### General Information

The Historicall y Bl ack Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Masters Degree Program’ s annual performance report (APR) will collect performance report data from grantees on an annual basis to comply with the Government Performance and Result s Act (GPRA) of 1993, Section 4 (1115) , and the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), 34 CFR 75.253. EDGAR states that recipients of multi - year discretionary

grants must submit an APR demonstrating that substantial progress has been made towards meeting the approved objectives of the project. Grantees will be required to report on their progress towards m eeting the performance measures establish ed for the HBCU M aster s Degree P rogram. Further, the APR lends itself to the collect ion of quantifiable data needed to respond to the requirements of OMB’s Program Assessment R ating Tool process. **Instructions for Submitting the Annual Performance Report** The APR consists of a cover page and three sections. 

### The cover page and all three sections must be e - mailed to HBCUmastersdegree@ed.gov in Microsoft Word (.DOC) . Please fax a copy

of the cover page , signed b y both the project director and certifying off icial, to Frederick Winter at 2 02 - 5 02 - 7877 . You may also scan the cover page and send the document to the email address referenced above .

### HBCU MASTERS DEGREE PROGRAM **ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT FY 2014 (Academic Year 2012**  **- 2013**  **)** 

## Section 1 **– Executive Summary**  T he HBCU Masters Degree Program is funded under Title VII, Subpart 4 , Section 723, of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), and makes grant awards to eligible institutions making a substantial contribution to graduate education opportunities at the masters degree level in the following areas: mathematics; engineering; the phys ical or natural sciences; computer science; information technology ; nursing; allied health; or other scientific disciplines in which African Americans are underrepresent ed. **Instructions:** Use th is section to summarize how this grant award is enabling your graduate program (s) to fulfill the legislative intent of this program . 1. Please provide a brief description of the current status of your project. Describe the ext ent to which you have implemented all program activities and components planned for this reporting period. Please highlight your major outcomes, successes, and challenges.

### 2. Summarize any changes in your project since the approval of yo ur grant application. Indicate if you plan on making changes to your project in the coming ye ar. If so, please describe. Provide an explanation as to how these changes or anticipated changes impact yo ur budget. Please elaborate h ow these changes impact your outcomes and your ability to meet your stated goals and objectives.

### 3. Please provide an y additional information about your project that you think would be

helpful to the Department of Education in evaluating yo ur performance or understanding the contents of your annual report.

## Section 2 **– Performance D**  **ata**

**I nstructions:**  This section of the APR colle c ts data relating to the HBCU Masters Degree Program’s performance measures. Grantees are expected to complete all relevant information requested in this section . If a specific table does not pertain to your project at this time , please write “Not Applicable” or “N/A”. Tables can be expanded to accommodate additional information; howe ver, the contents of this section should not be modified. **What are the performance measures of the HBCU Masters Degree Program?** The primary goal for the HBCU Masters Degree Programs is to improve graduate edu cational opportunities for African - Americans and low - income students. The following performance and efficiency measures will provide the Department of Education with the ability t o assess your academic program’s capacity t o contribute to fulfilling the stated goal of this program . 

## Core Performanc **e Measures Enrollment**  The percent change, over the period between the fall of the year the grant was issued and the fall after the end of the grant period, in the number of African American and/or low - income graduate students enrolled in the academic pro gram(s) supported b y the project. **Degrees Awarded** The percent change, over the fall semester before the grant , in the number of African American and/or low - income students graduating in the academic program(s) supported b y the project. **Time to Degree** Median time to completion of a master’s degree for African Americans and/or low - income graduate students, in the academic program(s) supported b y the project during the period of the grant award. 

## Efficiency Measure Cost per successful outcome: Federal c ost per master’s degree earned by African American and/or low - income students, in the academic program(s) supported by the project during the period of the grant award.

## Other Performance Measures

**New Courses** Number of new courses, in the academic program(s) supported by the project, added as a result of this grant. **New Academic Concentrations** Number of new academic concentrations, in the academic program(s) supported by the project, added as a result of this grant. **New Research Initiatives** Number of new research initiatives, in the academic program(s) supported by the project, added as a result of this grant. **Student Independent Research** Number of students participating in independent research, during the most recent complete academic ye ar. **Student Research with Faculty** Number of students participating in research with faculty, during the most recent complete academic ye ar. **Student Conference Presentations** Number of students presenting at conferences, during the most recent complet e academic year. **Student Publications** Number of students writing for publication, during the most recent complete academic year. **Drop Outs/Stop Outs** Number of full - time and part - time drop - outs and/or stop outs, during the most recent complete acade mic year. **Employment** Employ ment status of African American and/or low income graduate students, who were enrolled in the academic program(s) supported by the project.

