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  **HEA: AID          
  Strengthening       
  Historically Black  
  Colleges and        
  Universities**      

  **FY 2008 Program   
  Performance Plan**  

  Strategic Goal 3    

  Discretionary       

  HEA, Title III,     
  Part B, Section 323 

  CFDA                84.031B: Strengthening HBCUs and Strengthening Historically Black
                      Graduate Institutions
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  **Program      **To improve the capacity of minority-serving
  Goal:**        institutions, which traditionally have limited resources
                 and serve large numbers of low-income and minority
                 students, to improve student success and to provide
                 high-quality educational opportunities for their
                 students.**

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  ***Objective 1 of 3:***   *Increase enrollment at historically Black colleges and
                            universities (HBCUs) over the long term.*

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  **Measure 1.1 of 1:**                                        
  The percentage change,                                       
  over the five-year                                           
  grant period, of                                             
  full-time                                                    
  degree-seeking                                               
  undergraduate students                                       
  enrolled at                                                  
  Historically Black                                           
  Colleges and                                                 
  Universities.                                                
    (Desired direction:                                        
  increase)   1585                                             

  **Year**                **Target**       **Actual\           **Status**
                                           (or date            
                                           expected)**         

  2004                                     8.7                 Measure not in place

  2005                                     10.1                Measure not in place

  2006                                     9.5                 Measure not in place

  2007                                     8.2                 Measure not in place

  2013                    999              (December 2008)     Pending
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**Source**. U. S. Department of Education, National Center for Education
Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).  Web
Site: http://nces.ed.gov/ipedspas.

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

**Data Quality**. Data are supplied by institutions, which certify the
accuracy of the data.

**Explanation**. This program has a long term target of 231,443 for FY
2009.  We will report data annually but there are no intermediate annual
targets.  The target is derived by applying the difference between
regression-based predicted values from Title IV institutions and actual
HBCU grantee values for school year 2002-03, which was 12.1 percent.
Therefore, the HBCU program actual enrollment of 206,332 in FY 2003 was
multiplied by 1.121 to generate the long-term target of 231,443. The
decrease in enrollment from FY 2005 to 2006 can be partially attributed
to a single institution affected by Hurricane Katrina, which did not
report 2006 enrollment. Data for FY 2007 will be available in December
2007.

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  ***Objective 2 of 3:***   *Increase the persistence rate for students enrolled at
                            HBCUs.*

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  **Measure 2.1 of 1:**                                        
  The percentage of                                            
  first-time, full-time                                        
  degree-seeking                                               
  undergraduate students                                       
  who were in their first                                      
  year of postsecondary                                        
  enrollment in the                                            
  previous year and are                                        
  enrolled in the current                                      
  year at the same                                             
  Historically Black                                           
  College and University                                       
  institution.   (Desired                                      
  direction: increase)                                         
    1587                                                       

  **Year**                **Target**       **Actual\           **Status**
                                           (or date            
                                           expected)**         

  2004                                     64                  Measure not in place

  2005                                     65                  Measure not in place

  2006                    65               64                  Did Not Meet Target

  2007                    66               62                  Did Not Meet Target

  2008                    66               (December 2008)     Pending

  2009                    66               (December 2009)     Pending

  2010                    67               (December 2010)     Pending

  2011                    67               (December 2011)     Pending

  2012                    67               (December 2012)     Pending
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**Source**. U. S. Department of Education, National Center for Education
Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Web
Site: http://nces.ed.gov/ipedspas.

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

**Data Quality**. Data are supplied by institutions, which certify the
accuracy of the data.

**Explanation**. Institutions report a persistence rate, not the
numerator and denominator. As a result, the persistence rate for the
HBCU program is calculated as a median. The target is derived by
applying the difference between regression-based predicted values from
Title IV institutions and actual grantee values for school year 2003-04,
which was 3.6 percent. Therefore, the HBCU program actual persistence
rate of 64 percent in FY 2004 was multiplied by 1.0363 to generate the
long-term target (for 2009) of 66 percent. Annual increases are
estimated to be 0.6 percent each year through 2009 and 0.3 percent
beginning in 2010.

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  ***Objective 3 of 3:***   *Increase the graduation rate for students enrolled at
                            HBCUs.*

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  **Measure 3.1 of 2:**                                       
  Cost per successful                                         
  outcome:  federal cost                                      
  per undergraduate and                                       
  graduate degree at                                          
  HBCUs.   (Desired                                           
  direction: decrease)                                        
    899zza                                                    

  **Year**                **Target**       **Actual\          **Status**
                                           (or date           
                                           expected)**        

  2003                                     5,653              Measure not in place

  2004                                     5,731              Measure not in place

  2005                                     6,069              Measure not in place

  2006                                     5,337              Measure not in place

  2007                    999              (December 2008)    Pending

  2008                    999              (December 2009)    Pending

  2009                    999              (December 2010)    Pending
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**Source**. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education
Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).  Web
Site: http://nces.ed.gov/ipedspas.

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

**Data Quality**. Data are supplied by institutions, which certify the
accuracy of data.

**Explanation**. This measure is calculated as the appropriation divided
by the number of undergraduate and graduate degrees awarded at all of
the HBCU institutions. The 2003 and 2004 values previously reported have
been revised. The 2003 actual value of \$5,653 reflects an appropriation
of \$214.01 million divided by 37,858 graduates. The 2004 actual value
of \$5,731 reflects an appropriation of \$222.8 million divided by
38,873 graduates. The 2005 actual value of \$6,069 reflects an
appropriation of \$238.6 million divided by 39,311 graduates. The
numbers of graduates for 2003 and 2004 were computed from a full set of
institutions. Former actual values were computed from a sample of HBCU
institutions and yielded a smaller number of graduates: 24,796 in 2003,
with an efficiency measure of \$8,631; and 24,804 in 2004, with an
efficiency measure of \$8,982. Data for FY 2006 will be available in
December 2007. For FY 2007-09, this is a measure without targets.

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  **Measure 3.2 of 2:** The                                           
  percentage of first-time,                                           
  full-time                                                           
  degree-seeking undergraduate                                        
  students enrolled at four-year                                      
  Historically Black Colleges                                         
  and Universities who graduate                                       
  within six years of                                                 
  enrollment.   (Desired                                              
  direction: increase)   1589                                         

  **Year**                       **Target**       **Actual\           **Status**
                                                  (or date            
                                                  expected)**         

  2003                                            39                  Measure not in place

  2004                                            39                  Measure not in place

  2005                                            38                  Measure not in place

  2006                           37               38                  Target Exceeded

  2007                           39               (December 2008)     Pending

  2008                           39               (December 2009)     Pending

  2009                           40               (December 2010)     Pending

  2010                           40               (December 2011)     Pending

  2011                           40               (December 2012)     Pending

  2012                           40               (December 2013)     Pending
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**Source**. U. S. Department of Education, National Center for Education
Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).  Web
Site: http://nces.ed.gov/ipedspas.

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

**Data Quality**. Data are supplied by institutions, which certify the
accuracy of the data.

**Explanation**. The target for the four-year graduation rate is derived
by applying the difference between regression-based predicted values
from Title IV institutions and actual grantee values for a school year.
Annual increases are estimated to be 0.25 percent through 2009 and 0.1
percent beginning in 2010.