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Required Data Elements

The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) has identified a basic set of data that all institutions under review need to prepare. A single file with tables for areas 1-6 has been prepared along with WASC's Summary Data Sheet. Below are links to each separate data element (some with greater detail) covering the 5 year span of 2001 - 2005. The educational effectiveness report provides comment/analysis of the data where relevant.

Additional information in support of the Educational Effectiveness report is located on the supplemental data page of this portfolio.

Area1: Admissions and Student Preparation

1.1 Admissions Activity by Level
1.2 Preparations/Selectivity Levels of Entering Students
1.3 Admissions by Gender
1.4 Admissions by Race/Ethnicity

Area 2: Student Enrollments

2.1 Headcount Enrollments by Degree Objective
2.2 Headcount Enrollments by Gender
2.3 Headcount Enrollments by Race/Ethnicity
2.4 Students Receiving Financial Aid

Area 3: Degrees Awarded

3.1 Degrees Granted by Degree-Level and Program
3.2 Cohort Graduation, Retention, and Transfer Rates

Area 4: Faculty and Staff Composition

4.1 Faculty Composition
4.2a Faculty Headcount by Department/Program
4.2b Faculty (lecturer) Headcount by Department/Program
4.3 Staff by Gender and Race/Ethnicity
4.4 Full-time Faculty and Staff Turnover

Area 5: Information, Physical, and Fiscal Resources

5.1 Information and Computing Resources
5.2 Physical Resources
5.3 Sources of Revenue
5.4 Operating Expenditures
5.5 Assets and Liabilities
5.6 Capital Investments
5.7a Endowment Values and Performance
5.7b Endowment Values and Performance (Tower Foundation)

Area 6: Institutional Operating Efficiency

6.1 Key Undergraduate Educational Operations Ratios
6.2 Key Asset and Maintenance Ratios
6.3 Key Financial Ratios

Area 7: Asessment (Progam Learning Outcomes)

7.1 Educational Effectiveness Inventories & Assessment Reports

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