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TOWSON UNIVERSITY – MFR 2008 OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS<br />

Measure Special USM Indicator/Measure Source Operational Definition Control Procedures<br />

# Timeframe Template<br />

Issues Objective<br />

09 (est.) American students is calculated, reviewed by the IRD for validity<br />

and consistency using prior years’ data, and the percentage is<br />

entered in the MFR. Final review is by the SAVPAA.<br />

10 2005 Actual: 3.7 Percent of Common Number of degree-seeking The financial aid database for the Common Data Set (CDS) is<br />

Fall 04 economically Data Set undergraduate students, both produced annually in the fall term by the Associate Director of<br />

2006 Actual: disadvantaged full- and part-time, who applied Financial Aid (ADFA) and is comprised of information extracted<br />

Fall 05 students for financial aid and who were from the Peoplesoft student information system. Data from several<br />

2007 Actual: determined to have financial files are combined in the database, including all institutional,<br />

Fall 06 need (from line H2c of the federal, state, and private aid received by students, in addition to<br />

2008 Actual: Common Data Set) divided by data on financial aid applications received. The ADFA compares<br />

Fall 07 the total number of degree- the fund totals of each financial aid program on the four aid reports<br />

<strong>2009</strong> Est: Fall seeking undergraduates. (line to the current fund totals in Peoplesoft. Separate queries are run to<br />

08 (est.) H2a). verify that the number of financial aid applicants in the database is<br />

2010 Est: Fall consistent with the number of students showing in the Peoplesoft<br />

09 (est.) student information system as having applied for aid. The combined<br />

financial aid database is joined with a database of enrollment<br />

information provided by the SAVPAA’s office. The ADFA then<br />

extracts information from the final database to answer standardized<br />

questions on the financial aid section of the CDS report. To ensure<br />

validity and consistency, the ADFA compares answers from the<br />

current year with those from prior years and then forwards that<br />

information to IR. The IR staff review the data for comparability<br />

and consistency to past trends. Any discrepancies are resolved in<br />

discussions with the FAAD. After review, the data is entered in the<br />

Common Data Set according to the definitions prescribed by the<br />

CDS. The percentage is computed as defined by the MFR<br />

operational definition for this measure. The IRD reviews the<br />

percentage for comparability to past trends and then enters the<br />

percentage in the MFR. Final review is by the SAVPAA.<br />

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