### Enrollments **– Core Performance**  **Measure**

The percent change, over the period between th e fall of the year the grant was issued and the fall after the end of the grant period, in the number of African American and/or low- income graduate students enrolled in the academic program(s) supported by the project. **For intermediate years, progress is**  **measured as the percent change between the initial year the grant’s activities began for this group of students and the current year.**  CIP Code Enter the Classification of Instruction Programs (CIP) C ode that corresp onds to your academic program . If yo ur project focuse s on two or more academic programs , please provide separate sheets for each academic program . The CIP Code Index has been provided at the end of this APR. **Year Total Enrollment**  **Low Income Enrollment**

Total Black, or

African Am erica n Total Black, or African Am erican Hispanic/Latino

of any race Am erican Indian

or Alaska Native Asian Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Wh ite Tw o or mo re races Enrollment – F2009 Enrollment – F2010 Enrollment – F2011 Enrollment – F2012 Enrollment – F2013 Enrollment – F2014 Enrollment – F2015 **Year Part**  **- Time** 

**Enrollment Low Income**  **Part -**  **Time Enrollment**  Total Black, or

African Am erican Total Black, or African Am erican H ispanic/Latino

of any race Am erican Indian

or Alaska Native Asian Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Wh ite Tw o or mo re races Enrollment – F2009 Enrollment – F2010 Enrollment – F2011Enrollment – F2012

Enrollment – F2013 Enrollment – F2014 Enrollment – F2015 

### To comply with the Office of Management and Budget reporting requirements, the Department of Education is requesting **that each grantee provide aggregate level data per**  **taining to ethnic**  **ity and race**  **. Please provide an aggr e**  **gate total for the number of students that have**  **benefit ed**  **from this grant during the current academic year. Ethnicity Data**  **- Hispanic/Latino of any race**  **Total number of students from this ethnicity that have benefited from this grant**  **award ?**  **Race Data**  **– Am**  **erican Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, White, Two or more races, or unknown.**  **Total number of students from these racial cate gories that have benefited from this grant**  **award ?** 

### Degrees A **warded –**  **Core Performance Measure** The percent change, over the grant period , in the number of African American and/or low- income students graduating in the academic program(s) supported by the pro

ject. **For intermediate years, progress is**  **measured as the percent change bef**  **ore the initial year the grant’s activities began for this group of**  **students and the current year. CIP**  **Code Year**  **Total Degrees Aw**  **arded Low Income Degrees A**  **wa rded**  Total Bl ack, or African Am erican Total Black, or African Am erican Hispanic/Latin of

any race Am erican

Indian or Alaska Native Asian Native

Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Wh ite Tw o or mo re races Degrees Awarded – 2008 - 2009 Degrees Awarded – 2009 - 2 010 Degrees Awarded – 2010 - 2011 Degrees Awarded – 2011 - 2012 Degrees Awarded – 2012 - 2013 Degrees Awarded – 2013 - 2014 Degrees Awarded – 2014 - 2015

## Time **- to**  **- Degree**  **– Core Performance Meas**  **ure**

Median time to completion of a master’s degree for African Americans and/or low - income graduate students, in the academic program(s) supported by the project during the period of the grant award. **CIP Code**  **Year Time to Degree**  **Low Income –** **Time -** **to -**  **Deg ree**  Total Black, or African Am erican Total Black, or

African Am erican Hispanic/Latin of

any race Am erican

Indian or Alaska Native Asian Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Wh ite Tw o or mo re races Degrees Awarded – 2008 - 2009 Degrees Awarded – 2009 - 2010 Degrees Awarded – 2010 - 2011 Degrees Awarded – 2011 - 2012 Degrees Awarded – 2012 - 2013 Degrees Awarded – 2013 - 2014 Degrees Awarded – 2014 - 2015

### Performance Measures **– Programmatic** 

Please list any

new courses your institution added as a result of this grant during the current academic year. Please list any

new academic concentrations your institution added as a result of this grant during the current academic ye ar . Please list any

new research initiatives your institution added as a result of this grant during the current academic year. **Performance Measures –**  **Students** Please indicate graduate student performance in each of the following areas. Number o f students participating in independent research, during the most recent complete academic year. Number of students participating in research with faculty, during the most recent complete academic year. Number of students presenting at confer ences, during the most recent complete academic year. Number of students who have been published , during the most recent complete academic year. 

