IRE Statistical Compilation 2019

Definitions:

150% - One plus one-half of the minimum number of terms required for completion of a degree or certificate. In the case of two-year programs, 150% equals three academic years.

Academic Year – summer CCYY, fall CCYY, spring CC(YY+1).

Academic Probation – Student receiving a term grade point average of less than 1.50.

Academic Suspension – Student on Academic Probation status receiving a term grade point average of less than 1.50.

Cohort – A defined group of students intended for tracking. Usually, the unduplicated count of first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students in a fall term.

Cohort Default Rate – Official federal loan default rate for the Family Federal Education Loan (FFEL) program, commonly referenced as Title IX loans.

Degree-seeking – Student that has declared a program of study to end in a degree or certificate. Dual credit students are not degree-seeking.

Developmental Course – A remedial course in which the student does not accumulate credit toward a degree or certificate.

Dual Enrolled – Student enrolled in courses for college credit before graduation from secondary school. Dual Credit is a special case of dual enrollment wherein the coursework is simultaneously transcripted for both college and secondary school credit. First-time – a student entering college in a degree-seeking capacity for the first time. First time status does not include dual credit work. Students whose first degree-seeking term is in the summer and continue enrollment in the immediately following fall term are counted as first time in that fall term.

Full-time – For ECCC, at least 15 enrolled hours in a semester (beginning fall 2014). For IPEDS, at least 12 enrolled hours in a semester.

General Education Competencies – For ECCC, there are six general education competencies that all degree completers should attain adequate skill level: computation, critical thinking, information technology, oral communication, reading comprehension, written communication.