruction provided through the extension division. (IPEDS, Broyles p.45)
EXTERNAL DEGREE PROGRAM
A program of study in which students earn credits toward a degree through independent study, college courses, proficiency examinations, and personal experience. External degree programs require minimal or no classroom attendance. (CDS p.28)
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES (AS ADMISSION FACTOR)
Special consideration in the admissions process given for participation in both school and nonschool-related activities of interest to the college, such as clubs, hobbies, student government, athletics, performing arts, etc. (CDS p.28)
Persons whose specific assignments customarily are made for the purpose of conducting instruction, research, or public service as a principal activity (or activities), and who hold academic-rank titles of professor, associate professor, assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, or the equivalent of any of these academic ranks. If their principal activity is instructional, this category includes deans, directors, or the equivalent, as well as associate deans, assistant deans, and executive officers of academic departments (chairpersons, heads, or the equivalent). Student teachers or research assistants are not included in this category. (Note: This definition pertains only to the Fall Staff survey and the staff portion of the Consolidated survey. It is different from the definition of Full- Time Instructional Faculty used for the Institutional Characteristics survey and the survey of Salaries, Tenure, and Fringe Benefits of Full-Time Instructional Faculty.) (IPEDS, Broyles p.45&46)
The group of students entering in the fall term established for tracking purposes. [For the Graduation Rates component, this includes all students who enter the institution as full-time, first-time degree or certificate-seeking undergraduate students during the fall term of a given year.] Also see: First-time first-year student. (IPEDS Survey)
FELLOWSHIPS
Grants- in-aid and trainee stipends to graduate students. Excludes funds for which services to the institution must be rendered, such as payments for teaching. Excludes loans. (IPEDS, Broyles p.46&47)
FICE CODE
A 6-digit identification code originally created by the Federal Interagency Committee on Education. The code was used to identify all schools doing business with the Office of Education during the early sixties; it is now used in IPEDS to identify institutions that are accredited at the college level by an agency recognized by the Secretary, U.S. Department of Education. These are the traditional institutions of higher education, formerly surveyed under the Higher Education General Information Surveys (HEGIS), plus any schools that are newly accredited institutions of higher education. IPEDS uses FICE codes to track these institutions in order to maintain historical trends that began in the mid-sixties. (IPEDS, Broyles p.47)
FILMS
Materials, with or without recorded sound, bearing a sequence of images that create the illusion of movement when projected in rapid succession (usually 18 or 24 frames per second). Films are produced in a variety of sizes (8, super 8, 16, 35, 55, and 70 mm) and a variety of formats (cartridge, cassette, loop, and reel). (IPEDS, Broyles p.47)
FIRST-PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE (POST-DEGREE)
An award that requires completion of an organized program of study designed for persons who have completed the first-professional degree. Examples could be refresher courses or additional units of study in a specialty or subspecialty. (CDS p.28) (IPEDS, Broyles p.47&48)
FIRST-PROFESSIONAL DEGREE
An award that requires completion of a program that meets all of the following criteria: (1) completion of the academic requirements to begin practice in the profession; (2) at least 2 years of college work prior to entering the program; and (3) a total of at least 6 academic years of college work to complete the degree program, including prior required college work plus the length of the professional program itself.
First-professional degrees may be awarded in the following 10 fields:
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.) Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.) Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)
Law (L.L.B., J.D.) Podiatry (D.P.M., D.P., or Pod.D.)
Medicine (M.D.) Theology (M.Div., M.H.L., B.D., or Ordination)
Optometry (O.D.) Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.)
(CDS p. 27) (IPEDS, Broyles p.48)
FIRST-PROFESSIONAL STUDENT
A student enrolled in any of the following degree programs:
Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.) Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.) Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)
Law (L.L.B., J.D.) Podiatry (D.P.M., D.P., or Pod.D.)
Medicine (M.D.) Theology (M.Div., M.H.L., B.D., or Ordination)
Optometry (O.D.) Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.)
