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  **HEA: AID Strengthening   
  Historically Black         
  Colleges and               
  Universities (OPE)**       

  **FY 2008 Program          
  Performance Report (System 
  Print Out)**               

  Strategic Goal 3           

  Discretionary              

  HEA, Title III, Part B,    
  Section 323                

  Document                   
  Year 2008 Appropriation:   
  \$238,095                  

  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

  2008                                     8                   Measure not in place

  2013                    8                (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**. 

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  (Key Measure)                                        

  **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               63                  Made Progress From Prior
                                                               Year

  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 for 2008 are expected in December 2008.

**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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The reason for decline in persistence is unknown.  The Department is
beginning to analyse grantee performance for this program which may
provide some insight into factors behin this decline.

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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              5,425              Did Not Meet Target

  2008                    999              (December 2009)    Pending

  2009                    5,400            (December 2010)    Pending

  2010                    5,400            (December 2011)    Pending

  2011                    5,400            (December 2012)    Pending

  2012                    5,400            (December 2013)    Pending

  2013                    5,400            (December 2014)    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. 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                                         
   (Key Measure)                                                      

  **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               35                  Did Not Meet Target

  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

  2013                           40               Undefined           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.  Data for 2007 are expected in December 2008; data
for 2008 are expected in December 2009.

**Explanation**. The 2006 target for the four-year graduation rate was
derived by applying the difference between regression-based predicted
values from Title IV institutions and actual grantee values for a school
year. Beginning with the FY 2007 target, values were established based
on program experience.