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Data Dictionary A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z ACADEMIC YEAR - The period of time generally extending from September to June usually equated to two semesters or trimesters, three quarters, or the period covered by a 4-1-4 plan. ACT SCORES - Scores on the mathematics, English, reading, science reasoning, and composite scales of the ACT Assessment test.
ADJUNCT FACULTY - (see FACULTY) ADMISSIONS - Applicants granted an official offer to enroll in a college or university.
ADMISSIONS TEST SCORES - Scores on standardized admissions tests or special admissions tests. (see ACT SCORES, SAT SCORES) ADVANCED PLACEMENT - Advanced placement courses are college-level courses taught in high school. Students may take an examination at the completion of the course; students receiving acceptable scores may earn college credit.
ALUMNI SURVEYS - Questionnaires administered to undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional alumni to determine their satisfaction with programs and services, as well as their current educational and employment status. Alumni are surveyed two years after receiving a degree from the University. The alumni surveys were administered on an annual basis for a number of years. Beginning in 2001, the questionnaires were mailed to alumni on a biannual basis.
ALUMNUS - Someone who has been awarded a degree from an educational institution.
AMERICAN INDIAN OR ALASKAN NATIVE - (See RACE/ETHNICITY) ANNUAL EXPENSES - The total expenditures associated with tuition, required fees, room, and board for a typical undergraduate student. APPLICANT - An individual who has fulfilled the institution's requirements to be considered for admission (including payment or waiving of the application fee, if any) who has been notified of one of the following actions: admission, nonadmission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution). (source: IPEDS)
ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER - (See RACE/ETHNICITY) ASSISTANTSHIP - An assistantship is an appointment in which graduate students pursuing an advanced degree engage in specified teaching or research duties. Assistantships carry a bi-weekly stipend and may cover tuition costs. ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE - (see DEGREE) BACHELOR'S DEGREE - (see DEGREE) BENCHMARK INSTITUTIONS - The University of Kentucky collects selected data from nineteen benchmark institutions in an effort to develop meaningful comparisons between the University and its peer institutions.
BLACK, NON-HISPANIC - (See RACE/ETHNICITY) CARNEGIE CLASSIFICATION CODE -
CIP CODE - A six-digit code in the form xx.xxxx that identifies instructional program specialties within educational institutions. A CIP code is assigned to each degree program at the time it is established. CLERICAL AND SECRETARIAL - (see PRIMARY OCCUPATIONAL ACTIVITY) COHORT - A specific group of students established for tracking purposes. (see RETENTION and GRADUATION RATES) COMMON DATA SET - The Common Data Set (CDS) is the result of a national collaboration between publishers and academia to improve and standardize the compiling and reporting of information by academic institutions. This effort is guided in part by practices of the U.S. Department of Education. The Common Data Set includes diverse information on the University of Kentucky, including: enrollments and degrees conferred, a profile of first-year students, statistics and policies on transfers, academic offerings and policies, student life, annual expenses, financial aid, faculty, and class sizes. COMPLETER - A student who receives a degree, diploma, certificate, or other formal award. In order to be considered a completer, the degree/award must actually be conferred. (source: IPEDS) COMPLETERS WITHIN 150% (OF NORMAL TIME) - Students (within a cohort or subcohort) who completed their program within 150% of the normal time to completion. For example, a student enrolled in a Bachelor program would complete the program within 6 years to meet the 150% rule. (See NORMAL TIME) (source: IPEDS) CONCURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS - A graduate student enrolled in more than one degree or program status during the semester. CONTACT HOUR - A unit of measure that represents an hour of scheduled instruction given to students. Also referred to as clock hour. CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION - Programs and courses designed specifically for individuals who have completed a professional degree (such as law, medicine, dentistry, or social work) to obtain additional training in their particular field of study. (source: IPEDS) COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS - The cooperative doctoral program in education is offered between the University of Kentucky (the sponsoring institution) and the following state universities: Eastern Kentucky University, Morehead State University, Murray State University, and Western Kentucky University. The University of Kentucky is the degree awarding institution. COURSE HISTORY - A list tracing the number of sections offered and the number of students enrolled for each course taught in recent years.
