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GLOSSARY OF DEFINITIONS |
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| 11/12 month salary contract/teaching period | |
| The contracted teaching period of faculty
employed for the entire year, usually for a period of 11 or 12 months.
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| 12-month period | |
| A 12-month period defined by an
institution for reporting a full year of activity (usually either July 1
through June 30 or September 1 through August 31). This time period should be
consistent across all IPEDS data collections and from year-to-year.
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| A | |
| Academic support | |
| A functional expense category that
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 expenses 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. Under FASB standards this includes actual or allocated costs for
operation and maintenance of plant, interest, and depreciation. Under GASB
standards this does not include operation and maintenance of plant or interest
but may include depreciation expense.
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| Academic year | |
| The period of time generally extending
from September to June; usually equated to 2 semesters or trimesters, 3
quarters, or the period covered by a 4-1-4 calendar system.
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| Adjunct faculty | |
| Non-tenure track faculty serving in a
temporary or auxiliary capacity to teach specific courses on a course-by-course
basis. Includes both faculty who are hired to teach an academic degree-credit
course and those hired to teach a remedial, developmental, or ESL course;
whether the latter three categories earn college credit is immaterial. Excludes
regular part-time faculty (who, unlike adjuncts are not paid on a
course-by-course basis), graduate assistants, full-time professional staff of
the institution who may teach individual courses (such as a dean or academic
advisor), and appointees who teach non-credit courses exclusively.
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| 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 at the postsecondary level.
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| American Indian or Alaska 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. See also
Race/Ethnicity.
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| Asian/Pacific Islander | |
| A person having origins in any of the
original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, and
Pacific Islands. This includes people from China, Japan, Korea, the Philippine
Islands, American Samoa, India, and Vietnam. See also Race/Ethnicity.
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| Associate's degree | |
| An award that normally requires at least
2 but less than 4 years of full-time equivalent college work. See also
Degree. |
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| Audit/auditing (a class) | |
| Term used 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. NOTE: Since this activity is not credit bearing, it is not
counted in the Enrollment survey when reporting Instructional Activity. The
students are not counted as part the fall counts if they are exclusively
auditing their classes. |
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| Auxiliary enterprises | |
| 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. Examples are residence halls, food services,
student health services, intercollegiate athletics (only if essentially
self-supporting), college unions, college stores, faculty and staff parking,
and faculty housing. |
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| 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) 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. See also Degree. |
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| Black, non-Hispanic | |
| A person having origins in any of the
black racial groups of Africa (except those of Hispanic origin). See also
Race/Ethnicity. |
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| Board charges | |
| Charges assessed students for an academic
year for meals. |
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| Calendar system | |
| The method by which an institution
structures most of its courses for the academic year. |
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| Certificate | |
| A formal award certifying the
satisfactory completion of a postsecondary education program. |
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| CEU | |
| One CEU (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. |
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| CIP code | |
| A six-digit code in the form xx.xxxx that
identifies instructional program specialties within educational institutions. |
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| Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) | |
| A taxonomic coding scheme for secondary
and postsecondary instructional programs. It is intended to facilitate the
organization, collection, and reporting of program data using classifications
that capture the majority of reportable data. The CIP is the accepted federal
government statistical standard on instructional program classifications and is
used in a variety of education information surveys and databases.
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| Clerical and secretarial | |
| A primary function or occupational
activity category used to classify 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
programmer) and/or information and other paperwork required in an office. Also
includes such occupational titles such as switchboard operators, including
answering service; telephone operators; bill and account collectors; billing
and posting clerks and machine operators; bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing
clerks; payroll and timekeeping clerks; procurement clerks; file clerks;
clerical library assistants; human resources assistants, except payroll and
timekeeping; shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks; secretaries and
administrative assistants; computer operators; data entry and information
processing workers; desktop publishers; mail clerks and mail machine operators
(except postal service); office clerks (general); office machine operators
(except computer); and proofreaders and copy markers. |
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| Clock hour | |
| A unit of measure that represents an hour
of scheduled instruction given to students. Also referred to as contact hour. |
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| CMS Health Insurance Contributions | |
| Beginning in FY2002, public universities
were required to contribute a portion of employee health insurance costs to the
State's Health Insurance Reserve Fund. |
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| Cohort | |
| A specific group of students established
for tracking purposes. |
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| Community College Enrollment | |
Community college enrollments are divided
into the following three categories:
. Pre-Collegiate - Students enrolled in Adult Basic Education (NCHEMS PCS code 1.7), Adult Secondary Education (NCHEMS PCS code 1.8), and English as a Second Language (NCHEMS PCS code 1.9) programs, . Undergraduate - Students enrolled in Baccalaureate-Transfer (NCHEMS PCS code 1.1), Occupational/Technical (NCHEMS PCS code 1.2), and General Associate (NCHEMS PCS code 1.0) programs, but excluding students enrolled on a course basis. |
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| 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. |
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| Completers within 150% of normal time | |
| Students who completed their program
within 150% of the normal (or expected) time for completion. See Normal Time. |
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| Contact hour | |
| A unit of measure that represents an hour
of scheduled instruction given to students. Also referred to as clock hour. |
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| Contact hour activity | |
| The provision of coursework to students
which can be measured in terms of contact or clock hours. |
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| Continuous basis | |
| A calendar system classification that is
used by institutions that allow students to enroll/start classes at any time
during the 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. |
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| Control (of institution) | |
| A classification of whether an
institution is operated by publicly elected or appointed officials (public
control) or by privately elected or appointed officials and derives its major
source of funds from private sources (private control). |
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| COOL - College Opportunities Online | |
| A website operated by the U.S. Department
of Education that provides information on student expenses, financial aid,
admissions, enrollment, retention/graduation rates, and awards/degrees. The
information available on COOL is particularly useful for potential college
students and their parents, and the web site allows users to compare several
institutions at one time. Data for the COOL website are required to be
submitted annually by all colleges and universities that participate in federal
aid programs. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Credit hour | |
| A unit of measure representing the
equivalent of an hour (50 minutes) of instruction per week over the entire
term. It is applied toward the total number of credit hours needed for
completing the requirements of a degree, diploma, certificate, or other formal
award. |
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| Credit hour activity | |
| The provision of coursework to students
which can be measured in terms of credit hours. |
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| 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. The list of
Degrees is: |
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| Degree/Certificate 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. |
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| Diploma | |
| A formal document certifying the
successful completion of a prescribed program of studies. |
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| 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. See
also Degree.
