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

  **FY 2009 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**. The program has recast the measure of long-term
enrollment to focus on changes in enrollment rather than the absolute
numbers of students enrolled.  The new measure uses the same NCES/IPEDS
fall enrollment data for all full-time degree-seeking undergraduate
students used by the former measure except that the new measure tracks
program enrollment at the beginning of, and one year after the end of,
each 5-year grant period. The percentage change is calculated against
the base year. Data from the 2003-2007 cohort will be used to determine
the target for 2013. The target for 2013 will be for the 2008-2012
cohort and will be developed in late 2008, using fiscal year 2008
enrollment data. (The \"**999**\" entered as the target value for 2013
reflects, that in late 2008**,** the program will develop the target for
2013, after calculation of FY 2008 enrollment.) This will close out the
performance assessment for the 2003 cohort. This change was made across
all Institutional Development programs so that changes in enrollment may
be may be more fairly judged as changes in institutional performance,
and not due to enrollment changes resulting from fluctuating numbers of
grantee institutions from one cohort to another. \
The actual enrollment data generating the percentage changes displayed
under actual values in table above are as follows:\
\
2003: 200,369\
2004: 217,738\
2005: 220,705\
2006: 219,454\
2007: 216,782\
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We will report data annually but there are no intermediate annual
targets. Data for FY 2008 will be available in December 2008.

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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 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
2006 actual value of \$5,337 reflects an appropriation of \$212,102,598
divided by 39,739 graduates. \
Beginning with 2006 data, we have adjusted the actual total program
appropriation (\$238,095,000) by deducting the appropriation  to
grantees not reporting graduates. Had we used the entire appropriation
in the calculation, the actual efficiency measure value would have been
\$5,991, still an improvement over 2005.\
Data for FY 2007 will be available in December 2008. For FY 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.

**Target Context**. The FY 2006 graduation rate of 38% exceeded the
target of 37% set for this year.

**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.