| Definitions of
Terms Used: |
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| Academic level |
Undergraduate or graduate |
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| Administrative employee |
A person whose assignments require
primary (and major) responsibility for management of the institution, or
a customarily recognized department or subdivision thereof. |
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| Average annualized full-time undergraduate degree credit |
The fall undergraduate degree-seeking student
full-time equivalent plus the spring undergraduate degree-seeking student full-time
equivalent divided by two. |
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| Citizenship, country of |
The country to which an individual
acknowledges citizenship. Country of citizenship is not equivalent
to country of permanent residence. |
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| Class level |
Students are classified on the
basis of earned credits from all sources: |
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Freshmen: 0 - 29.9 credits |
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New freshmen: students enrolled
in college for the first time as freshmen. |
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Other freshmen: students who
have been enrolled in college at the freshman level in the past and who
are still freshmen based on their earned credits. |
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Sophomores: 30 - 59.9 credits |
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Juniors: 60 - 89.9 credits |
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Seniors: 90 + credits |
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New graduates: students
enrolled as graduate students for the first time. |
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Other graduates: students
who have been enrolled as graduate students in the past and who are still
graduate students. |
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Unclassified: students
enrolled on a course-by-course basis in undergraduate and graduate classes
as extramural (nondegree) students. Students enrolled in the gerontology
certificate program are included in this category. |
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| Common Data Set (CDS) |
A standard set of questions and
data definitions incorporated by four major college surveys (College Board,
Wintergreen/Orchard House, Peterson's, and U.S. News & World Report)
for use in leading guidebooks, rankings, and resources. The Common Data
Set includes standardized questions about a college's academic offerings,
enrollment, admission requirements, expenses, and freshman class profile. |
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| Faculty |
Persons whose specific assignments
customarily are made for the purpose of conducting instruction, research,
or public service as a principal activity (or activities), and who hold
academic-rank titles of professor, instructor, lecturer, or the equivalent
of any of these academic ranks. If their principal activity is instructional,
deans, assistant deans, and executive officers of academic departments
(chairpersons, heads, or the equivalent) are included in this category. |
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| First-time full-time students (FTFT) |
Students enrolled in college for
the first time as freshmen on a full-time basis. |
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| Full-time employee |
An employee who works a full week,
37.5 or 40 hours, depending on the department, on a 12-month schedule with
anticipated continued employment. |
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| Full-time equivalent (FTE) |
FTE for undergraduate students
is the sum of credit hours attempted divided by 12. |
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FTE for graduate students
is the sum of credit hours attempted divided by 9. |
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| Full-time student |
Full-time refers to a semester
course load of 12 - 18 credits for undergraduate students and a semester
course load of 9 - 12 credits for graduate students. |
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| Nonresident alien (NRA) |
A person who is not a citizen
or national of the U.S. and who is in this country on a visa or temporary
basis and does not have the right to remain indefinitely. |
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| Part-time employee |
Persons on the payroll of the
institution and classified by the institution as part-time. |
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| Part-time student |
Part-time refers to a semester
course load of fewer than 12 credits for undergraduate students and a semester
course load of fewer than 9 credits for graduate students. |
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| 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 noncitizens
are: |
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American Indian or Alaskan Native: A person having origins in any of the original people of North
America and who maintains cultural identification through tribal affiliation
or community recognition. |
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Asian or Pacific Islander: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East,
Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, or Pacific Islands. This includes
people from China, Japan, Korea, the Philippine Islands, American Samoa,
India, and Vietnam. |
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Black, non-Hispanic: A
non-Hispanic person having origins in any of the black racial groups of
Africa (except those of Hispanic origin). |
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Hispanic: A person of
Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish
culture or origin, regardless of race. |
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Race/ethnicity unknown (students
only): Prior to 1996, "unknown" was not an accepted reporting category.
In accordance with federal reporting guidelines, unknowns were statistically
apportioned across race/ethnic categories in percentages consistent with
the known population. |
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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). |
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Note: All race / ethnicity
definitions are taken from the IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education
Data System) EF-1 report of fall enrollment by race / ethnicity and gender.
The revisions to the standards for the classification of federal data on
race and ethnicity made in June of 1997 are not included, as they are not
yet used. |
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| Staff employee |
Primary occupational activities
of staff include technical, clerical, secretarial, skilled crafts, support,
service, or maintenance. Primary occupational activity does not include
major responsibility for management of the institution; does not include
classroom instruction of tuition-paying students; and whose titles do not
imply academic rank such as Professor, Associate or Assistant Professor,
Lecturer, or Instructor. |
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| Work study |
Includes Federal Work-Study and IC Student Employment. |