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| Endowment assets | |
| 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. |
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| 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 endowments and funds functioning as
endowment. |
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| Endowment income | |
| Endowment income includes: (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 principal. Does not include gains spent for
current operations, which are treated as transfers. |
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| Enrollment (EF) | |
| One of the nine components of IPEDS. This
component collects data annually on the number of full- and part-time students
enrolled (on a census date in the fall) in Title IV postsecondary institutions
in the United States and its outlying areas, by level (undergraduate, graduate,
first-professional), and by race/ethnicity and gender of student. Institutions
report on students enrolled in courses creditable toward a degree or other
formal award; students enrolled in courses that are part of a vocational or
occupational program, including those enrolled in off-campus centers; and high
school students taking regular college courses for credit. Racial/ethnic data
have been collected annually since 1990 (biennially in even-numbered years
prior to then) for the Office for Civil Rights as part of their compliance
reporting requirements. Also in the fall of even-numbered years, 4-year
institutions are required to provide enrollment data by level, race/ethnicity,
and gender for nine selected fields of study-Education, Engineering, Law,
Biological Sciences/Life Sciences, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Dentistry,
Medicine, and Business Management and Administrative Services. Age
distributions are collected in odd-numbered years by student level. Data on
state of residence of first-time students and the number that graduated in the
past 12 months are collected in even-numbered years. Prior to 2000, additional
questions were asked on students enrolled in branch campuses in foreign
countries, those enrolled exclusively in remedial courses, and those enrolled
exclusively at extension divisions; however these items are not included in the
web-based system. An item that asks for the total number of undergraduates in
the entering class (including first-time, transfers-in, part-time students, and
non-degree students) was added in 2001. Most recently, NCES began requesting
information on retention rates of students from one fall to the next. This
component was formerly referred to as Fall Enrollment. |
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| Entering students (undergraduate) | |
Students coming into the institution for
the first time (in the fall term) at the undergraduate level. Includes:
. all first-time, first-year undergraduate-level students; . students transferring into the institution at any undergraduate level for the first time; . both full-time and part-time students; and . all degree and certificate-seeking as well as non-degree/certificate seeking students. |
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| Executive, administrative, and managerial | |
| A primary function or occupational
activity category used to classify persons whose assignments require 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. Assignments in this category customarily and
regularly require the incumbent to exercise discretion and independent
judgment. Included in this category are employees holding titles such as: top
executives; chief executives; general and operations managers; advertising,
marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers; operations
specialties managers; administrative services managers; computer and
information systems managers; financial managers; human resources managers;
purchasing managers; postsecondary education administrators such as:
presidents, vice presidents (including assistants and associates), deans
(including assistants and associates) if their principal activity is
administrative and not primarily instruction, research or public service,
directors (including assistants and associates), department heads (including
assistants and associates) if their principal activity is administrative and
not primarily instruction, research or public service, assistant and associate
managers (including first-line managers of service, production and sales
workers who spend more than 80 percent of their time performing supervisory
activities); engineering managers; food service managers; lodging managers; and
medical and health services managers. |
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| Expenses | |
| The outflow or other using up of assets
or incurrence of liabilities (or a combination of both) from delivering or
producing goods, rendering services, or carrying out other activities that
constitute the institution's ongoing major or central operations or in
generating revenues. Alternatively, expenses may be thought of as the costs of
goods and services used to produce the educational services provided by the
institution. Expenses result in a reduction of net assets. |
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| Faculty | |
| Persons identified by the institution as
such and typically those whose initial assignments are made for the purpose of
conducting instruction, research or public service as a principal activity (or
activities). They may hold academic rank titles of professor, associate
professor, assistant professor, instructor, lecturer or the equivalent of any
of those academic ranks. Faculty may also include the chancellor/president,
provost, vice provosts, deans, directors or the equivalent, as well as
associate deans, assistant deans and executive officers of academic departments
(chairpersons, heads or the equivalent) if their principal activity is
instruction combined with research and/or public service. The designation as
"faculty" is separate from the activities to which they may be currently
assigned. For example, a newly appointed president of an institution may also
be appointed as a faculty member. Graduate, instruction, and research
assistants are not included in this category. |
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| Fall cohort | |
| The group of students entering in the
fall term established for tracking purposes. For the Graduation Rates
component, this includes all students who enter an institution as full-time,
first-time degree or certificate-seeking undergraduate students during the fall
term of a given year. |
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| Fall Staff (S) | |
| One of the nine components of IPEDS. This
component is required biennially in odd-numbered years from all institutions
with 15 or more full-time employees. Fall Staff collects data on the numbers of
full- and part-time employees as of November 1 of the reporting year. Specific
data elements include: number of full-time faculty by contract length and
salary class intervals; number of other persons employed full-time by primary
occupational activity and salary class intervals; part-time employees by
primary occupational activity; tenure of full-time faculty by academic rank;
and new hires by primary occupational activity. Most data are provided by
race/ethnicity and gender. Prior to 2001, the survey also requested the number
of persons donating (contributing) services or contracted for by the
institution. Between 1987 and 1991, the Fall Staff data were collected in
cooperation with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
Beginning in 1993, all schools formerly surveyed by EEOC (using the EEO-6
survey form) reported through IPEDS Fall Staff. |
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| Fall term | |
| The part of the academic year that begins
between late August and November 1. |
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| Federal government grants and contracts (revenues) | |
| Revenues from federal governmental
agencies that are for training programs , research, or public service
activities for which expenditures are reimbursable under the terms of a
government grant or contract. Includes Pell Grants for GASB institutions only.
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| Federal grants | |
| Transfers of money or property from the
Federal government to the education institution without a requirement to
receive anything in return. These grants may take the form of grants to the
institutions to undertake research or they may be in the form of student
financial aid. (Used for reporting on the Finance component) |
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| Federal grants (grants/educational assistance funds) | |
| Grants provided by federal agencies such
as the U.S. Department of Education, including Title IV Pell Grants and
Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG). Also includes need-based
and merit-based educational assistance funds and training vouchers provided
from other federal agencies and/or federally-sponsored educational benefits
programs, including the Veteran's Administration, Department of Labor, and
other federal agencies. (Used for reporting on the Student Financial Aid
component) |
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| FICE (Federal Interagency Committee on Education) code | |
| A 6-digit identification code originally
created by the Federal Interagency Committee on Education (FICE). The code was
used to identify all schools doing business with the Office of Education during
the early sixties. This code is no longer used in IPEDS; it has been replaced
by the Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) ID code. |
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| Finance (F) | |
| One of the nine components of IPEDS. The
annual finance component collects data that describe the financial condition of
postsecondary education in the nation. Data are used to monitor changes in
postsecondary education finance and to promote research involving institutional
financial resources and expenditures. Specific data elements include such items
as current fund revenues by source (e.g., tuition and fees, government, private
gifts); current fund expenditures by function (e.g., instruction, research,
plant maintenance and operation); physical plant assets and indebtedness; and
endowment investments. Various versions of the form are available depending on
the accounting standards followed by the institution (FASB or GASB). |
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| Financial aid | |
| Grants, loans, assistantships,
scholarships, fellowships, tuition waivers, tuition discounts, veteran's
benefits, employer aid (tuition reimbursement) and other monies (other than
from relatives/friends) provided to students to meet expenses. This includes
Title IV subsidized and unsubsidized loans made directly to students. |
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| 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. See also Degree.
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| 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
itselfFirst-professional degrees may be awarded in the following 10 fields:
. Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.) . Law (L.L.B., J.D.) . Medicine (M.D.) . Optometry (O.D.) . Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) . Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) . Podiatry (D.P.M., D.P., or Pod.D.) . Theology (M.Div., M.H.L., B.D., or Ordination) . Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.). |
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| First-professional student | |
A student enrolled in any of the
following degree programs :
. Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.) . Law (L.L.B., J.D.) . Medicine (M.D.) . Optometry (O.D.) . Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) . Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) . Podiatry (D.P.M., D.P., or Pod.D.) . Theology (M.Div., M.H.L., B.D., or Ordination) . Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.) |
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| First-time student (undergraduate) | |
| A student attending any institution for
the first time at the undergraduate level. Includes students enrolled in
academic or occupational programs. Also includes students enrolled in the fall
term who attended college for the first time in the prior summer term, and
students who entered with advanced standing (college credits earned before
graduation from high school). Institutions that do not have a standard fall
term should consider all students entering the institution between August 1 and
October 31 as first-time students, provided they have no previous postsecondary
experience. |
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| 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. |
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| Four-year institution | |
| A postsecondary institution that offers
programs of at least 4 years duration or one that offers programs at or above
the baccalaureate level. Includes schools that offer postbaccalaureate
certificates only or those that offer graduate programs only. Also includes
free-standing medical, law or other first-professional schools. |
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| Fourth Year and Beyond | |
| An undergraduate student who has
completed the equivalent of three years of full-time undergraduate work: For
example, at least 90 semester credit in a 120-credit degree program. |
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| Freshman | |
| A first-year undergraduate student. |
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| Full-time instructional faculty | |
| Those members of the instruction/research
staff who are employed full time and whose major regular assignment is
instruction, including those with released time for research. Also, includes
full-time faculty for whom it is not possible to differentiate between
teaching, research and public service because each of these functions is an
integral component of his/her regular assignment. |
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| Full-time staff (employees) | |
| As defined by the institution. The type
of appointment at the snapshot date determines whether an employee is full time
or part time. The employee's term of contract is not considered in making the
determination of full or part time. |
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| Full-time student | |
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| Full-year cohort | |
| The group of students entering at any
time during the 12-month period September 1 through August 31 that is
established for tracking and reporting Graduation Rate (GRS) data for
institutions that primarily offer occupational programs of varying lengths.