CREDIT - Recognition of attendance or performance in an instructional activity (course of program) that can be applied by a recipient toward the requirements for a degree, diploma, certificate, or other formal award. CREDIT HOUR - A unit of measure representing an hour (50 minutes) of instruction over a 15-week period in a semester or trimester system or a 10-week period in a quarter system. It is applied toward the total number of hours needed for completing the requirements of a degree, diploma, certificate, or other formal award. CREDIT HOUR ACTIVITY - The provision of coursework to students, which can be measured in terms of credit hours. Credit hour activity is computed by multiplying the number of course credit hours by the number of students enrolled in the course. For example, the credit hour activity for a 3-credit course with an enrollment of 30 students is 90 credit hours. CURRENT FUNDS EXPENDITURES (AND TRANSFERS) - The costs incurred for goods and services used in the conduct of the institution's operations. Includes the acquisition cost of capital assets, such as equipment and library books, to the extent current funds are budgeted for and used by operating departments for such purposes. Includes:
(3) Hospitals (4) Independent operations (source: IPEDS)
CURRENT FUNDS REVENUES - Unrestricted gifts, grants, and other resources earned during the reporting period and restricted resources received in non-exchange transactions for which any time restrictions have been met, or which have been earned in exchange transactions. Includes current funds revenues from the following:
(source: IPEDS)
DEGREES - An award conferred by a postsecondary education institution to recognize the successful completion of a program of studies. The number of students receiving a degree in a given year is based on awards conferred during the Summer, Fall, and Spring semesters. For example, the number of degrees conferred in 2006 reflects the total number of degrees awarded to students during the Summer 2005, Fall 2005, and Spring 2006 semesters. Statistics on the number of degrees awarded at UK are sorted according to student characteristics such as age, gender, full-time/part-time status, race/ethnicity, and residence. Data on All Degrees Awarded at UK:
DEGREE-SEEKING STUDENTS - Students enrolled in courses for credit who are recognized by the institution as seeking a degree or formal award. At the undergraduate level, this is intended to include students enrolled in vocational or occupational programs. (source: IPEDS) DISTANCE LEARNING - Any for-credit instruction where delivery of instruction may utilize any or all of the following: print material, e-mail, telephone, audio tape, television/VCR. satellite, or computer for access to CD ROM, interactive video, Internet, or the web. The instructor may be physically separated from the students or may meet with students intermittently throughout the term. A distance-learning course is reported as either on- or off-campus based on where the majority of the students enrolled in the course is located. DOCTORAL PLACEMENT SURVEY - This report is compiled based on a survey conducted by the Graduate School for doctoral recipients in an academic year. The Director of Graduate Studies and major professor are asked to identify the nature and location of each doctoral recipient's first position of employment upon graduation.
DOCTORAL/RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES-EXTENSIVE (CARNEGIE) - These institutions typically offer a wide range of baccalaureate programs, and they are committed to graduate education through the doctorate. They award 50 or more doctoral degrees per year across at least 15 disciplines. (source: IPEDS) DOCTOR'S DEGREE - (See DEGREE) DROP OUT - A student who left the institution and did not return. (See RETENTION and GRADUATION RATES) EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE (ETS) - the world's largest private educational testing and measurement organization and a leader in educational research. ETS's primary purpose has been the development of tests and other assessment tools to provide information (including test scores and interpretative data) to test takers, educational institutions, and others who require this information. (source: ETS) EMPLOYEE FRINGE BENEFITS - Cash contributions in the form of supplementary or deferred compensation other than salary. Excludes the employee's contribution. Employee fringe benefits include retirement plans, social security taxes, medical/dental plans, guaranteed disability income protection plans, tuition plans, housing plans, unemployment compensation plans, group life insurance plans, worker's compensation plans, and other benefits in-kind with cash options. ENDOWED CHAIRS AND PROFESSORSHIPS - (see FACULTY) ENDOWMENT INCOME - Consists of: (1) the unrestricted income of endowment and similar funds; (2) restricted income of endowment and similar funds to the extent expended for current operating purposes, and (3) income from funds held in trust by other under irrevocable trusts. Excludes capital gains or losses unless the institution has adopted a spending formula by which it expends no only the yield but also a prudent portion of the appreciation of the principle. Gains spent for current operations are treated as transfers rather than endowment income. (source: IPEDS)
ENROLLMENT STATISTICS - The number of students attending the University, sorted according to student characteristics such as age, gender, full-time/part-time status, race/ethnicity, and residence. Headcounts are based on the number of students enrolled during the Fall Semester.
