SHEEOIPEDS Conference Focus Session 3

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SHEEO/IPEDS Conference Focus Session 3

• Instruction Expenditures
• per FTE
• And Long-Term Changes

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Instruction expenses/FTEWhat is it?

• Derived variable
• Proposed to be included on COOL
• Calculated as
• Instruction expenses (expenditures) reported on
  the finance component of IPEDS
• Divided by
• FTE students (undergraduate graduate
  first-professional)

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Instruction expenses (expenditures)

• Instruction includes expenses for all activities
  that are part of an institutions instruction
  program.
• Credit and noncredit courses
• Academic, vocational, and technical instruction
• Remedial and tutoring instruction
• Regular, special and extension sessions

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Full time equivalent students

• Based on credit and/or contact hours reported on
  Part F of the Enrollment component (Instructional
  Activity)
• FTEs for first-professionals are based on
  full-time and part-time headcount

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Quarter calendar system

• Enrollment level
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

• One FTE over 12 month period
• 45 credit hours
• 900 contact hrs
• 36 credit hours

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Semester/trimester/4-1-4 plan

• Enrollment level
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

• One FTE over 12 month period
• 30 credit hours
• 900 contact hrs
• 24 credit hours

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Continuous enrollment

• Total number of contact hours reported divided by
  900 hours

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First-professional FTE

• No instructional activity measurement collected
• Total number of full-time students reported in
  unduplicated count plus ½ of part-time students
  reported

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Imputed data will be used for those institutions
that did not respond to either Enrollment or
Finance.
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Combined reporting

• Apportioned to the institutions reporting
  together
• Prior year EAP will be used to distribute finance
  or enrollment
• If EAP is reported combined, Enrollment will be
  used to distribute finance
• If all surveys are combined, one value is
  calculated and reported for the parent and
  referenced for child institutions on COOL

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Concerns expressed during comment period

• Lack of consistency between different finance
  reporting models
• Allocation of operation and maintenance of plant,
  interest, and depreciation
• FTE calculations only include credit students,
  whereas expenses include credit and non-credit
  instruction
• Implied relationship between instructional costs
  per student and educational quality

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Comments (contd)

• Factors such as mission, geographic area served,
  enrollment level, high-cost programs such as
  medical schools are not considered
• Greater expense for graduate or
  first-professional student
• Lack of consistency in defining credit hours
  between institutions

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More comments

• How will this ratio be interpreted?
• Instructional expenses gives incomplete picture
• May cause changes in how expenses are classified
  to impact outcome
• Delaware study instructional program costs have
  no direct relation to tuition and fees

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Summary of comments

• NOBODY WANTS IT!

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What happens next?

• Derived variable will be calculated for Peer
  Analysis System
• Inclusion on IPEDS COOL will
• depend on the HEA

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Changes to IPEDSSuggestions from the TRP

• Institutional Characteristics
• Revise Part B on how we address accreditation
• Revise all of Part C
• (Expand Price and SFA)

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IC Part B

• 4. This institution is accredited by the
  following accrediting agency(ies). Check all
  that apply 
•      
• National institutional or specialized accrediting
  agency                                     
•   
• Regional accrediting agency - Specify 
•   
• State accrediting or approval agency 
•   
• Not applicable 
• 5. Is this institution or any of its programs,
  departments, or schools currently accredited by
  any of the accrediting agencies recognized by the
  Secretary, U.S. Department of Education, which
  are on the list of National Institutional and
  Specialized Accrediting Bodies? 
•    Yes  (list of accrediting agencies)
•    No 

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• Suggestions from TRP
• Combine the 2 questions on accreditation
• Allow institutions to write in accrediting
  associations not on the list of recognized
  associations

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IC Part C

• Does your institution have an open admission
  policy for all or most entering first-time
  undergraduate-level students? 
• Yes
• No
• Do not enroll first-time undergrad students

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• 2. Please select the option that best describes
  how your institution uses any of the following
  data in its undergraduate selection process. 
• Secondary school GPA
• Secondary school rank
• Secondary school record
• Completion of college-preparatory program
• Recommendations
• Formal demonstration of competencies
• Admissions test scores
• TOEFL
• ( required / recommended / neither required or
  recommended / dont know )

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• Suggestion
• Eliminate or
• Distinguish between entrance requirements and
  those that are part of the application process
• Allow ability to indicate which are program
  specific

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• 5. Does your institution accept any of the
  following? Check all that apply    
• Dual credit (college credit earned while in high
  school)                    
• Credit for life experiences 
• Advanced placement (AP) credits 
• None of the above 
• Suggestion eliminate question

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• 6. What types of special learning opportunities
  are offered by your institution? Check all that
  apply 
• Accelerated programs 
• Cooperative (work-study) programs 
• Distance learning opportunities (e-learning) 
• Dual enrollment 
• ROTC 
• Army                 
• Navy                 
• Air Force    
• Study abroad 
•              

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• Weekend college (evening college)
• Teacher certification (below the postsecondary
  level) 
• Students can complete their preparation in
  certain areas of specialization   
• Students must complete their preparation at
  another institution for certain areas of
  specialization 
• This institution is approved by the state for the
  initial certification or licensure of teachers 
• None of the above 
• Suggestion keep distance learning, ROTC,
  weekend college teacher certification
  eliminate other items

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• 7. If your institution grants a bachelor's degree
  or higher but does not offer a full 4-year
  program of study at the undergraduate level, how
  many years of completed college-level work are
  required for entrance? 
• Number of years  ______(from drop box)
• Suggestion eliminate question

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• 8. Which of the following selected students
  services are offered by your institution? Check
  all that apply 
• Remedial services  
• Academic/career counseling services  
• Employment services for current students  
• Placement services for program completers   
• On-campus day care for children of students   
• None of the above 
• Suggestion eliminate question

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Enrollment

• Part C - Residence of first-time
  undergraduate students 
• State of residence when studentwas first
  admitted 
• Total first-time undergrads (degree/certificate
  seeking only)
• Number graduated from high school in past 12
  months
• Suggestion eliminate question for schools that
  are not degree-granting

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• Part D - Total Entering Class 
• Number of full-time first-time degree/
  certificate-seeking undergraduates(fall cohort
  from part A) 
• Total entering students at undergraduate level,
  Fall count 
• Percentage of entering class represented by your
  GRS cohort 
• Suggestion eliminate question for schools that
  do not use a fall cohort the question is not
  really applicable  

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GRS

• Eliminate the collection of data by r/e for lt2yr
  institutions

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Reauthorization??

• May include
• Annual report on college affordability in America
  including comprehensive information on
• Sticker price
• Total price of attendance
• Net tuition price
• New access price
• Changes for each over 3, 5, and 10-year period
• Level of federal state support for higher ed
  per capita and per pupil

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More?

• Establish Advisory Group to ensure ED provides
  consumer-friendly information
• Make data available to public
• Net tuition index
• Modifications to COOL more user friendly allow
  comparisons on multiple institutions at the same
  time detailed tuition and student aid data add
  college price calculator
• Disseminate data on COOL (to LEAs secondary
  schools)

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More???

• Schools will be required to make available
• Sticker price
• All other itemsincluding
• Examples of what families in each of the quartile
  income brackets might expect to pay in net
  tuition (most recent academic year)
• Net tuition index on COOL

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