Students must be full time and first time to be considered in the cohort. |
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| Gifts | |
| Revenues received from gift or
contribution nonexchange transactions. Includes bequests, promises to give
(pledges), gifts from an affiliated organization or a component unit not
blended or consolidated, and income from funds held in irrevocable trusts or
distributable at the direction of the trustees of the trusts. Includes any
contributed services recognized (recorded) by the institution. FASB and GASB
standards differ somewhat on when to recognize contributions or nonexchange
revenues, with FASB standards generally causing revenues to be recognized
earlier in certain circumstances. |
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| 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. The most common example is a state's general appropriation.
Appropriations primarily to fund capital assets are classified as capital
appropriations.
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| Graduate assistants | |
| Graduate-level students employed on a
part-time basis for the primary purpose of assisting in classroom or laboratory
instruction or in the conduct of research. Graduate students having titles such
as graduate assistant, teaching assistant, teaching associate, teaching fellow,
or research assistant typically hold these positions. |
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| 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.
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| Graduation rate | |
| The rate required for disclosure and/or
reporting purposes under Student Right-to-Know. This rate is calculated as the
total number of completers within 150% of normal time divided by the revised
cohort minus any allowable exclusions. |
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| Graduation Rates (GRS) | |
| One of the nine components of IPEDS. This
annual survey was added in 1997 to help institutions satisfy the requirements
of the Student Right-to-Know legislation. Data are collected on the number of
students entering the institution as full-time, first-time, degree- or
certificate-seeking undergraduate students in a particular year (cohort), by
race/ethnicity and gender; the number completing their program within 150
percent of normal time to completion; the number that transfer to other
institutions if transfer is part of the institution's mission; and the number
of students receiving athletically-related student aid in the cohort and number
of these completing within 150 percent of normal time to completion. Schools
with athletic aid must also provide the total number of students receiving aid
in the prior year, by race/ethnicity and gender within sport. The GRS
automatically generates worksheets that calculate rates, including average
rates over 4 years. |
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| Grants and contracts (revenues) | |
| Revenues from governmental agencies and
nongovernmental parties that are for specific research projects, other types of
programs, or for general institutional operations (if not government
appropriations). Examples are research projects, training programs, student
financial assistance, and similar activities for which amounts are received or
expenses are reimbursable under the terms of a grant or contract, including
amounts to cover both direct and indirect expenses. Includes Pell Grants and
reimbursement for costs of administering federal financial aid programs. Grants
and contracts should be classified to identify the governmental level -
federal, state, or local - funding the grant or contract to the institution;
grants and contracts from other sources are classified as nongovernmental
grants and contracts. GASB institutions are required to classify in financial
reports such grants and contracts as either operating or nonoperating. |
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| Grants by state government | |
| These are state monies awarded to the
institution under student financial aid programs, including the state portion
of State Student Incentive Grants (SSIG). |
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| H | |
| Hispanic | |
| A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban,
Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of
race. See also Race/Ethnicity.
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| Hospital services | |
| Revenue & Expenses associated with a
hospital operated by the postsecondary institution (but not as a component
unit) and reported as a part of the institution. This classification includes
nursing expenses, other professional services, general services, administrative
services, and fiscal services. Also included are information technology
expenses, actual or allocated costs for operation and maintenance of plant, and
depreciation related to hospital capital assets. FASB institutions also charge
or allocate interest expense to hospitals. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| In-state student | |
| A student who is a legal resident of the
state in which he/she attends school.
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| In-state tuition | |
| The tuition charged by institutions to
those students who meet the state's or institution's residency requirements. |
|
| Independent operations (expenses) | |
| Expenses associated with 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 expenses of a major federally funded research and development
center. Also includes information technology expenses, actual or allocated
costs for operation and maintenance of plant, and depreciation related to the
independent operations. FASB institutions also charge or allocate interest
expense to independent operations. Expenses of operations owned and managed as
investments of the institution's endowment funds are excluded. |
|
| 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. Generally includes only those revenues
associated with major federally funded research and development centers. Net
profit (or loss) from operations owned and managed as investments of the
institution's endowment funds is excluded. |
|
| Indirect Cost Recovery | |
| Revenues derived from indirect cost
reimbursements.
|
|
| Institution's staff (not in medical schools) | |
| Term used to describe all staff employed
by or employees working in a postsecondary institution, except those employed
by or working in the medical school component of the institution. Includes
staff employed by or employees working in the postsecondary component of a
hospital or medical center that offers postsecondary education as one of its
primary missions; also includes those working in first-professional schools
(e.g., law schools, dental schools, schools optometry) except medical schools.
|
|
| Institutional Characteristics (IC) | |
| One of the nine components of IPEDS. The
annual Institutional Characteristics (IC) component is the core of the IPEDS
system is and is required of all currently operating Title IV postsecondary
institutions in the United States and its outlying areas. As the control file
for the entire IPEDS system, IC constitutes the sampling frame for all other
NCES surveys of postsecondary institutions. It also helps determine the
specific IPEDS screens that are shown to each institution. This component
collects the basic institutional data that are necessary to sort and analyze
not only the IC database, but also all other IPEDS databases. IC data are
collected for the academic year, which generally extends from September of one
calendar year to June of the following year. Specific data elements currently
collected for each institution include: institution name, address, telephone
number, control or affiliation, calendar system, levels of degrees and awards
offered, types of programs, application information, student services, and
accreditation. The IC component also collects pricing information including
tuition and required fees, room and board charges, books and supplies and other
expenses for release on IPEDS COOL. |
|
| Institutional grants | |
| Scholarships and fellowships granted and
funded by the institution and/or individual departments within the institution,
(i.e., instruction, research, public service) that may contribute indirectly to
the enhancement of these programs. Includes scholarships targeted to certain
individuals (e.g., based on state of residence, major field of study, athletic
team participation) for which the institution designates the recipient. |
|
| Institutional grants (funded) (allowances) | |
| Scholarships and fellowships awarded to
students from institutional resources that are restricted to student aid.
Private institutions generally report these grants as allowances. If control
over these resources passes to the student, the amount is reported as an
expense. (Used for reporting under FASB Standards.) |
|
| Institutional grants (unfunded) (allowances) | |
| Scholarships and fellowships awarded to
students from unrestricted institutional resources. Private institutions
generally report these grants as allowances. If control over these resources
passes to the student, the amount is reported as an expense. (Used for
reporting under FASB Standards.) |
|
| Institutional grants from restricted resources | |
| Institutional grants to students funded
from restricted-expendable resources for student aid, such as scholarships and
fellowships. (Used for reporting under GASB Standards.) |
|
| Institutional grants from unrestricted resources | |
| Institutional grants to students that are
funded from resources that are not restricted to any particular purpose. (Used
for reporting under GASB Standards.) |
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| Institutional support | |
| A functional expense category that
includes expenses for the day-to-day operational support of the institution.
