2009 Performance Accountability Report Vol. 2 - Maryland Higher ...

Objective 5.5 Maintain the percentage of UM students satisfied with education received for graduate or
professional school at or above 96% between the 1998 alumni survey and the 2008 alumni survey.
2000 2002 2005 2008
Survey Survey Survey Survey
Performance Measures Actual Actual Actual Actual
Quality % of alumni satisfied with
education received for graduate or
professional school one year after
graduation 7
98% 99% 98% 98%
Notes:
1 This number encompasses all graduate level college, program, or specialty area rankings published by U.S. News,
Financial Times, Business Week, Success, and the National Research Council for which UM has a matching college,
program, or specialty area. The 2007 data column includes rankings that are current as of August 2007.
2 Due to lag in NSF data collection and reporting time, data are reported for the prior fiscal year, i.e., the data
reported for 2009 is for fiscal year (FY) 2008; the data reported for 2008 is for FY 2007, etc.
3 Fall data reflecting the current academic year. Report year 2009 includes data for Fall 2009.
4 Data and estimates are from the CASE Campaigning Reporting Standards. Data are for the most recent fiscal year.
That is the 2009 data column reports data that are current as of the end of fiscal year 2009. The current recession
will continue to impact philanthropy negatively. UMCP’s Office of University Relations anticipates a rebound in FY
11.
5 Estimation based on percentage of UM alumni surveyed one year after graduation who indicated they were
working in Maryland. The 2008 Survey was administered to students who graduated in the fiscal year 2007.
6 Data are based on surveys of teachers hired in Maryland public schools who self-report their graduating institution.
These surveys are conducted by local education agencies and reported to the Maryland State Department of
Education. Data for 2009 are for teachers hired between October 2007 and October 2008 and reported to USM in
2009. MSDE has indicated that, based on what they are hearing, many LEAs, due to budget cuts, hired many less
teachers this year. Due to the self-reporting process the LEAs use, as well as the time it takes to get data back from
MSDE, the data are estimated to undercount the true number of teachers hired.
7 Refers to baccalaureate recipients only. Data are based upon graduates who completed the MHEC Follow Up
Survey one year after graduation. Thus, the 2008 Survey reports on students who graduated in fiscal year 2007.
8 Reflects only bachelor's degree recipients who graduated the previous year, were employed full time, and rated
their education as excellent, good, or adequate/fair preparation for employment on a UM alumni survey
administered one year after graduation. In order to avoid data contamination, anonymous responses were excluded
from the satisfaction rate calculations.
9 Estimation based on percentage of UM alumni (baccalaureate recipients only) responding to alumni survey who
graduated with a MAITI-defined IT degree and who indicated they were working in Maryland.
10 Based on actual incubator companies that have graduated during the most recent fiscal year. The 2009 data
column reports on data as of the end of the fiscal year 2009.
11 The list of special undergraduate experiences fluctuates from year to year as old programs are terminated and new
programs are added. For example, the entrepreneurship program has ended and will no longer be included for future
experiences.
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