(IPEDS, Broyles p.48&49)
FIRST-TIME FIRST-PROFESSIONAL STUDENT
A student enrolled for the first time in a first-professional degree program. Includes first-professional students enrolled in the fall term who entered the institution in the prior summer term. (IPEDS, Broyles p.49)
FIRST-TIME, FIRST-YEAR (FRESHMAN) STUDENT
A student attending any institution for the first time at the undergraduate level. Includes students enrolled in the fall term who attended college for the first time in the prior summer term. Also includes students who entered with advanced standing (college credits earned before graduation from high school). (CDS p.29)
FIRST-TIME FIRST-YEAR STUDENT
A student attending any institution for the first time at the undergraduate level. Includes students enrolled in the fall term who attended college for the first time in the prior summer term. Also includes students who entered with advanced standing (college credits earned before graduation from high school). (IPEDS, Broyles p.49)
FIRST-TIME FRESHMAN
An entering freshman who has never attended any college. Includes students enrolled in the fall term who attended college for the first time in the prior summer term. Also includes students who entered with advanced standing (college credits earned before graduation from high school). (IPEDS, Broyles p.49&50)
FIRST-TIME GRADUATE-LEVEL STUDENT
A person enrolled at the graduate level for the first time. Includes graduate students enrolled in the fall term who attended graduate school in the prior summer term. (IPEDS, Broyles p.50)
FIRST-TIME-IN-COLLEGE/FIRST-TIME-ENTERING COLLEGE
The student has never attended college or other postsecondary institution. Students should not be reported as first-time-entering college until they have completed their high school work. Therefore, include as first-time students those who entered with advanced standing (college credits earned before graduation from high school). (TCB p.23)
FIRST-TIME STUDENT (Undergraduate)
A student attending any institution for the first timeat the level enrolled. Includes students enrolled in the fall term who attended a postsecondary institution for the first time at the same level in the prior summer term. Also includes students who entered with advanced standing (college credit earned before graduation from high school). (CDS p.28) (IPEDS, Broyles p.50) (IPEDS Survey)
Includes students who take courses as first-time freshmen during the summer session and
continue as full-time freshmen during the following fall semester, whether those summer courses are taken at the reporting institution or transferred from another institution. (LBB October p. 1)
FIRST-TIME UNDERGRADUATE TRANSFER STUDENT
An undergraduate student entering the reporting institution for the first time, but is known to have previously attended another postsecondary institution at the undergraduate level. The student can transfer in with or without credit. (IPEDS, Broyles p.50)
FIRST-YEAR STUDENT
A student who has completed less than the equivalent of 1 full year of undergraduate work; that is, less than 30 semester hours (in a 120-hour degree program) or less than 900 contact hours. (CDS p.29) (IPEDS, Broyles p.50&51)
FLEXIBLE ENTRY CLASS
Any class organized after the official census date will be included in the data submitted in the semester following; i.e., (a) classes organized after the 12th class day of the fall
semester will be reported in the following spring semester 12th class day report; (b) classes organized after the 12th class day of the spring semester will be reported in the first summer session following, etc. (A class is “organized” when students have registered and paid fees or established an accounts receivable.) (TCB p.75)
FLEXIBLE ENTRY STUDENTS
Students enrolled in classes organized after the official census date should be included in the data submitted in the semester following; i.e., (1) students enrolled in the classes organized after the 12th class day of the fall semester will be reported in the following spring semester 12th class day report; (2) students enrolled in classes organized after the 12th class day of the spring semester will be reported in the first summer semester following, etc. (TCB p.1.1)
FOREIGN/INTERNATIONAL STUDENT
An alien who is not a permanent resident of the U.S. or has not been permitted by Congress to adopt the U.S. as his or her domicile. (UTPA Undergraduate p.28)
FOUR-ONE-FOUR PLAN
The 4-1-4 calendar consists of 4 courses taken for 4 months, 1 course taken for 1 month, and 4 courses taken for 4 months. There may be an additional summer session. (IPEDS, Broyles p.51)
FOURTH YEAR AND BEYOND
An undergraduate student who has completed the equivalent of 3 years of full-time undergraduate work; that is, at least 90 semester hours in a 120-hour degree program. (IPEDS, Broyles p.51)
FRESHMAN
A first-year undergraduate student. (CDS p.29) (IPEDS, Broyles p.51)
FRESHMAN/NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION
Orientation addressing the academic, social, emotional, and intellectual issues involved in beginning college. May be a few hours or a few days in length; at some colleges, there is a fee. (CDS p.29)
FRINGE BENEFITS
See Employee Fringe Benefits. (IPEDS, Broyles p.51)
FRINGE BENEFITS EXPENDITURES
Cash contributions (of the institution) in the form of supplementary or deferred compensation other than salary. Excludes the employee's contribution. (IPEDS, Broyles p.51)
FTE STAFF
Full-time-equivalent staff. The total number of full-time staff plus the full-time-equivalent of the part-time staff. The result may be the actual calculation determined by the number of hours worked by all part-time staff divided by the average number of hours worked by a full-time employee. For example, if all part-time employees worked a total of 60 hours in one week and a full-time employee is expected to work 40 hours, the FTE is calculated as 60 ö 40 = 1.50 FTE's. In the absence of a calculated equivalent, FTE's can be approximated by adding one-third of the total number of part-time staff to the full-time count. (IPEDS, Broyles p.51&52)
FULL-TIME INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY
Instruction/Research staff employed full-time (as defined by the institution) and whose major regular assignment is instruction, including those with released time for research. (Note: This definition pertains only to the surveys of Institutional Characteristics and Salaries, Tenure, and Fringe Benefits of Full-Time Instructional Faculty. It does not pertain to Faculty (Instruction/Research/ Public Service) on the Fall Staff and Consolidated surveys.) (IPEDS, Broyles p.52)
FULL-TIME STAFF (EMPLOYEES)
Persons on the payroll of the institution (or reporting unit) and classified by the institution as full time. Includes faculty on sabbatical leave, and persons who are on leave but remain on the payroll. (IPEDS, Broyles p.52)
Undergraduate - A student enrolled for 12 or more semester credits, or 12 or more quarter credits, or 24 or more contact hours a week each term.