Includes expenses for general administrative services, central executive-level
activities concerned with management and long range planning, legal and fiscal
operations, space management, employee personnel and records, logistical
services such as purchasing and printing, and public relations and development.
Also includes information technology expenses related to institutional support
activities. If an institution does not separately budget and expense
information technology resources, the costs associated with student services
and operation and maintenance of plant will also be applied to this function.
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. |
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| Instruction | |
| A functional expense category that
includes expenses of the colleges, schools, departments, and other
instructional divisions of the institution and expenses for departmental
research and public service that are not separately budgeted. Includes general
academic instruction, occupational and vocational instruction, community
education, preparatory and adult basic education, and regular, special, and
extension sessions. Also includes expenses for both credit and non-credit
activities. Excludes expenses for academic administration where the primary
function is administration (e.g., academic deans). Information technology
expenses related to instructional activities if the institution separately
budgets and expenses information technology resources are included (otherwise
these expenses are included in academic 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. |
|
| Instruction combined with research and/or public service | |
| A primary function or occupational
activity category used to classify persons for whom it is not possible to
differentiate between teaching, research and public service because each of
these functions is an integral component of his/her regular assignment. These
employees may hold academic rank titles of professor, associate professor,
assistant professor, instructor, lecturer or the equivalent. This category
includes all officers holding titles such as associate deans, assistant deans,
and executive officers of academic departments (chairpersons, heads, or
equivalent) if their principal activity is instruction combined with research
and/or public service. |
|
| Instructional activity | |
| The provision of coursework to students. |
|
| Instructional faculty (full time) | |
| See Full-time instructional faculty. |
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| Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) | |
| The Integrated Postsecondary Education
Data System (IPEDS) conducted by the NCES. IPEDS began in 1986 and involves
annual institution-level data collections. All postsecondary institutions that
have a Program Participation Agreement with the Office of Postsecondary
Education (OPE), U.S. Department of Education are required to report data using
a web-based data collection system. IPEDS currently consists of the following
components: Institutional Characteristics (IC); Completions (C); Employees by
Assigned Position (EAP); Fall Staff (S); Salaries (SA); Enrollment (EF);
Graduation Rates (GRS); Finance (F); and Student Financial Aid (SFA).
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| IPEDS College Opportunities On-Line (IPEDS COOL) | |
| A web tool accessed through
http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool that provides selected IPEDS data for nearly
7,000 colleges, universities, and other postsecondary schools in the United
States and the outlying areas. IPEDS College Opportunities On-Line (IPEDS COOL)
helps parents and students identify potential postsecondary institutions based
on a variety of criteria, helps them understand the differences between these
institutions, and provides information on how much it costs to attend each. |
|
| IPEDS universe | |
| Those postsecondary institutions that
have been identified and are potential respondents to the IPEDS surveys. The
universe does not include all postsecondary institutions because many exist
that are not included in the list of Title IV eligible institutions and, thus,
there is currently no complete list of these institutions. |
|
| L | |
| Less than 2-year institution | |
| A postsecondary institution that offers
programs of less than 2-years duration below the baccalaureate level. Includes
occupational and vocational schools with programs that do not exceed 1800
contact hours. |
|
| Less than 9/10-month salary contract/teaching period | |
| The contracted teaching period of faculty
employed for less than 2 semesters, 3 quarters, 2 trimesters, or 2 4-month
sessions. |
|
| Level (of institution) | |
| A classification of whether an
institution's programs are 4-year or higher (4 year), 2-but-less-than 4-year (2
year), or less than 2-year. |
|
| Loans to students | |
| Any monies that must be repaid to the
lending institution for which the student is the designated borrower. Includes
all Title IV subsidized and unsubsidized loans and all institutionally- and
privately-sponsored loans. Does not include PLUS and other loans made directly
to parents. |
|
| Local appropriations, education district taxes, and similar support | |
| Local appropriations are government
appropriations made by a governmental entity below the state level. Education
district taxes include all tax revenues assessed directly by an institution or
on behalf of an institution when the institution will receive the exact amount
collected. These revenues also include similar revenues that result from
actions of local governments or citizens (such as through a referendum) that
result in receipt by the institution of revenues based on collections of other
taxes or resources (sales taxes, gambling taxes, etc.). |
|
| Local government grants and contracts (revenues) | |
| Revenues from local government agencies
that are for training programs and similar activities for which amounts are
received or expenditures are reimbursable under the terms of a local government
grant or contract. |
|
| Local grants | |
| Local monies awarded to the institution
under local government student aid programs. |
|
| Local grants (revenues) | |
| A sum of money or property bestowed on a
postsecondary institution by a local government. These amounts can be treated
as an allowance, an agency transaction, or as a student aid expense in the
institution's General Purpose Financial Statements (GPFS) and are reported
differently depending on their treatment. Generally, however, private
institutions report these grants as allowances when applied to the student's
account and as local grant revenues when received. |
|
| Long programs | |
| Undergraduate programs that exceed the
usual program length for a specific level. This would include programs of 5
years or longer for 4-year institutions and programs of 3 years or longer for
2-year institutions. |
|
| M | |
| Master's degree | |
| An award that requires the successful
completion of a program of study of at least the full-time equivalent of 1 but
not more than 2 academic years of work beyond the bachelor's degree. See also
Degree.
|
|
| N | |
| National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) | |
| The National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES), in the Institute of Education Sciences, is the statistical
agency of the U.S. Department of Education and the primary federal provider of
education statistics on the condition of American education. |
|
| National institutional accreditation | |
| Institutional accreditation normally
applies to an entire institution, indicating that each of its parts is
contributing to the achievement of an institution's objectives, although not
necessarily all on the same level of quality. The various commissions of the
regional accrediting associations, for example, perform institutional
accreditation, as do some national institutional accrediting agencies. |
|
| New hires | |
| Persons who were hired for full-time
permanent employment for the first time, or after a break in service, between
July 1st and October 31st of the survey year. These do not include persons who
have returned from sabbatical leave or full-time faculty with less than 9-month
contracts/teaching periods.
|
|
| Non-degree-seeking student | |
| A student enrolled in courses for credit
who is not recognized by the institution as seeking a degree or formal award. |
|
| Non-professional staff | |
| Employees of an institution whose primary
function or occupational activity is classified as one of the following:
technical and paraprofessional; clerical and secretarial; skilled crafts; or
service/maintenance. |
|
| Noncredit course | |
| A course or activity having no credit
applicable toward a degree, diploma, certificate, or other formal award.
|
|
| Nonresident alien | |
| A person who is not a citizen or national
of the United States and who is in this country on a visa or temporary basis
and does not have the right to remain indefinitely.
|
|
| Normal time to completion | |
| The amount of time necessary for a
student to complete all requirements for a degree or certificate according to
the institution's catalog. This is typically 4 years (8 semesters or
trimesters, or 12 quarters, excluding summer terms) for a bachelor's degree in
a standard term-based institution; 2 years (4 semesters or trimesters, or 6
quarters, excluding summer terms) for an associate's degree in a standard
term-based institution; and the various scheduled times for certificate
programs.
|
|
| O | |
| Off-campus facility | |
| A teaching facility located some distance
away from the educational institution which operates it.
|
|
| Official fall reporting date | |
| The date (in the fall) on which an
institution must report fall enrollment data to either the state, its board of
trustees or governing board, or some other external governing body.
|
|
| On-campus housing | |
| Any residence halls owned or controlled
by an institution within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area and
used by the institution in direct support of or in a manner related to, the
institution's educational purposes. |
|
| OPE ID | |
| Identification number used by the U.S.
Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) to identify
schools that have Program Participation Agreements (PPA) so that its students
are eligible to participate in Federal Student Financial Assistance programs
under Title IV regulations. This is a 6-digit number followed by a 2-digit
suffix used to identify branches, additional locations, and other entities that
are part of the eligible institution. |
|
| Open admission | |
| Admission policy whereby the school will
accept any student who applies. |
|
| Operating | |
| GASB requires that revenues and expenses
be separated between operating and nonoperating. Operating revenues and
expenses result from providing goods and services. Operating transactions are
incurred in the course of the operating activities of the institution. |
|
| Operation and maintenance of plant (expenses) | |
| A functional expense category that
includes expenses for operations established to provide service and maintenance
related to campus grounds and facilities used for educational and general
purposes. Specific expenses include utilities, fire protection, property
insurance, and similar items. This function does not include amounts charged to
auxiliary enterprises, hospitals, and independent operations. Also includes
information technology expenses related to operation and maintenance of plant
activities if the institution separately budgets and expenses information
technology resources (otherwise these expenses are included in institutional
support). Institutions may, as an option, distribute depreciation expense to
this function. FASB institutions do not use this function. Instead these
expenses are charged to or allocated to other functions. |
|
| Other academic calendar system | |
| Category used to describe
"non-traditional" calendar systems at 4-year and 2-year degree-granting
institutions. These can include schools that offer primarily on-line courses or
"one course at a time." |
|
| Other areas | |
| Includes American Samoa, the Federated
States of Micronesia, Guam, the Marshall Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands,
Palau, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. |
|
| Other degree-seeking subcohort | |
| A cohort of students who were seeking a
degree or certificate other than bachelor's degree upon entry. |
|
| Other federal grants | |
| Federal monies awarded to the institution
under federal government student aid programs, such as Supplemental Educational
Opportunity Grants (SEOG), DHHS training grants (aid portion only), State
Student Incentive Grants (SSIG), and other federal student aid programs. Pell
grants are not included in this classification. Note: if the federal government
selects the student recipients and simply transmits the funds to the
institution for disbursement to the student, the amounts are not considered as
revenues and subsequently there are no discounts & allowances or
scholarships and fellowships expenses. If the funds are made available to the
institution for selection of student recipients, then the amounts received are
considered as nonoperating revenues and subsequently as discounts &
allowances or scholarships and fellowships expenses. |
|
| Other professional (support/service) | |
| A primary function or occupational
activity category used to classify persons employed for the primary purpose of
performing academic support, student service, and institutional support, whose
assignments would require either a baccalaureate degree or higher or experience
of such kind and amount as to provide a comparable background. Included in this
category are all employees holding titles such as business operations
specialists; buyers and purchasing agents; human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists; management analysts; meeting and convention planners;
miscellaneous business operations specialists; financial specialists;
accountants and auditors; budget analysts; financial analysts and advisors;
financial examiners; loan counselors and officers; computer specialists;
computer and information scientists, research; computer programmers; computer
software engineers; computer support specialists; computer systems analysts;
database administrators; network and computer systems administrators; network
systems and data communication analysts; counselors, social workers, and other
community and social service specialists; counselors; social workers; health
educators; clergy; directors, religious activities and education; lawyers;
librarians, curators, and archivists; museum technicians and conservators;
librarians; artists and related workers; designers; athletes, coaches, umpires;
dancers and choreographers; music directors and composers; chiropractors;
dentists; dietitians and nutritionists; optometrists; pharmacists; physicians
and surgeons; podiatrists; registered nurses; therapists; and veterinarians. |
|
| Other sources (revenues) | |
| Other sources of revenues not covered
elsewhere in the collection of IPEDS Finance data from schools reporting under
the pre GASB 34/35 Standards. Examples are interest income and gains (net of
losses) from investments of unrestricted current funds, miscellaneous rentals
and sales, expired term endowments, and terminated annuity or life income
agreements, if not material. Also includes revenues resulting from the sales
and services of internal service departments to persons or agencies external to
the institution (e.g., the sale of computer time). |
|
| Out-of-state student | |
| A student who is not a legal resident of
the state in which he/she attends school. |
|
| P | |
| Part-time staff (employees) | |
| As determined by the institution. The
type of appointment at the snapshot date determines whether an employee is full
time or part time. The employee's term of contract is not considered in making
the determination of full or part time. Casual employees (hired on an ad-hoc
basis or occasional basis to meet short-term needs) and students in the College
Work-Study Program (CWS) are not considered part-time staff. |
|
| Part-time student | |
| Undergraduate:
A student enrolled for either 11 semester credits or less, or 11 quarter
credits or less, or less than 24 contact hours a week each term. Graduate: A student enrolled for either 8 semester credits or less, or 8 quarter credits or less. |
|
| Pell Grant program | |
| (Higher Education Act of 1965, Title IV,
Part A, Subpart I, as amended.) Provides grant assistance to eligible
undergraduate postsecondary students with demonstrated financial need to help
meet education expenses. |
|
| Perkins Loan program | |
| (Higher Education Act of 1965, Title IV,
Part E, as amended, Public Laws 89-329, 92-318, et al; 20 USC 1087aa-1087hh.).
Formerly known as National Direct Student Loans NDSL), the Perkins Loan program
provides low interest loans to eligible postsecondary students (undergraduate,
graduate, or professional students) with demonstrated financial need to help
meet educational expenses. |
|
| Post-Baccalaureate Certificate | |
| An award that requires completion of an
organized program of study equivalent to 18 semester credit hours beyond the
bachelor's. It is designed for persons who have completed a baccalaureate
degree, but does not meet the requirements of a master's degree.See also
Degree. |
|
| Post-Baccalaureate Student | |
| A student with a bachelor's degree who is
enrolled in graduate-level or first-professional courses. |
|
| Post-Master's Certficiate | |
| An award that requires completion of an
organized program of study equivalent to 24 semester credit hours beyond the
master's degree, but does not meet the requirements of academic degrees at the
doctor's level.See also Degree. |
|
| Postsecondary award, certificate, or diploma (at least 1 but less than 2 academic years) | |
| Requires completion of an organized
program of study at the postsecondary level (below the baccalaureate degree) in
at least 1 but less than 2 full-time equivalent academic years, or designed for
completion in at least 30 but less than 60 semester or trimester credit hours,
or in at least 45 but less than 90 quarter credit hours, or in at least 900 but
less than 1,800 contact or clock hours, by a student enrolled full time. |
|
| Postsecondary award, certificate, or diploma (at least 2 but less than 4 academic years) | |
| Requires completion of an organized
program of study at the postsecondary level (below the baccalaureate degree) in
at least 2 but less than 4 full-time equivalent academic years, or designed for
completion in at least 60 but less than 120 semester or trimester credit hours,
or in at least 90 but less than 180 quarter credit hours, or in at least 1,800
but less than 3,600 contact or clock hours, by a student enrolled full time. |
|
| Postsecondary award, certificate, or diploma (less than 1 academic year) | |
| Requires completion of an organized
program of study at the postsecondary level (below the baccalaureate degree) in
less than 1 academic year (2 semesters or 3 quarters), or designed for
completion in less than 30 semester or trimester credit hours, or in less than
45 quarter credit hours, or in less than 900 contact or clock hours, by a
student enrolled full time. |
|
| Postsecondary education | |
| The provision of a formal instructional
program whose curriculum is designed primarily for students who are beyond the
compulsory age for high school. This includes programs whose purpose is
academic, vocational, and continuing professional education, and excludes
avocational and adult basic education programs.