EXECUTIVE, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND MANAGERIAL (see PRIMARY OCCUPATIONAL ACTIVITY) FACT BOOKLET - A compendium of selected facts about admissions, enrollment, degrees conferred, faculty salaries, grant and contract awards, research expenditures, the status of new facilities, and other items of interest. FACULTY - Persons identified by the institution as such and typically those whose initial assignments are made for the purpose of conducting instruction, research or public service as a principal activity (or activities). They may hold academic rank titles of professor, associate professor, assistant professor, instructor, lecturer or the equivalent of any of those academic ranks. Faculty may also include the chancellor/president, provost, associate provosts, deans, directors or the equivalent, as well as associate deans, assistant deans, and executive officers of academic departments (chairpersons, heads or the equivalent) if their principal activity is instruction combined with research and/or public service. The designation as "faculty" is separate from the activities to which they may be currently assigned. For example, a newly appointed president of an institution may also be appointed as a faculty member. Graduate, instruction, and research assistants are not included in this category. (source: IPEDS)
FEDERAL GRANTS - These are transfers of money or property from the Federal government to the education institution without a requirement to receive anything in return. These grants may take the form of grants to the institutions to undertake research or they may be in the form of student financial aid. Federal Grants for purposes of conducting research are reported under the Federal Grants revenue category by both public and private institutions. Federal Grants in the form of student financial aid are reported under the federal grants revenue category for public institutions, but are reported as allowance (i.e. tuition and fee allowances and/or auxiliary enterprise allowances), agency transfer, or revenues/expenses by private institutions. (source: IPEDS) FELLOWSHIP - A non-service award made to academically superior graduate students to assist them in the pursuit of an advanced degree. This award carries a monthly stipend and usually covers tuition costs. All stipends are taxable income. FICE CODE - A 6-digit identification code originally created by the Federal Interagency Committee on Education. The code was used to identify all schools doing business with the Office of Education during the early sixties. The code is no longer used in IPEDS; it has been replaced by the OPE ID code. (source: IPEDS) FINANCIAL AID - Monetary support in the form of loans, grants and scholarships provided to students to pay for their college educations. FIRST-PROFESSIONAL DEGREE - (See DEGREE) FIRST-TIME, FIRST-YEAR STUDENT - A student attending any institution for the first time at the undergraduate level. Includes students enrolled in the fall term who attended college for the first time in the prior summer term. Also includes students who entered with college credits earned before graduation from high school. The term applies even to students who earned more than 30 college credits in high school. (source: IPEDS) FIRST-TIME FRESHMAN - (see FIRST-TIME, FIRST-YEAR STUDENT) FIRST-TIME UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT - An undergraduate student who has not previously attended any postsecondary institution or who attended postsecondary level courses as a high school student and is currently enrolled for the first time since high school graduation. Does not include students who are currently in high school taking postsecondary level courses. Includes first-time first-year KCTCS certificate- or diploma-seeking students (01), first-time freshmen (01), undergraduate nondegree (05), and audit (13) students. FIRST-TIME GRADUATE STUDENT - A Student who has, for the first time, been classified as one of the following: master's (06), specialist's (07), doctoral (08), or graduate nondegree (16). (source: Council on Postsecondary Education) FIRST-TIME FIRST-PROFESSIONAL STUDENT - A first professional student who has, for the first time, been classified as a first professional student. FIRST-TIME TRANSFER STUDENT - A certificate-, diploma-, or degree-seeking student entering the reporting institution for the first time but known to have previously attended a postsecondary institution at the same level (e.g., technical, undergraduate, graduate), or a student who has participated in postsecondary instruction at a KCTCS technical institution, and for whom this activity is recognized by the receiving institution. (source: Council on Postsecondary Education) FIRST-YEAR STUDENT - A student who has graduated from high school and earned fewer than thirty semester credit hours. Also known as FRESHMAN. (source: Council on Postsecondary Education)
FIRST-YEAR SURVEY PROGRAM - Questionnaires administered during the first week of the Fall Semester and mid-way through the Spring Semester to assess changes in first-year students' attitudes, expectations, and behaviors-in and out of the classroom.
