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

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE
OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS FOR MFR/ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES/INDICATORS
Measure # Special Timeframe Issues UMES Objective Indicator/Measure Source Operational
Definition
1 FY 09: Fall 08 Actual 2.1
2.2
2.4
2 FY06: Fall 05 + Spring 06
FY 07: Fall 06 + Spring 07
FY 08: Fall 07+ Spring 08
FY 09: Fall 08 + Spring 09
INPUTS
Total undergraduate
enrollment
2.3 Number of students enrolled
in distance education courses
486
Office of Admissions
data file
PeopleSoft database Enrollment in courses
delivered off-campus
or delivered using IVN
or online technology
Control Procedures
Fall-to-fall enrollment Enrollment data were
entered into the
PeopleSoft database by
the UMES Offices of
Admissions and
Registrar and
subsequently retrieved
as “freeze” data for
reporting by the Office
of Institutional
Research, Planning &
Assessment (OIRPA)
using specifications by
the USM, MHEC, and
IPEDS (Enrollment
Information System).
For the MFR the data
were compiled by the
Director of Institutional
Research, Planning and
Assessment and
reviewed by the Senior
Executive to the
President (SEAP)
before submission to
the USM, MHEC
(Enrollment
Information System) or
IPEDS (PEDS
Surveys).
The Programmer
Specialist retrieved the
data from
PeopleSoft/data