|
|
| Postsecondary education institution | |
| An institution which has as its sole
purpose or one of its primary missions, the provision of postsecondary
education. Postsecondary education is the provision of a formal instructional
program whose curriculum is designed primarily for students beyond the
compulsory age for high school. This includes programs whose purpose is
academic, vocational, and continuing professional education, and excludes
avocational and adult basic education programs. |
|
| Predominant calendar system | |
| The method by which an institution
structures most of its courses for the academic year. |
|
| Primarily instruction | |
| A primary function or occupational
activity category used to classify persons whose specific assignments
customarily are made for the purpose of conducting instruction or teaching and
who hold academic titles of professor, associate professor, assistant
professor, instructor, lecturer or the equivalent. Includes deans, directors,
or the equivalent, as well as associate deans, assistant deans, and executive
officers of academic departments (chairpersons, heads, or equivalent) if their
principal activity is instruction. |
|
| Primarily public service | |
| A primary function or occupational
activity category used to classify persons whose specific assignments
customarily are made for the purpose of carrying out public service activities
such as agricultural extension services, clinical services, or continuing
education and who may hold academic titles of professor, associate professor,
assistant professor. Includes deans, directors, or the equivalent, as well as
associate deans, assistant deans, and executive officers of academic
departments (chairpersons, heads, or equivalent) if their principal activity is
public service. |
|
| Primarily research | |
| A primary function or occupational
activity category used to classify persons whose specific assignments
customarily are made for the purpose of conducting research and who hold
academic titles of professor, associate professor, assistant professor, or
titles such as research associate or postdoctoral fellow. Includes deans,
directors, or the equivalent, as well as associate deans, assistant deans, and
executive officers of academic departments (chairpersons, heads, or equivalent)
if their principal activity is research. |
|
| Primary occupational activity | |
| The principal activity of a staff member
as determined by the institution. If an individual participates in two or more
activities, the primary activity is normally determined by the amount of time
spent in each activity. Occupational activities are designated as follows:
Executive, administrative, and managerial; Faculty (instruction/research/public
service); Graduate assistants; Other professional (support/service); Technical
and paraprofessional; Clerical and secretarial; Skilled crafts; and
Service/maintenance (see separate definitions). |
|
| Private for-profit institution | |
| A private institution in which the
individual(s) or agency in control receives compensation other than wages,
rent, or other expenses for the assumption of risk. |
|
| Private gifts, grants and contracts (revenues) | |
| Revenues from private donors for which no
legal consideration is involved and from private contracts for specific goods
and services provided to the funder as stipulation for receipt of the funds.
Includes only those gifts, grants, and contracts that are directly related to
instruction, research, public service, or other institutional purposes.
Includes monies received as a result of gifts, grants, or contracts from a
foreign government. Also includes the estimated dollar amount of contributed
services. |
|
| Private institution | |
| An educational institution controlled by
a private individual(s) or by a nongovernmental agency, usually supported
primarily by other than public funds, and operated by other than publicly
elected or appointed officials. These institutions may be either for-profit or
not-for-profit. |
|
| Private not-for-profit institution | |
| A private institution in which the
individual(s) or agency in control receives no compensation, other than wages,
rent, or other expenses for the assumption of risk. These include both
independent not-for-profit schools and those affiliated with a religious
organization. |
|
| Professional staff | |
| Employees of an institution whose primary
function or occupational activity is classified as one of the following:
faculty; executive, administrative, managerial or other professional. |
|
| Program | |
| A combination of courses and related
activities organized for the attainment of broad educational objectives as
described by the institution. |
|
| Program category | |
| A summary of groups of related
instructional programs designated by the first 2 digits of its appropriate
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code. |
|
| Program Participation Agreement (PPA) | |
| A written agreement between a
postsecondary institution and the Secretary of Education. This agreement allows
institutions to participate in any of the Title IV student assistance programs
other than the State Student Incentive Grant (SSIG) and the National Early
Intervention Scholarship and Partnership (NEISP) programs. The PPA conditions
the initial and continued participation of an eligible institution in any Title
IV program upon compliance with the General Provisions regulations, the
individual program regulations, and any additional conditions specified in the
program participation agreement that the Department of Education requires the
institution to meet. Institutions with such an agreement are referred to as
Title IV institutions. |
|
| Program specialty | |
| A specific instructional program that can
be identified by a 6-digit Classification of Institutional Programs (CIP) Code. |
|
| Program with no formal award | |
| Any formally organized program with
stated educational objectives and well-defined completion requirements that
does not lead to a formal award. |
|
| Programs of at least 2 years but less than 4 years | |
| Programs requiring at least 2 years but
less than 4 years of full-time equivalent college level work, including
associate's degrees and programs that can be completed in at least 1,800 but
less than 3,600 contact hours to obtain a degree, diploma, certificate, of
formal award. |
|
| Programs of at least 4 years | |
| Programs designed to be completed in at
least 8 semesters or 12 quarters to obtain a degree, diploma, or other formal
award. Includes programs resulting in all bachelor's degrees and other
baccalaureate level or equivalent degrees, as well as 5-year cooperative
programs, and those programs in which the normal 4 years of work are designed
to be completed in 3 years. |
|
| Programs of less than 2 year | |
| Programs requiring less than 2 years of
full-time equivalent college level work (4 semesters or 6 quarters) or less
than 1,800 contact hours to obtain a degree, diploma, certificate, or quarter
in the summer. |
|
| Public institution | |
| An educational institution whose programs
and activities are operated by publicly elected or appointed school officials
and which is supported primarily by public funds. |
|
| Public service (expense) | |
| A functional expense category that
includes expenses for activities established primarily to provide
noninstructional services beneficial to individuals and groups external to the
institution. Examples are conferences, institutes, general advisory service,
reference bureaus, and similar services provided to particular sectors of the
community. This function includes expenses for community services, cooperative
extension services, and public broadcasting services. Also includes information
technology expenses related to the public service activities if the institution
separately budgets and expenses information technology resources (otherwise
these expenses are included in academic 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. |
|
| Q | |
| Quarter (calendar system) | |
| A calendar system in which the academic
year consists of 3 sessions called quarters of about 12 weeks each. The range
may be from 10 to 15 weeks. There may be an additional quarter in the summer. |
|
| R | |
| Race/Ethnicity | |
| Categories used to describe groups to
which individuals belong, identify with, or belong in the eyes of the
community. The categories do not denote scientific definitions of
anthropological origins. A person may be counted in only one group. The groups
used to categorize U.S. citizens, resident aliens, and other eligible
non-citizens are: |
|
| Race/ethnicity unknown | |
| The category used to report students or
employees whose race/ethnicity is not known. and institutions are unable to
place them in one of the specified racial/ethnic categories. |
|
| RAMP - IBHE Resource Allocation and Management Program | |
| The Illinois Board of Higher Education's
annual Resource Allocation and Management Program (RAMP) provides data used in
the planning and budgeting processes for Illinois public universities and
community colleges. |
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| Remedial courses | |
| Instructional courses designed for
students deficient in the general competencies necessary for a regular
postsecondary curriculum and educational setting. |
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| Required fees | |
| Fixed sum charged to students for items
not covered by tuition and required of such a large proportion of all students
that the student who does not pay the charge is an exception. |
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| Research (expense) | |
| A functional expense category that
includes expenses for activities specifically organized to produce research
outcomes and commissioned by an agency either external to the institution or
separately budgeted by an organizational unit within the institution. The
category includes institutes and research centers, and individual and project
research. This function does not include nonresearch sponsored programs (e.g.,
training programs). Also included are information technology expenses related
to research activities if the institution separately budgets and expenses
information technology resources (otherwise these expenses are included in
academic support.) FASB institutions include actual or allocated costs for
operation & maintenance of plant, interest, and depreciation. GASB
institutions do not include operation & maintenance of plant or interest
but may, as an option, distribute depreciation expense. |
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| Residence | |
| A person's permanent address determined
by such evidence as a driver's license or voter registration. For entering
freshmen, residence may be the legal residence of a parent or guardian. |
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| Resident alien (and other eligible non-citizens) | |
| A person who is not a citizen or national
of the United States but who has been admitted as a legal immigrant for the
purpose of obtaining permanent resident alien status (and who holds either an
alien registration card (Form I-551 or I-151), a Temporary Resident Card (Form
I-688), or an Arrival-Departure Record (Form I-94) with a notation that conveys
legal immigrant status such as Section 207 Refugee, Section 208 Asylee,
Conditional Entrant Parolee or Cuban-Haitian). |
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| Restricted current funds | |
| Funds available for financing operations
but which are limited by donors or other external agencies to specific
purposes, programs, departments, or schools. These funds are subject to