FRESHMAN - (See FIRST-YEAR STUDENT). FRESHMAN SURVEY PROGRAM - (See FIRST-YEAR SURVEY PROGRAM) FULL-TIME STUDENT - At the Undergraduate level, a student enrolled for 12 or more semester credits, or 12 or more quarter credits, or 24 or more contact hours a week each term. (source: IPEDS)
GOVERNOR'S SCHOLARS - Recipients of a prestigious award given to outstanding high school students in Kentucky.
GRADES FOR INCOMING FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS - High school grade point averages for incoming high school students entering the University of Kentucky.
GRADUATE ASSISTANTS - (See PRIMARY OCCUPATIONAL ACTIVITY) GRADUATE CERTIFICATES - An integrated group of courses that is designed to have a very clear and focused academic topic or competency as its subject area. Often, a Graduate Certificate may meet a clearly defined educational need of a constituency group, such as continuing education or accreditation for a particular profession; respond to a specific state mandate; or provide a basic competency in an emerging, usually interdisciplinary, area. A Certificate is not a graduate degree program (it is typically between 9 and 15 credits), but it does provide the student formal recognition of the mastery of a clearly defined academic topic. GRADUATE MANAGEMENT ADMISSION TEST (GMAT) - A standardized test that graduate business schools use to evaluate candidates. The verbal section of the GMAT measures the ability to understand and analyze written material, and the ability to recognize and conform to the conventions of standard written English. The quantitative section measures a person's ability to reason quantitatively, solve mathematical problems, and interpret data presented in graphical form. The analytical writing section measures a person's ability to effectively communicate ideas through writing and the ability to critically assess an argument. GRADUATE RECORD EXAMINATION (GRE) - The General test is composed of the verbal, quantitative, and analytical/ analytical writing sections. The verbal section measures your ability to analyze and evaluate written material and synthesize information obtained from it, to analyze relationships among component parts of sentences, to recognize relationships between words and concepts, and to reason with words in solving problems. The quantitative section measures your basic mathematical skills, your understanding of elementary mathematical concepts, and your ability to reason quantitatively and solve problems in a quantitative setting. The analytical writing section is a new section introduced beginning in October 2002 that tests your critical thinking and analytical writing skills. (source: ETS) The GRE is required of all applicants to the University of Kentucky Graduate School, with the exception of students applying to certain graduate programs in the College of Business and Economics (GMAT required for Accounting and Business Administration programs). Applicants to the programs in Health Administration, Public Administration, and Public Health have the option of presenting either the GRE or the GMAT. In this report, mean scores are reported for each of the three portions of the GRE: verbal, quantitative, and analytical. The results are reported by College, as well as by graduate program for all enrolled graduate students. GRADUATE SCHOOL ANNUAL STATISTICAL REPORT - This document provides detailed reporting on many aspects of graduate education and financial support for the academic year. Data are provided on applications, enrollments, and degree productivity by college and program, as well as assistantship and fellowship support. GRADUATE STUDENT - A student who holds a bachelor's or first-professional degree, or equivalent, and is taking courses at the post-baccalaureate level. These students may or may not be enrolled in graduate programs. GRADUATE STUDENT PRODUCTIVITY REPORT - A report on the number of graduate student publications in refereed journals, presentations at professional meetings, and/or earned recognition for juries creative projects. GRADUATION RATE - The percentage of students in a cohort who graduate within 150% of normal time. The cohort of first-time, full-time, baccalaureate students who enter the institution during the Fall Semester is tracked for six years. Students also are included in the cohort if they start their college careers at UK or another institution during the summer and continue at UK in the fall semester.
GRADUATING SENIOR SURVEY - A questionnaire administered annually to seniors who have earned at least 90 credit hours and applied for their degree. The survey asks students to evaluate their satisfaction with instruction, programs, and services. Graduating seniors are also asked to report their educational and career-related plans. GRADUATE STUDENT TIME-TO-DEGREE REPORT - This document provides information on the time-to-degree for Doctoral, Specialist, and Master's degree recipients from the University of Kentucky. The time-to-degree information is provided by graduate program and degree awarded. The full distribution of graduate time-to-degree is reported for each program (degree); values of the mean and median time-to-degree are reported on the same basis. In addition, the average time students take to earn a degree is reported by college.
