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  **HEA: AID Strengthening   
  Institutions**             

  **FY 2007 Program          
  Performance Report**       

  Strategic Goal 5           

  Discretionary              

  HEA, Title III, Part A,    
  Section 311                

  Document                   
  Year 2007 Appropriation:   
  \$79,535                   

  CFDA                       84.031A: Strengthening Institutions Program\--Development Grants,
                             Planning Grants
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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 Strengthening Institutions
                            Program (SIP) institutions over the long term.*

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  **Measure 1.1 of 1:**                                      
  The number of full-time                                    
  degree-seeking                                             
  undergraduate students                                     
  enrolled at SIP                                            
  institutions.                                              
    (Desired direction:                                      
  increase)   1558                                           

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

  2002                                     176,304           Measure not in place

  2003                                     200,345           Measure not in place

  2004                                     214,022           Measure not in place

  2005                                     220,764           Measure not in place

  2006                                     222,579           Measure not in place

  2009                    253,500          (December 2009)   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**. Fall enrollment data will be monitored annually to
measure progress in meeting the long-term target, which is projected to
be met in 2009. The target is derived by applying the difference between
regression-based predicted values from Title IV institutions and actual
grantee values for school year 2002-03 (about 25 percent), which results
in a long-term target of 253,500. 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
                            SIP Institutions.*

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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 SIP                                       
  institution.   (Desired                                            
  direction: increase)   1560                                        

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

  2004                                            66                 Measure not in place

  2005                                            63                 Measure not in place

  2006                           68               61                 Did Not Meet Target

  2007                           68               61                 Did Not Meet Target

  2008                           68               (December 2008)    Pending

  2009                           68               (December 2009)    Pending

  2010                           68               (December 2010)    Pending

  2011                           68               (December 2011)    Pending

  2012                           68               (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 SIP
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 values for school year 2003-04, which was 1.67
percent. Therefore, the SIP program actual persistence rate of 66
percent in FY 2004 was multiplied by 1.0167 to generate the long-term
target (for 2009) of 68 percent. Annual increases are estimated to be
0.3 percent each year through 2009 and 0.2 percent beginning in 2010.

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

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  **Measure 3.1 of 3:**                                      
  Cost per successful                                        
  program outcome: the                                       
  average federal cost                                       
  for undergraduate and                                      
  graduate degrees at SIP                                    
  institutions.                                              
    (Desired direction:                                      
  increase)   1565                                           

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

  2003                                     3,975             Measure not in place

  2004                                     3,678             Measure not in place

  2005                                     3,375             Measure not in place

  2006                    999              (December 2007)   Pending

  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).

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

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

**Explanation**. This measure is calculated as the appropriation for the
Strengthening Institutions program divided by the number of
undergraduate and graduate degrees awarded. The \$3,975 cost/successful
outcome for 2002-2003 reflects an appropriation of \$81.467 million
divided by 20,495 graduates. The \$3,678 cost/successful outcome for
2003-04 reflects an appropriation of \$80.986 million divided by 22,021
graduates. The \$3,403 cost/successful outcome for 2004-05 reflects an
appropriation of \$81.0 million divided by 23,804 graduates. For FY
2006-09, this is a measure without targets.

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  **Measure 3.2 of 3:**                                       
  The percentage of                                           
  first-time, full-time                                       
  degree-seeking                                              
  undergraduate students                                      
  enrolled at four-year                                       
  SIP institutions who                                        
  graduate within six                                         
  years of enrollment.                                        
    (Desired direction:                                       
  increase)   1562                                            

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

  2003                                     45                 Measure not in place

  2004                                     47                 Measure not in place

  2005                                     45                 Measure not in place

  2006                    47               (December 2007)    Pending

  2007                    47               (December 2008)    Pending

  2008                    48               (December 2009)    Pending

  2009                    48               (December 2010)    Pending

  2010                    48               (December 2011)    Pending

  2011                    48               (December 2012)    Pending

  2012                    49               (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 values for school year 2002-03,
which was 6.33 percent. Therefore, the SIP program actual four-year
graduation rate of 45 percent in FY 2003 was multiplied by 1.0633 to
generate the long-term target (for 2009) of 48 percent. Annual increases
are estimated to be 1 percent through 2009 and 0.5 percent beginning in
2010.

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  **Measure 3.3 of 3:**                                       
  The percentage of                                           
  first-time, full-time                                       
  degree-seeking                                              
  undergraduate students                                      
  enrolled at two-year                                        
  SIP institutions who                                        
  graduate within three                                       
  years of enrollment.                                        
    (Desired direction:                                       
  increase)   1563                                            

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

  2003                                     25                 Measure not in place

  2004                                     26                 Measure not in place

  2005                                     22                 Measure not in place

  2006                    25               (December 2007)    Pending

  2007                    26               (December 2008)    Pending

  2008                    26               (December 2009)    Pending

  2009                    26               (December 2010)    Pending

  2010                    26               (December 2011)    Pending

  2011                    26               (December 2012)    Pending

  2012                    26               (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**. Program experience was used to estimate targets. An
increase of 0.5 percent was used to generate annual targets each year
through 2009, and an increase of 0.3 percent was used beginning in 2010.