externally imposed restrictions which are different from the internal
designations imposed by the governing board on unrestricted funds. |
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| Revenues | |
| The inflow of resources or other
enhancement of net assets (or fund balance) of an institution or settlements of
its liabilities (or a combination of both) from delivering or producing goods,
rendering services, or other activities that constitute the institution's
ongoing major or central operations. Includes revenues from fees and charges,
appropriations, auxiliary enterprises, and contributions and other nonexchange
transactions. Revenues are reported net of discounts and allowances (that is,
the revenue reported is reduced by the amount of discounts and allowances) for
FASB institutions and for GASB institutions that have implemented GASB
Statement No. 34. |
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| Room charges | |
| The charges for an academic year for
rooming accommodations for a typical student sharing a room with one other
student. |
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| S | |
| Salaries (SA) | |
| One of the nine components of IPEDS. The
Salaries component collects data as of November 1 of the reporting year on the
number of full-time instructional faculty by rank, gender, and length of
contract; total salary outlays; and fringe benefits and number of full-time
instructional faculty covered by these benefits. The data are collected
annually (since 1990); however data are not available for 8080. Prior to the
8081 collection, data were requested by tenure status. As of 8084, this
component is applicable to all Title IV degree-granting institutions, unless
they meet one of the following exclusions: all instructional faculty are part
time; all contribute their services; all are in the military; or all teach
preclinical or clinical medicine. Formerly referred to as Salaries and Fringe
Benefits of Full-Time Instructional Faculty (SA) |
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| Salaries and wages | |
| Amounts paid as compensation for services
to all employees-faculty, staff, part time, full time, regular employees, and
student employees. This includes regular or periodic payment to a person for
the regular or periodic performance of work or a service and payment to a
person for more sporadic performance of work or a service (overtime, extra
compensation, summer compensation, bonuses, sick or annual leave, etc.). |
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| Sales and services of educational activities (revenues) | |
| Revenues from the sales of goods or
services that are incidental to the conduct of instruction, research or public
service. Examples include film rentals, sales of scientific and literary
publications, testing services, university presses, dairy products, machine
shop products, data processing services, cosmetology services, and sales of
handcrafts prepared in classes. |
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| Sales and services of hospitals (revenues) | |
| Revenues (net of discounts, allowances,
and provisions for uncollectible accounts receivable) generated by hospitals
from daily patient, special and other services. Revenues of health clinics that
are part of a hospital should be included in this category, unless such clinics
are part of the student health services program. |
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| Scholarships | |
| Grants-in-aid, trainee stipends, tuition
and fee waivers, prizes or other monetary awards given to undergraduate
students. |
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| Scholarships and fellowships | |
| Outright grants-in-aid, trainee stipends,
tuition and fee waivers, and prizes awarded to students by the institution,
including Pell grants. Awards to undergraduate students are most commonly
referred to as "scholarships" and those to graduate students as "fellowships."
These awards do not require the performance of services while a student (such
as teaching) or subsequently as a result of the scholarship or fellowship. The
term does not include loans to students (subject to repayment), College
Work-Study Program (CWS), or awards granted because of faculty or staff status.
Also not included are awards to students where the selection of the student
recipient is not made by the institution. |
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| Scholarships and fellowships (expenses) | |
| That portion of scholarships and
fellowships granted that exceeds the amount applied to institutional charges
such as tuition and fees or room and board. The amount reported as expense
excludes allowances and discounts. The FASB survey uses the term "net grants in
aid to students" rather than "scholarships and fellowships." |
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| Second-Year Student | |
| A student who has completed the
equivalent of one year of full-time undergraduate work. For example, at least
30 semester credits but less than 60 semester credits in a 120-hour degree
program. |
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| Sector | |
| One of nine institutional categories
resulting from dividing the universe according to control and level. Control
categories are public, private not-for-profit, and private for-profit. Level
categories are 4-year and higher (4 year), 2-but-less-than 4-year (2 year), and
less than 2-year. For example: public, 4-year institutions. |
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| Semester (calendar system) | |
| A calendar system that consists of two
sessions called semesters during the academic year with about 15 weeks for each
semester of instruction. There may be an additional summer session. |
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| Service/maintenance | |
| A primary function or occupational
activity category used to classify persons whose assignments require limited
degrees of previously acquired skills and knowledge and in which workers
perform duties that result in or contribute to the comfort, convenience, and
hygiene of personnel and the student body or that contribute to the upkeep of
the institutional property. Includes titles such as fire fighters; law
enforcement workers; parking enforcement workers; police officers; security
guards; lifeguards; ski patrol; cooks and food preparation workers; food and
beverage serving workers; fast food and counter workers; waiters and
waitresses; other food preparation and serving related workers; building
cleaning and pest control workers; grounds maintenance workers; electrical and
electronic equipment mechanics; installers and repairers; radio and
telecommunications equipment installers and repairers; avionics technicians;
electric motor, power tool, and related repairers; vehicle and mobile equipment
mechanics, installers, and repairers; control and valve installers and
repairers; heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and
installers; air transportation workers; motor vehicle operators; and parking
lot attendants. |
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| Skilled crafts | |
| A primary function or occupational
activity category used to classify persons whose assignments typically require
special manual skills and a thorough and comprehensive knowledge of the
processes involved in the work, acquired through on-the-job-training and
experience or through apprenticeship or other formal training programs .
Includes occupational titles such as welders, cutters, solderers and brazers;
bookbinders and bindery workers; printers; cabinetmakers and bench carpenters;
plant and system operators; stationary engineers and boiler operators; water
and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators; crushing, grinding,
polishing, mixing, and blending workers; medical, dental, and ophthalmic
laboratory technicians; painting workers; photographic process workers and
processing machine operators; and etchers and engravers. |
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| Standardized admissions tests | |
| Tests prepared and administered by an
agency that is independent of any postsecondary education institution. Tests
provide information about prospective students and their academic
qualifications relative to a national sample. Examples are the SAT and the ACT. |
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| State and local government grants | |
| State and local monies awarded to the
institution under state and local student aid programs, including the state
portion of State Student Incentives Grants (SSIG). (Used for reporting Student
Financial Aid data) |
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| State and local government grants and contracts (revenues) | |
| Revenues from state and local government
agencies that are for training programs and similar activities for which
amounts are received or expenditures are reimbursable under the terms of a
state or local government grant or contract. |
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| State and local grants | |
| Grant monies provided by the state such
as Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnerships (LEAP) (formerly SSIG's);
merit scholarships provided by the state; and tuition and fee waivers for which
the institution was reimbursed by a state agency. Local government grants
include scholarships or gift-aid awarded directly to the student. (Used for
reporting Finance data for private for-profit institutions ) |
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| State Appropriated Funds | |
| Direct operations and grants
appropriations made by the General Assembly and signed by the Governor. |
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| State government grants and contracts (revenues) | |
| Revenues from state Government agencies
that are for training programs and similar activities for which amounts are
received or expenditures are reimbursable under the terms of a state government
grant or contract. |
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| State grants (revenues) | |
| A sum of money or property bestowed on a
postsecondary institution by a state government. These amounts can be treated
as an allowance, an agency transaction, or as a student aid expenses in the
institution's general purpose financial statements and are reported differently
depending on their treatment. Generally, however, private institutions report
these grants as allowances when applied to the student's account and as state
grant revenues when received. |
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| State of residence | |
| A person's permanent address as
determined by such evidence as a driver's license or voter registration. For
entering freshmen, state of residence may be the legal state of residence of a
parent or guardian. |
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| State unknown | |
| Status used when the reporting
institution is unable to determine from existing records the home state or
residence of the student. |
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| Student Right-to-Know Act | |
| Also known as the "Student Right-to-Know
and Campus Security Act" (P.L. 101-542), which was passed by Congress November
9, 1990. Title I, Section 103, requires institutions eligible for Title IV
funding to disclose completion or graduation rates of certificate- or
degree-seeking, full-time students entering an institution to all students and
prospective students. Further, Section 104 requires each institution that
participates in any Title IV program and is attended by students receiving
athletically-related student aid to annually submit a report to the Secretary.