GRANTS AND CONTRACT AWARDS - Grants and contracts awarded to the university for instruction, research, and public service. Awards are made by federal and state government, as well as business and industry.
HISPANIC - (See RACE/ETHNICITY) HOUSE STAFF (RESIDENTS AND INTERNS) - An individual with a recognized terminal professional degree in one of the health professions who is engaged in postgraduate training in a program in the individual field (conducted in the university hospital or one of its affiliated institutions).
IN-STATE STUDENT - A student who is a legal resident of the state in which he/she attends school. Also known as a resident student. (source: IPEDS)
IN-STATE TUITION - The tuition charged by an institution to students who meet a state's residency requirements.
INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY (see FACULTY) IPEDS - The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics. IPEDS began in 1986 and involves annual data collections. All postsecondary institutions that have a Program Participation Agreement with the Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education, are required to report data using a web-based data collection system. IPEDS also surveys approximately 3,000 other schools that offer postsecondary education programs. (source: IPEDS) [Return to top of page.]JOINT PROGRAM - Two or more institutions sponsor an academic program leading toward a degree. The participating institutions administer and share academic responsibility for the joint program. (source: Council on Postsecondary Education) JUNIOR - A student who has earned at least sixty, but fewer than ninety, semester credit hours.
LAND AND SPACE - The amount of acreage and assignable square footage in buildings.
LIBRARY - An organized collection of printed, microform, and audiovisual materials which (a) is administered as one or more units, (b) is located in one or more designated places, and (c) makes printed, microform, and audiovisual materials as well as necessary equipment and services of staff accessible to students and to faculty. Includes units meeting the above definition which are part of a learning resource center. (source: IPEDS)
MANDATORY TRANSFERS - Those transfers that must be made to fulfill a binding legal obligation of the institution. Includes mandatory debt-service provisions relating to academic and administrative buildings, including (1) amounts set aside for debt retirement and interest; and (2) required provisions for renewal and replacements to the extent not financed from other sources. Also includes institutional matching portion for Perkins Loans when the source of funds is current revenue. (source: IPEDS)
MASTER'S DEGREE - (See DEGREE) MEDICAL SCHOOLS AND MEDICAL CENTERS (CARNEGIE) - These institutions award most of their professional degrees in medicine. In some instances, they include other health professions programs, such as dentistry, pharmacy, or nursing. (source: IPEDS) NATIONAL SURVEY OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT - A questionnaire administered to samples of first-year students and seniors that assesses students' level of engagement in their academic careers. The NSSE measures five key clusters of activities that research has shown to be tied to desired collegiate outcomes: level of academic challenge, student-faculty interactions, active and collaborative learning, enriching educational experiences, and a supportive campus environment. NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARS - Recipients of a prestigious national award given to approximately 2,000 high school students each year who exhibit academic excellence. Students qualify as National Merit finalists based on scores from the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, supporting information submitted on their academic work, and a recommendation from their principals.
NCES - The National Center for Education Statistics, which is the statistical branch of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, a principal operating component of the U.S. Department of Education. (source: IPEDS) NEW HIRES - Persons who were hired for full-time permanent employment for the 1st time, or after a break in service, between July 1 and September 30 of the survey year. These do not include persons who have returned from sabbatical leave. (source: IPEDS) NON E & G CURRENT FUNDS EXPENDITURES - Includes self-supporting operations of the institution that furnish a service to students, faculty, or staff and charge a fee related to the service. Also includes funds expended for operations that are independent of the mission of the institution. (source: IPEDS) NONCREDIT COURSE - A course of activity having no credit applicable toward a degree, diploma, certificate, or other formal award. NONDEGREE SEEKING STUDENT - A student enrolled in courses for credit who is not recognized by the institution as seeking a degree of formal award. NONRESIDENT ALIEN - A person who is not a citizen or national of the United States and who is in this country on a visa or temporary basis and does not have the right to remain indefinitely. (source: IPEDS) NONRESIDENT STUDENT - A student who is not a legal resident of the state in which he or she is attending college. Also known as an OUT-OF-STATE STUDENT. NORMAL TIME TO COMPLETION - The amount of time necessary for students to complete all requirements for a degree or certificate according to the institution's catalog. This is typically 4 years (8 semesters of trimesters, or 12 quarters, excluding summer term) for a bachelor's degree in a standard term-based institution; and the various scheduled times for certificate programs. (source: IPEDS) OTHER E & G EXPENDITURES AND TRANSFERS - These are current funds expenditures not included elsewhere. Examples are expenditures for libraries, administration, academic computing, career guidance, admissions, registrar activities, executive planning, legal and fiscal operations, and public relations. (source: IPEDS) OTHER EXPENSES - The amount of money (estimated by the financial aid office) needed by a student to cover expenses such as laundry, transportation, entertainment, and furnishings. (source: IPEDS) OTHER PROFESSIONAL STAFF (SUPPORT/SERVICE) - (see PRIMARY OCCUPATIONAL ACTIVITY) OUT-OF-STATE STUDENT - A student who is not a legal resident of the state in which he or she is attending college. Also known as a NON-RESIDENT STUDENT.
