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HEA: Javits Fellowships - 2005

CFDA Number: 84.170 - Javits Fellowships


Program Goal: To provide financial assistance to graduate students who have demonstrated superior academic ability, achievement, and exceptional promise
Objective 8.1 of 1: TO ENABLE STUDENTS OF SUPERIOR ABILITY IN THE ARTS, HUMANITIES, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES TO COMPLETE THEIR TERMINAL DEGREE.
Indicator 8.1.1 of 2: Graduate school completion: The percentage of Javits fellows who complete a terminal degree within 7 years.
Targets and Performance Data Assessment of Progress Sources and Data Quality
Rates of doctorate attainment by Javits fellows 7 years from enrollment
Year Actual Performance Performance Targets
1998
30
 
1999
26
 
2003
31
29
2004
31
30
2005
 
31
2006
 
31
2007
 
32
2008
 
32
2009
 
33
2010
 
33


Explanation: The Survey of Earned Doctorates collects only information on attainment of a doctorate degree. Some Javits fellows pursue programs in fields for which the terminal degree is below the doctorate level; their attainment is not accounted for. The program office is in the process of developing a database to collect this information. Upon receipt of the GAANN data, we plan to draw a comparison to a national representative group. The long-term goal for this measure is 33 in 2010.   		Additional Source Information: Program performance reports, 2002; Survey of Earned Doctorates, 1999.

Frequency: Annually.
Collection Period: 2004 - 2005
Data Available: December 2005
Validated By: No Formal Verification.

Limitations: The new Annual Performance Report will require grantees to report completion data on their fellows (thus obtaining completion information on both doctoral programs and those programs where the master's of fine arts is the terminal degree).

 
Indicator 8.1.2 of 2: Time to degree completion: Average time to degree completion for Javits fellows will be less than the national average.
Targets and Performance Data Assessment of Progress Sources and Data Quality
Average time to degree completion for Javits fellows.
Year Actual Performance Performance Targets
2003
6.30
 
2004
6.30
 
2005
 
6.30
2006
 
6.30
2007
 
6.20
2008
 
6.20


Explanation: According to the most recent data provided by the Survey of Earned Doctorates, the median time to degree completion rate for all comparable graduate programs in the United States was 7.5 years in 2002. The long term goal for this measure is 6.1 in 2010.   		Additional Source Information: Survey of Earned Doctorates

Frequency: Annually.
Collection Period: 2004 - 2005
Data Available: December 2005
Validated By: No Formal Verification.

 

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