### Performance Measures **– Drop**  **- outs/Stop**  **- outs**  Please indicate the number of full - time and part - time drop - outs and/or stop - outs. **Academic Year**  **CIP Code Number of full**  **- time**  **drop -**  **outs/stop -**  **outs Number of part**  **- time**  **drop -**  **outs/stop -**  **outs** 2009 - 2010 2010 - 2011 2011 - 2012 2012 - 2013 2013 - 2014 2014 - 2015 

### Stop - out is defined as a temporary withdrawal from school or and educational program . Drop - out is defined as a complete withdrawal from school or an educational program .

### Employ **ment of Graduates**

Please indicate the employment status of the African American and/or low - income graduate students enrolled in the academic program(s) supported b y the project.

**Cohort Graduation**  **Employment Post Graduation**  **2009 –**  **2010** 2 years or less 20 12 - 2013 3 years o r less

20 13 - 2014 Still

Enrolled Unknown Total Employed Em ployed in Field of Study Enrolled in Doc toral

Program Total N/A Underrepresented Populations N/A African Americans N/A Low - Income N/A **2010 –**  **2011** Total Underrepresented Populations African Americans Low - Income **2011 -**  **20 12**  T otal Underrepresented Populations African Americans Low - Income **2012 -**  **2013** Total Underrepresented Populat ions African - Am ericans Low - Income **2013 -**  **2014** Total Underrepresented Populations African - Am ericansLow - Inco me

## Section **3 –**  **Tracking Allowable Activity Funds** 

**Instructions:** This section will track the funds that you allocated for each allowable activity provided under Title VII, Subpart 4, Section 723 of the HEA, as amended. Grantees are exp ected to complete all relevant information requested in this section. If a specific question does not pertain to your project, please write “Not Applicable” or “N/A”. **Legislative Allowable Activities Dollars Spent**  Purchase, rental, or lease of scientifi c or laboratory equipment for educational purposes, including instructions and research purposes. $0.00 **Please provide a short statement describing how your institution used funds i n this**  **area during the 2012 -** **2013 academic**  **year .** 
**Please describe th e impact on student academic activities to date.**  **Legislative Allowable Activities Dollars Spent**  Construction, maintenance, renovation, and improvement in classroom, library , laboratory , and other instructional facilities, including purchase or rental of telecommunications equipment or services. $0.00 **Please provide a short statement describing how your institution used funds in this area during the**  **2012 -** **2013 academic**  **year .**  **Please describe the impact on student academic activities to date.**

### Legislative Allowable Activities **Dollars Spent**

Purchase of library

books, periodicals, technical and other scientific journals, microfilm, microfiche, and other educational materials, including telecommunications program materials. $0.00 **Please prov ide a short statement describing how your institution used funds in this**  **area during the 2012** **- 2013**  **academic year**  **. Please describe the impact on student academic activities to date.** 
**Legislative Allowable Activities Dollars Spent**  Scholarships, fellowships, and other financial assistance for needy graduate students to permit the enrollment of the students in, and completion of, a masters degree in mathematics, engineering, the phy sical or natural sciences, computer science, information technology , nursing, allied health, or other scientific specific disciplines in which African Americans are underrepresented. $0.00 **Please provide a short statement describing how your institution used funds in this area during the**  **2012 -** **2013 academic**  **year .**  **Please describe the impact on student academic activities to date. Legislative Allowable Activities**  **Dollars Spent** Establishing or improving a development office to strengthen and increase contributions from alumni and the private sector. $0.00 **Pl ease provide a short statement describing how your institution used funds in this**  **area during the 2012** **- 2013**  **academic year**  **.**

### Please describe the impact on student academic activities to date.

**Legislative Allowable Activities Dollars Spent**  Assist ing in the establishment or maintenance of an institutional endowment to facilitate financial independence pursuant to section 331. $0.00 **Please provide a short statement describing how your institution used funds in this area during the**  **2012 -** **2013 academ**  **ic year**  **. Please describe the impact on student academic activities to date.**  **Legislative Allowable Activities Dollars Spent**  Funds and administrative management, and the acquisition of equipment, including software, for use in strengthening fun ds management and management information sy stems. $0.00 **Please provide a short statement describing how your institution used funds in this area during the**  **2012 -** **2013 academic**  **year .**  **Please describe the impact on student academic activities to date .**  **Dollars Spent**