OUT-OF-STATE TUITION - The tuition charged by institutions to those students who do not meet the institution's or state's residency requirements. (source: IPEDS)
PART-TIME STAFF (EMPLOYEES) - The type of appointment at the snapshot date determines whether an employee is full time or part time. The employee's term of contract is not considered in making the determination of full or part time. Employees are counted only once even if employed multiple ways (e.g. a full-time employee who also teaches part time on a per course basis is counted only as full-time). Also, a full-time employee who has an additional overload part-time appointment, contract, or course payment is counted as full time. Casual employees (hired on an ad-hoc basis or occasional basis to meet short-time needs) and students in the College Work-Study Program are not considered part-time staff. (source: IPEDS) PART-TIME STUDENT -
PERKINS LOAN PROGRAM (FORMERLY NATIONAL DIRECT STUDENT LOANS) - (Higher Education Act of 1965, Title IV, Part E, as amended, Public Laws 89-329, 92-318, et al; 20 USC 1087aa-1087hh.) Provides low interest loans to eligible postsecondary students (undergraduate, graduate, or professional students) with demonstrated financial need to help meet educational expenses. (source: IPEDS) POST-DOCTORAL STUDENT - A student pursuing work in a program of study who has earned a doctoral or equivalent degree in an appropriate field. POST-MASTER'S CERTIFICATE - An award that requires completion of an organized program of study of 24 credit hours beyond the master's degree, but does not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of master. (source: IPEDS) POSTBACCALAUREATE CERTIFICATE - An award that requires completion of an organized program of study requiring 18 credit hours beyond the bachelor's; designed for persons who have completed a baccalaureate degree, but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of master. (source: IPEDS) POSTBACCALAUREATE STUDENT - A student with a bachelor's degree who is enrolled in graduate or first-professional courses. (source: IPEDS) PRIMARY OCCUPATIONAL ACTIVITY - The principal activity of a staff member as determined by the institution. If an individual participates in two or more activities, the primary activity is normally determined by the amount of time spent in each activity. Occupational activities are designated as follows:
(source: IPEDS) PRIVATE GIVING - Gifts to the University from alumni, corporations, foundations, trusts, and associations.
PUBLIC SERVICE (EXPENDITURES) FOR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS - Funds budgeted specifically for public service and expended for activities established primarily to provide noninstructional services beneficial to groups external to the institution. Examples are seminars and projects provided to particular sectors of the community and expenditures for community services and cooperative extension services. (source: IPEDS) RACE/ETHNICITY - Categories used to describe groups to which individuals belong, identify with, or belong in the eyes of the community. The categories do not denote scientific definitions of anthropological origins. A person may be counted in only one group. The groups used to categorize U.S. citizens, resident aliens, and other eligible non-citizens are as follows:
(source: IPEDS) RACE/ETHNICITY UNKNOWN - Category used to classify students or employees whose race/ethnicity is not known and institutions are unable to place them in one of the specified racial/ethnic categories. (source: IPEDS) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURES - Funds expended to support the research mission of the University.
