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

7 FY 09: Cohort of 2002 4.2 Six-year graduation
rate
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MHEC Retention and
Graduation Report
who re-enroll at UMES reviewed by the
or ANY other USM Director for IRPA for
institution, one year accuracy and
after matriculation consistency before
being signed-off by the
First-time, full-time
degree-seeking
undergraduates from
UMES who graduate
from ANY Maryland,
public, four-year
institution within 6
years of matriculation
SEAP.
Based upon the 2002
cohort of full-time,
first-time students as
reported to MHEC and
the USM, the Research
Analyst tracked this
cohort over a six-year
period to determine the
number that had
graduated expressed as
a percentage of the
original cohort, and
adjusted for allowable
exceptions. This sixyear
graduation
percentage was
reviewed by the
Director for IRPA for
accuracy and
consistency before
being signed-off by the
SEAP.
8 FY 06: Cohort of 2004 4.3 Second-year retention MHEC Enrollment FY 06: Retention of Based upon the 2007
FY 07: Cohort of 2005 rate for African Information System African American cohort of full-time,
FY 08: Cohort of 2006 American students (EIS) students enrolled in first-time students as
FY 09: Cohort of 2007 &
MHEC Degree
Information System
(DIS)
Access and Success
program
FY 07, 08, 09:
Retention of all
African American
students
The Percentage of first-
reported to MHEC and
the USM, the
Programmer Specialist
tracked this cohort in
the fall of 2008 to
determine the number
of African American
Students that had
returned, expressed as