Graduate - A student enrolled for 9 or more semester credits, or 9 or more quarter credits, or students involved in thesis or dissertation preparation that are considered full time by the institution. First-Professional - As defined by the institution. (CDS p.29) (IPEDS, Broyles p.52&53)
FULL-TIME STUDENT EQUIVALENTS (FTSEs)
Undergraduate FTSEs are calculated on 15 semester credit hours; master’s, pharmacy, law, and other special profession FTSEs are calculated on 12 semester credit hours; optometry is calculated on 17 semester credit hours; and doctoral FTSEs are calculated on 9 semester credit hours. (LBB October p. 22)
FULL-TIME, DEGREE-SEEKING TRANSFER STUDENTS
Students who transfer into the institution with at least 60 accepted semester credit hours. (LBB October p.14)
FUNDS FUNCTIONING AS ENDOWMENT (QUASI-ENDOWMENT FUNDS)
Funds established by the governing board to function like an endowment fund but which may be totally expended at any time at the discretion of the governing board. These funds represent nonmandatory transfers from the current fund rather than a direct addition to the endowment fund, as occurs for the true endowment categories. (IPEDS, Broyles p.53)
This accounting standard setting board establishes accounting standards for local and state entities. (IPEDS, Broyles p.53)
GATE COUNT
The total number of persons entering the library physically in a typical week. (IPEDS, Broyles p.53)
GED
Normally refers to the Tests of General Educational Development, which provide an opportunity to earn a high school credential. The GED program, sponsored by the American Council on Education, enables individuals to demonstrate that they have acquired a level of learning comparable to that of high school graduates. (IPEDS, Broyles p.54)
GEOGRAPHICAL RESIDENCE (AS ADMISSION FACTOR)
Special consideration in the admission process given to students from a particular region, state, or country of residence. (CDS p.29)
GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS (REVENUES)
Revenues received by an institution through acts of a legislative body, except grants and contracts. These funds are for meeting current operating expenses and not for specific projects or programs. Examples are the state's general appropriation and the federal land grant appropriation. (IPEDS, Broyles p.54)
GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
Materials in all formats that are published by a government agency. (IPEDS, Broyles p.54)
GOVERNMENT GRANTS AND CONTRACTS (REVENUES)
Revenues from governmental agencies that are for specific research projects or other types of programs. Examples are research projects, training programs, and similar activities for which amounts are received or expenditures are reimbursable under the terms of a government grant or contract. Includes Pell Grants and reimbursement for costs of administering federal financial aid programs. (IPEDS, Broyles p.54)
GRADE-POINT AVERAGE (ACADEMIC HIGH SCHOOL GPA)
The sum of grade points a student has earned in secondary school divided by the number of courses taken. The most common system of assigning numbers to grades counts four points for an A, three points for a B, two points for a C, one point for a D, and no points for an E or F. Unweighted GPA’s assign the same weight to each course. Weighting gives students additional points for their grades in advanced or honors courses. (CDS p.29)
GRADUATE STUDENT
A student who holds a bachelor's or first-professional degree, or equivalent, and is taking courses at the post baccalaureate level. These students may or may not be enrolled in graduate programs. (IPEDS, Broyles p.55)
GRADUATE STUDENT
A student who holds a bachelor’s or first professional degree, or equivalent, and is taking courses at the post-baccalaureate level. (CDS p.29)
GRADUATES ENROLLED FOR CREDIT COURSES
A student who has earned a baccalaureate degree and is enrolled in a graduate course at an institution, but who has not yet been granted graduate student status, including students enrolled in post baccalaureate certificate programs. (IPEDS, Broyles p.55)
GRADUATION BASE RATE PERIOD
The fall semester six years prior to the reporting period through graduation during summer of the preceding year. (LBB October p.1)
GRADUATION RATE
The rate required for disclosure and/or reporting purposes under Student Right-to-Know. Calculated as the total number of completers within 150% of normal time divided by the revised cohort minus any allowable exclusions. (IPEDS Survey)
Materials for viewing without sound. Materials may or may not be projected or magnified. They include art originals, art prints, art reproductions, slides, transparencies, filmstrips, photographs, pictures, postcards, posters, study prints, and the like. (IPEDS, Broyles p.55)
Federally insured loans to students attending eligible health professions schools. Section 730 of the Public Health Service Act requires HEAL schools to maintain records on student loans granted under this program. (IPEDS, Broyles p.55)