RESEARCH ASSISTANT (RA) - A graduate student who provides important services in the University's multiple research activities. An RA has excellent educational opportunities to learn new techniques and methods while expanding their awareness of developing areas of knowledge. In some cases, specific responsibilities within a department or center may be assigned by the unit Chair, Director, or Director of Graduate Studies; in others, responsibilities may be assigned by a Faculty Member as part of that individual's specific research grant or contract. In such cases, a student's research activities may be directly related to investigations germane to their field of specialization or to a thesis or dissertation topic. Some RAs may be employed by a research or administrative unit outside their departmental or disciplinary interest, but in a program of research to which the RA brings certain knowledge or skills of value to the project. The number of assistantships reported in the Annual Statistical Report is determined for each program using payroll data; only enrolled graduate students are counted. The figures reported are headcounts, and do not reflect fraction of effort. RESEARCH CHALLENGE TRUST FUND ENDOWMENT MATCH PROGRAM - A program, also known as "Bucks for Brains," to enhance the research activities of faculty in all colleges of the University of Kentucky. RCTF provides Kentucky's universities support for ongoing efforts to attract and retain renowned faculty and researchers. The University of Kentucky provides a dollar-for-dollar match of RCTF resources by internal reallocation or by raising external funds. The program is designed to advance the economic success of Kentucky and its citizens through education and research. RESIDENCE - A person's permanent address determined by such evidence as a driver's license or voter registration. For entering freshman, residence may be the legal residence of a parent or guardian. (source: IPEDS)
RESIDENT ALIEN (AND OTHER ELIGIBLE NON-CITIZENS) - A person who is not a citizen or national of the United States and who has been admitted as a legal immigrant for the purpose of obtaining permanent resident alien status (and who holds either an alien registration card (form I-551 or I-151), a Temporary Resident Card (Form I-688), or an Arrival-Departure Record (Form I-94) with notation that conveys legal immigrant status such as Section 207 Refugee, Section 208 Asyled Conditional Entrant Parolee or Cuban-Haitian). RETENTION RATE - Percent of students entering each fall semester as first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students who return as second-year students. Students are included in the retention cohort if they start their college careers at UK or another institution during the summer and continue at UK in the fall semester. Students who have achieved sophomore standing as a result of dual credit or Advanced Placement (AP) credit are also included in the cohort. The retention rate calculated by the Council on Postsecondary Education includes part-time students in the cohort and counts students who have transferred to another Kentucky institution as 'retained.'
REVENUES - The collective amounts of income of the institution from all sources for public and private, not-for-profit institutions it is their increase in net assets. For private, for-profit institutions it is their increase in equity. In either case, the increase is a result of the provision of an education service or selling education product. (source: IPEDS)
SALARIES AND WAGES - Money paid to a person for work or service. This includes regular or periodic payment to a person for the regular or periodic performance of work or a service and payment to a person for more sporadic performance of a work or a service. (source: IPEDS)
SAT - An examination administered by the Educational Testing Service and used to predict the facility with which an individual will progress in learning college-level academic subjects. (source: IPEDS) SEMESTER CALENDAR SYSTEM - A calendar system that consists of two semesters during the academic year with about 16 weeks for each semester of instruction. There may be an additional summer session. (source: IPEDS) SENIOR - Student who has earned at least ninety semester credit hours.
SKILLED CRAFTS STAFF - (See PRIMARY OCCUPATIONAL ACTIVITY)
SPECIALIZED ACCREDITATION - Specialized accreditation normally applies to the evaluation of programs, departments, or schools which usually are parts of a total collegiate or other post secondary institution. The unit accredited may be as large as a college or school within a university or a small as a curriculum within a discipline. Most of the specialized accrediting agencies review units within a postsecondary institution which is accredited by one of the regional accrediting commissions. However, certain of the specialized accrediting or vocational or other postsecondary institutions are free-standing in their operations. Thus, a "specialized" or "programmatic" accrediting agency may also function in the capacity of an "institutional" accrediting agency. In addition, a number of specialized accrediting agencies accredit educational programs within non-educational setting, such as hospitals. (source: IPEDS) STAFF - see PRIMARY OCCUPATIONAL ACTIVITY STANDARDIZED ADMISSIONS TESTS - Tests prepared and administered by an agency independent of any postsecondary education institution, for purposes of making available to prospective students, information about the students' academic qualifications relative to a national sample. Examples are the SAT and ACT assessment tests. (source: IPEDS)
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT GRANTS - State and local monies awarded to the institution under state and local student aid programs, including the state portion of State Student Incentive Grants (SSIG). (source: IPEDS) STOP OUT - A student who left the institution and returned at a later date. STRATEGIC PLAN - A report that articulates university-wide goals and provides a framework for the development of detailed action plans to achieve these goals.