This report is to contain, among other things, graduation/completion rates of
all students as well as students receiving athletically-related student aid by
race/ethnicity and gender and by sport, and the average completion or
graduation rate for the four most recent years. These data are also required to
be disclosed to parents, coaches, and potential student athletes when the
institution offers athletically-related student aid. The Graduation Rates
component of IPEDS was developed specifically to help institutions respond to
these requirements. |
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| Student services (expenses) | |
| A functional expense category that
includes expenses for admissions, registrar activities, and activities whose
primary purpose is to contribute to students emotional and physical well -
being and to their intellectual, cultural, and social development outside the
context of the formal instructional program. Examples include student
activities, cultural events, student newspapers, intramural athletics, student
organizations, supplemental instruction outside the normal administration, and
student records. Intercollegiate athletics and student health services may also
be included except when operated as self - supporting auxiliary enterprises.
Also may include information technology expenses related to student service
activities if the institution separately budgets and expenses information
technology resources (otherwise these expenses are included in 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. |
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| Study abroad | |
| Arrangement by which a student completes
part of the college program studying in another country. Can be at a campus
abroad or through a cooperative agreement with some other U.S. college or an
institution of another country. |
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| Summer session | |
| A summer session is shorter than a
regular session and is not considered part of the academic year. It is not the
third term of an institution operating on a trimester system or the fourth term
of an institution operating on a quarter calendar system. The institution may
have two or more sessions occurring in the summer months. Some schools, such as
vocational and beauty schools, have year-round classes with no separate summer
session. |
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| Supplementary Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG) | |
| (Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended, Title IV, Part A, Subpart 2, Public Laws 89-329, 92-318, 94-482, et
al; 20 USC 1070b-1070b-3.) Provides eligible undergraduate postsecondary
students with demonstrated financial need with grant assistance to help meet
educational expenses. The Supplementary Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG)
are made directly to institutions of higher education, which select students
for the awards. |
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| T | |
| Technical and paraprofessional | |
| A primary function or occupational
activity category used to classify persons whose assignments require
specialized knowledge or skills which may be acquired through experience,
apprenticeship, on-the-job-training, or academic work in occupationally
specific programs that result in a 2-year degree or other certificate or
diploma. Includes persons who perform some of the duties of a professional in a
supportive role, which usually requires less formal training and/or experience
than normally required for professional status. Includes mathematical
technicians; life, physical, and social science technicians; agricultural and
food science technicians; chemical technicians; geological and petroleum
technicians; nuclear technicians; paralegals and legal assistants;
miscellaneous legal support workers; health technologists and technicians;
dietetic technicians; pharmacy technicians; licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses; medical records and health information technicians;
opticians, dispensing; healthcare support occupations; nursing aides,
orderlies, and attendants; physical therapist assistants and aides; massage
therapists; dental assistants; medical assistants; and pharmacy aides. |
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| Tenure | |
| Status of a personnel position with
respect to permanence of the position. |
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| Tenure track | |
| Personnel positions that lead to
consideration for tenure. |
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| Third-Year Student | |
| A student who has completed the
equivalent of 2 years of full-time undergraduate work. For example, a student
who has completed at least 60 semester credits but less than 90 semester
credits in a 120-credits program.
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| Title IV institution | |
| An institution that has a written
agreement with the Secretary of Education that allows the institution to
participate in any of the Title IV federal student financial assistance
programs (other than the State Student Incentive Grant (SSIG) and the National
Early Intervention Scholarship and Partnership (NEISP) programs). |
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| Transcript | |
| An official record of student performance
showing all schoolwork completed at a given school and the final mark or other
evaluation received in each portion of the instruction. Transcripts often
include an explanation of the marking scale used by the school. |
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| Transfer-in student | |
| A student entering the reporting
institution for the first time but known to have previously attended a
postsecondary institution at the same level (e.g., undergraduate). The student
may transfer with or without credit. |
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| Transfer-out rate | |
| Total number of students who are known to
have transferred out of the reporting institution within 150% of normal time to
completion divided by the revised cohort minus allowable exclusions. |
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| Transfer-out student | |
| A student that leaves the reporting
institution and enrolls at another institution. NOTE: For the Graduation Rates
component, transfer must occur within 150% of normal time to completion of the
student's program. |
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| Transfer-preparatory program | |
| A program designed specifically to
provide a student with the basic knowledge needed to transfer into a higher
level program. For example, this may be the first 2 years of a baccalaureate
level program for which the institution does not offer an award, or 2 years of
undergraduate study needed for entrance into a first-professional program, or 1
or more years of undergraduate study needed for entrance into health services
fields. |
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| Transfer-ready students | |
| A student who has successfully completed
a transfer-preparatory program. NOTE: These students are counted as completers
in the Graduation Rates component of IPEDS. |
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| Trimester (calendar system) | |
| An academic year consisting of 3 terms of
about 15 weeks each.
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| Tuition | |
| The amount of money charged to students
for instructional services. Tuition may be charged per term, per course, or per
credit. |
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| Two-year institution | |
| A postsecondary institution that offers
programs of at least 2 but less than 4 years duration. Includes occupational
and vocational schools with programs of at least 1800 hours and academic
institutions with programs of less than 4 years. Does not include bachelor's
degree-granting institutions where the baccalaureate program can be completed
in 3 years. |
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| U | |
| Unclassified student | |
| A student taking courses creditable
toward a degree or other formal award who cannot be classified by academic
level. For example, this could include a transfer student whose earned credits
have not been determined at the time of the fall report. |
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| Undergraduate | |
| A student enrolled in a 4- or 5-year
bachelor's degree program, an associate's degree program, or a vocational or
technical program below the baccalaureate. |
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| Unduplicated count | |
| The sum of students enrolled for credit
with each student counted only once during the reporting period, regardless of
when the student enrolled. |
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| UnitID | |
| Unique identification number assigned to
postsecondary institutions surveyed through the Integrated Postsecondary
Education Data System (IPEDS). Also referred to as UNITID or IPEDS ID. |
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| University Income Funds | |
| This fund is used to account for tuition
revenues at Illinois Public Universities.
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| Unrestricted current funds | |
| All funds, including institutional funds,
received for which no stipulation was made by the donor or other external
agency as to the purpose for which the funds should be expended. |
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| V | |
| Veterans Administration (VA) Education Benefits | |
| Those benefits that are paid for student
assistance at approved postsecondary education institutions for three types of
beneficiaries: Surviving spouses and children, discharged veterans, and active
military personnel in special programs. |
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| W | |
| White, non-Hispanic | |
| A person having origins in any of the
original peoples of Europe, North Africa, or the Middle East (except those of
Hispanic origin). See also Race/Ethnicity. |
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