HEALTH SERVICES
Free or low cost on-campus primary and preventive health care available to students. (CDS p.28)
HEARING IMPAIRED
Any person whose hearing loss is sufficiently severe to adversely affect educational performance. (IPEDS, Broyles p.55&56)
HBCU. Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Accredited institutionsof higher education established prior to 1964 with the principal mission of educating Black Americans. Federal regulations (20 USC 1061 (2)) allow for certain exceptions to the founding date. (IPEDS, Broyles p.56)
HEGIS
The Higher Education General Information Survey system conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics between 1966 and 1985. A system comprising several surveys of institutions that are accredited at the college level by an agency recognized by the Secretary, U.S. Department of Education. These surveys included institutional characteristics, enrollment, degrees conferred, salaries, employees, financial statistics, libraries, and others. HEGIS surveys were sent to approximately 3,400 accredited institutions of higher education. (IPEDS, Broyles p.56)
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR RECOGNIZED EQUIVALENT
A document certifying the successful completion of a prescribed secondary school program of studies, or the attainment of satisfactory scores on the Tests of General Educational Development (GED) or another state specified examination. (CDS p.28) (IPEDS, Broyles p.56)
HISPANIC
A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race. (CDS p.29) (IPEDS, Broyles p.56&57)
HOME STUDY
Method of instruction designed for students who live at a distance from the teaching institution. Instructional materials are provided to the student through various media with structured units of information, assigned exercises for practice, and examinations to measure achievement, which in turn are submitted to the teaching institution for evaluation, grade assignment, and the awarding of credit. (IPEDS, Broyles p.57)
HONORS PROGRAM
Any special program for very able students offering the opportunity for educational enrichment, independent study, acceleration, or some combination of these. (CDS p.29)
HOSPITALS (EXPENDITURES)
Expenditures associated with a hospital operated by the postsecondary institution, including nursing expenses, other professional services, general services, administrative services, fiscal services, and charges for physical plant operations. (IPEDS, Broyles p.57)
HOSPITALS (REVENUES)
Revenues generated by a hospital operated by the postsecondary institution. Includes gifts, grants, appropriations, research revenues, endowment income, and revenues of health clinics that are part of the hospital unless such clinics are part of the student health services program. Sales and service revenues are included net of discounts and allowances. Revenues associated with the medical school are included elsewhere. Also includes all amounts appropriated by governments (federal, state, local) for the operation of hospitals. (IPEDS, Broyles p.57)
HOUSING PLAN (RESTRICTED)
Plans which restrict beneficiaries to choose from only institution-owned housing. (IPEDS, Broyles p.58)
These are liabilities associated with the debt incurred in financing the institution's physical plant. Included as part of the total is the institution's indebtedness associated with auxiliary enterprises. Excluded is indebtedness issued and backed by the state government. (IPEDS, Broyles p.58)
INDEPENDENT OPERATIONS (EXPENDITURES)
Funds expended for operations that are independent of or unrelated to the primary missions of the institution (i.e., instruction, research, public service) although they may contribute indirectly to the enhancement of these programs. This category is generally limited to expenditures of a major federally funded research and development center. Excluded are expenditures of operations owned and managed as investment of the institution's endowment funds. (IPEDS, Broyles p.58)
INDEPENDENT OPERATIONS (REVENUES)
Revenues associated with operations independent of or unrelated to the primary missions of the institution (i.e., instruction, research, public service) although they may contribute indirectly to the enhancement of these programs. This category generally includes only those revenues associated with major federally funded research and development centers. Excluded are the net profit (or loss) from operations owned and managed as investments of the institution's endowment funds. (IPEDS, Broyles p.58&59)
INDEPENDENT STUDY
Academic work chosen or designed by the student with the approval of the department concerned, under an instructor’s supervision, and usually undertaken outside of the regular classroom structure. (CDS p.29)
IN-DISTRICT STUDENT
A student who is a legal resident of the locality in which he/she attends school and thus is entitled to reduced tuition charges if offered by the institution. (IPEDS, Broyles p.59)
IN-DISTRICT TUITION