STUDENT CREDIT HOUR - A unit of measure representing an hour (50 minutes) of instruction over a 15-week period in a semester or trimester system or a 10-week period in a quarter system. It is applied toward the total number of hours needed for completing the requirements of a degree, diploma, certificate, or other formal award. STUDENT RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT - Also known as the Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act" (P.L. 101-542), which was passed by Congress November 9, 1990. Title I, Section 103, requires institutions eligible for Title IV funding to disclose completion or graduation rates of certificate- or degree-seeking, full-time students entering an institution to all students and prospective students. Further, section 104 requires each institution which participates in any Title IV program is attended by students receiving athletically-related student aid to annually submit a report to the Secretary. This report is to contain among other things graduation/completion rates of students receiving athletically-related student aid by race/ethnicity and gender and by sport, and the average completion or graduation rate for the four most recent years. These data are also required to be disclosed to potential student athletes (and others) when the institution offers athletically-related student aid. (source: IPEDS) STUDENT-TO-FACULTY RATIO - An index of the average size (enrollment) of classes in relation to faculty resources.
SUMMER SESSION - A summer session is shorter than a regular semester and not considered part of the academic year. It is not the third term of an institution operating on a trimester system or the fourth term of an institution operating on a quarter calendar system. The institution may have two or more sessions occurring in the summer months. Some schools, such as vocational and beauty schools, have year-round classes with no separate summer session. (source: IPEDS) TEACHER CERTIFICATION - Program designed to prepare students to meet the requirements for certification as teachers in elementary , middle/junior high, and secondary schools. (source: IPEDS) TEACHER/COURSE EVALUATIONS (TCE) - A questionnaire administered to students at the end of each course to assess their degree of satisfaction with the course and its instructor.
TEACHING ASSISTANT (TA) - The duties of Teaching Assistants (TAs) may include full classroom responsibilities, instructional assistance in a laboratory or discussion session, or other related activities. TAs who have primary responsibility for teaching a course for credit and/or for assigning final grades for such a course must have completed at least 18 graduate semester hours in the teaching discipline and hold at least a master's degree, or must have earned at least 18 graduate semester hours in their teaching discipline, be under the direct supervision of a faculty member experienced in the teaching discipline, receive regular in-service training, and be regularly evaluated. The number of assistantships reported in the Annual Statistical Report is determined for each program using payroll data; only enrolled graduate students are counted. The figures reported are headcounts, and do not reflect fraction of effort. TECHNICAL AND PARAPROFESSIONAL STAFF (see PRIMARY OCCUPATIONAL ACTIVITY) TENURE - Status of a personnel position, or a person occupying a position or occupation, with respect to permanence of the position. (source: IPEDS) TENURE TRACK - Status of personnel positions that lead to consideration for tenure. (source: IPEDS) TRANSFER CREDIT - The total semester credit hours recorded on the student's academic record as accepted by the institution as transfer credit from all previously attended Kentucky or out-of-state institutions. TRANSFER-IN STUDENT - A student entering the reporting institution for the first time but known to have previously attended a postsecondary institution at the same level (e.g. undergraduate, graduate). The student may transfer with or without credit. (source: IPEDS)
TUITION AND REQUIRED FEES - Required fees - Fixed sum charged to students for items not covered by tuition and required of such a large proportion of all students that the student who does NOT pay the charge is an exception. (source: IPEDS)
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT - A student enrolled in a 4- or 5-year bachelor's degree program, an associate's degree program, or a vocational or technical program below the baccalaureate. (source: IPEDS)
UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAM - This program integrates undergraduate and graduate coursework in a single continuous program resulting in a baccalaureate and master's degree. (source: The Graduate School) VALEDICTORIAN - A prestigious award given to one of the top-ranked students in the high school graduating class.
VISITING DISTINGUISHED FACULTY AWARDS PROGRAM (VDF) - A program intended to enhance the scholarly environment for doctoral students and graduate faculty at the University of Kentucky. A nationally recognized scholar is brought to campus to serve as the Graduate School's appointed Outside Examiner for selected dissertations that are judged to be especially meritorious and exemplify the fine work of our doctoral students. The distinguished scholar also presents a colloquium on his or her research to the University community while on campus. WHITE, NON-HISPANIC - (see RACE/ETHNICITY) |
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