### Legislative Allowable Activities

Acquisition of real property that is adjacent to the campus in connection with the construction, renovation, or improvement of, or an addition to, campus facilities. $0.00 **Please provide a shor t statement describing how your institution used funds in this**  **area during the 2012** **- 2013**  **academic year**  **. Please describe the impact on student academic activities to date.**  **Legislative Allowable Activities Dollars Spent**  Education or financial i nformation designed to improve the financial literacy and economic literacy

of students or students’ families, especiall y with regard to student indebtedness and student assistance programs under Title IV. $0.00 **Please provide a short statement describin g how your institution used funds in this**  **area during the 2012** **- 2**  **013 academic**  **year .**  **Please describe the impact on student academic activities to date. Legislative Allowable Activities**  **Dollars Spent** Tutoring, counseling, and other student servi ce programs designed to improve academic success. $0.00 **Please provide a short statement describing how your institution used funds in this area during the**  **2012 -** **2013 academic**  **year .** 

### Please describe the impact on student academic activities to date.

**Legislative Allowable Activities Dollars Spent**  Faculty professional development, faculty exchanges, and faculty participation in professional conferences and meetings. $0.00 **Please provide a short statement describing how your institution used fund s**  **in this area during the**  **2012 -** **2013 academic**  **year. Please describe the impact on student academic activities to date.**  **Legislative Allowable Activities Dollars Spent**  Other activities proposed in the application that contribute to carrying out the purpose of this p rogram , as stated under Title VII, Subpart 4, Section 723 of the HEA, as amended , and approved by the Secretary as part of the review and acceptance of such application . $0.00
**P lease provide a short statement describing how your in**  **stitution used funds in this area during the**  **2012 -** **2013 academic**  **year .**  **Please describe the impact on student academic activities to date.**

## CIP Code Index

**27 –**  **Mathem atics**  27.01

– Mathematics 27.03

– Applied Mathematics 27.05

– Statistics 2 7.99

– Mathematics and Statistics, Other **14 –**  **Engineering** 14.01

– Engineering, General 14.02

– Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering 14.03

– Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering 14.04

– Architectural Engineering 14.05

– Biomedical/Medical Engineering 14.06

– Ceramic Sciences and Engineering 14.07

– Chemical Engineering 14.08

– Civil Engineering 14.09

– Computer Engineering, General 14.10

– Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering 14.11

– Engineering Mechan ics 14.12

– Engineering Physics 14.13

– Engineering Science 14.14

– Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering 14.19

– Mechanical Engineering 14.20

– Metallurgical Engineering 14.21

– Mining and Mineral Engineering 14.22

– Naval Architecture and Mari ne Engineering 14.23

– Nuclear Engineering 14.24

– Ocean Engineering 14.25

– Petroleum Engineering 14.27

– Systems Engineering 14.28

– Textile Sciences and Engineering 14.31

– Materials Science 14.32

– Polymer/Plastics Engineering 14.33

– Construction Eng ineering 14.34

– Forest Engineering 14.35

– Industrial Engineering 14.36

– Manufacturing Engineering 14.37

– Operations Research 14.38

– Surveying Engineering 14.39

– Geological/Geophysical Engineering 14.99

– Engineering, Other **11 –**  **Com puter and Informat**  **ion Sciences and Support Services** 11.01

– Computer and Information Sciences, General 11.02

– Computer Programming 11.03

– Data Processing 11.04

– Information Science/Studies 11.05

– Computer Systems Analysis 11.07

– Computer Science 11.08

– Computer Software and Media Applications 11.09

– Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications 11.10

– Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management 11.99

– Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services**40 –**  **Physical Sciences**

40.01

– Phy si cal Sciences 40.02

– Astronomy and Astrophysics 40.04

– Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology 40.05

– Chemistry 40.06

– Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences 40.08

– Phy sics 40.99

– Phy sical Sciences, Other **26. Biological and Biom edical Sciences**  26.01

– Biology, General 26.02

– Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology 26.03

– Botany/Plant Biology 26.04

– Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences 26.05

– Microbiological Sciences and Immunology 26.07

– Zoology/Animal Biology 26.08

– Genetics 26. 09

– Phy siology, Pathology and Related Sciences 26.10

– Pharmacology and Toxicology 26.11

– Biomathematics and Bioinformatics 26.12

– Biotechnology 26.13

– Ecology, Evaluation, Systematics, and Population Biology 26.99

– Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other **51 –**  **Nursing Professions and Related Clinical Sciences** 51.00

– Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General 51.02

– Communication Disorders Sciences and Services 51.16

– Nursing 51.20

– Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administratio n 51.22

– Public Health 51.23

– Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions 51.25

– Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences 51.31

– Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services 51.32

– Bioethics/Medical Ethics 51.99

– Health Professions and Related Clinica l Sciences, Other