The tuition charged by the institution to those students residing in the locality in which they attend school. This may be a lower rate than in-state tuition if offered by the institution. (IPEDS, Broyles p.59)
IN-STATE STUDENT
A student who is a legal resident of the state in which he/she attends school. (IPEDS, Broyles p.59)
IN-STATE TUITION
The tuition charged by institutions to those students who meet the state's or institution's residency requirements. (CDS p.29) (IPEDS, Broyles p.59)
INITIAL COHORT
Cohort. A specific group (of students) established for tracking purposes. [For the Graduation Rates component, the initial cohort is defined as all students who enter the institution as full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking students during either (1) the fall term of a given year, or (2) between September 1 and August 31 of the same academic year.] (IPEDS Survey)
INSTITUTIONAL ACCOUNT
An account in which the institution maintains fiscal control of revenues or expenditures and has full knowledge of the amounts flowing through the account. (IPEDS, Broyles p.59)
INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION
As used in IPEDS: An institution that is accredited at the college level by an accrediting agency or association recognized by the Secretary, U.S. Department of Education. These schools must offer at least a one year program of study creditable toward a degree and they are eligible for participation in Title IV Federal financial aid programs. Institutions of higher education are noted on the file by the presence of a FICE code and are the same group of schools (by definition) that were formerly surveyed by the Higher Education General Information Surveys (HEGIS), which preceded IPEDS. (IPEDS, Broyles p.60)
INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT (EXPENDITURES)
Expenditures for the day-to-day operational support of the institution. Includes expenditures for general administrative services, executive direction and planning, legal and fiscal operations, and public relations and development. Excludes expenditures for physical plant operations. (IPEDS, Broyles p.60)
INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM
Two or more postsecondary institutions under the control or supervision of a single administrative body. (IPEDS, Broyles p.60)
INSTITUTIONAL UNIVERSE
The Carnegie Classification's universe of institutions is defined as all degree-granting colleges and universities that are accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education. Operationally, the universe is derived from the listings in the 2000 Higher Education Directory, which is a comprehensive source on institutions' degree offerings and accreditation. With the exception of system offices and non-degree-granting institutions, every effort was made to assign a classification for each entity listed in the Directory. (Carnegie)
INSTRUCTION (EXPENDITURES)
Expenditures of the colleges, schools,departments, and other instructional divisions of the institution and expenditures for departmental research and public service that are not separately budgeted are included in this category. Includes expenditures for credit and noncredit activities. Excludes expenditures for academic administration where the primary function is administration (e.g., academic deans). Also includes general academic instruction, occupational and vocational instruction, special session instruction, community education, preparatory and adult basic education, and remedial and tutorial instruction conducted by the teaching faculty for the institution's students. (IPEDS, Broyles p.60&61)
INSTRUCTION/RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
Students employed on a part-time basis for the primary purpose of assisting in classroom or laboratory instruction or in the conduct of research. These positions are typically held by graduate students having titles such as teaching assistant, teaching associate, teaching fellow, or research assistant. Students in the College Work-Study Program are not included in this category. Employees hired on a full-time basis (not students) are considered "other professionals." (IPEDS, Broyles p.61)
INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITY
The provision of coursework to students which can be measured in various terms. (IPEDS, Broyles p.61)
INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY
Instruction/Research staff employed by the institution and whose major regular assignment is instruction, including those with released time for research. Employment status (full-time or part-time) is as defined by the institution. (IPEDS, Broyles p.61&62)
INTER-INSTITUTIONAL COURSES
Inter-institutional classes are those in which the faculty and courses of one institution are provided to another institution’s students. Neither the location of the class nor the delivery medium affect the definition. North Texas Federation classes, consortium classes, and some instructional telecommunication
