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  **HEA: AID Minority 
  Science and         
  Engineering         
  Improvement**       

  **FY 2009 Program   
  Performance Plan**  

  Strategic Goal 3    

  Discretionary       

  HEA, Title III,     
  Part E-1            

  CFDA                84.120A: Minority Science and Engineering Improvement
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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:***   *To increase enrollment of minority undergraduates in
                            the fields of engineering or physical or biological
                            sciences at minority-serving institutions over the long
                            term.*

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  **Measure 1.1 of 1:**                                         
  The percentage change                                         
  in the number of                                              
  full-time,                                                    
  degree-seeking minority                                       
  undergraduate students                                        
  at grantee institutions                                       
  enrolled in the fields                                        
  of engineering or                                             
  physical or biological                                        
  sciences, compared to                                         
  the average minority                                          
  enrollment in the same                                        
  fields in the                                                 
  three-year period                                             
  immediately prior to                                          
  the beginning of the                                          
  current grant.                                                
    (Desired direction:                                         
  increase)   2097                                              

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

  2005                                      5                   Measure not in place

  2007                    Maintain a        (December 2008)     Pending
                          Baseline                              

  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 the data.

**Explanation**. 

The FY 2005 baseline was calculated by averaging the percent change in
enrollment from 2003 to 2005 and percent change in enrollment from 2001
to 2003. FY 2007 will also be calculated as a two-data point moving
average. There will be no data for FY 2006 because enrollment data by
field of study is provided only biennially in IPEDS. Starting in FY
2008, data will be reported annually from a recently revised annual
performance report. For FY 2008-09, this is a measure without targets.

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  ***Objective 2 of 3:***   *To increase the graduation rate for students in the
                            fields of engineering, or physical or biological
                            sciences, at minority-serving institutions.*

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  **Measure 2.1 of 2:**                                         
  The percentage of                                             
  minority students                                             
  enrolled at four-year                                         
  minority-serving                                              
  institutions in the                                           
  fields of engineering                                         
  or physical or                                                
  biological sciences who                                       
  graduate within six                                           
  years of enrollment.                                          
    (Desired direction:                                         
  increase)   1988                                              

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

  2006                    Maintain a        (December 2007)     Pending
                          Baseline                              

  2007                    Maintain a        (December 2008)     Pending
                          Baseline                              

  2008                    Maintain a        (December 2009)     Pending
                          Baseline                              

  2009                    999               (December 2010)     Pending
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**Source**. U. S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary
Education, Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Contractor
Performance Report.

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

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

**Explanation**. Data for FY 2006 will be used as the baseline and will
be used to set the target for FY 2009.

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  **Measure 2.2 of 2:**                                         
  The percentage of                                             
  minority students                                             
  enrolled at two-year                                          
  minority-serving                                              
  institutions in the                                           
  fields of engineering                                         
  or physical or                                                
  biological sciences who                                       
  graduate within three                                         
  years of enrollment.                                          
    (Desired direction:                                         
  increase)   1989                                              

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

  2006                    Maintain a        (December 2007)     Pending
                          Baseline                              

  2007                    Maintain a        (December 2008)     Pending
                          Baseline                              

  2008                    Maintain a        (December 2009)     Pending
                          Baseline                              

  2009                    999               (December 2010)     Pending
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**Source**. U. S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary
Education, Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Contractor
Performance Report.

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

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

**Explanation**. 

The FY 2006 data will be used as the baseline and will be used to
calculate FY 2009 targets.

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  ***Objective 3 of 3:***   *To increase the persistence rate of minority students
                            in the fields of engineering or physical or
                            biological sciences at minority-serving institutions.*

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  **Measure 3.1 of 1:**                                         
  The percentage of                                             
  full-time undergraduate                                       
  minority students who                                         
  were in their first                                           
  year of postsecondary                                         
  enrollment in the                                             
  previous year and are                                         
  enrolled in the current                                       
  year at the same                                              
  institution in the                                            
  fields of engineering                                         
  or physical or                                                
  biological sciences.                                          
    (Desired direction:                                         
  increase)   1991                                              

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

  2006                    Maintain a        (December 2007)     Pending
                          Baseline                              

  2007                    Maintain a        (December 2008)     Pending
                          Baseline                              

  2008                    Maintain a        (December 2009)     Pending
                          Baseline                              

  2009                    999               (December 2010)     Pending
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**Source**. U. S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary
Education, Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Contractor
Performance Report.

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

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

**Explanation**. FY 2006 data will be used as the baseline and will be
used to calculate the FY 2009 target.