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HEA: Javits Fellowships - FY 2006


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 1 of 1: To enable students of superior ability in the arts, humanities, and social sciences to complete their terminal degree.
Indicator 1.1 of 3: Graduate school completion: The percentage of Javits fellows who complete a terminal degree within seven years.
 
Measure 1.1.1 of 1: The percentage of Javits fellows who complete a doctorate degree within seven years.
Year Actual Performance Performance Targets
1998
30
 
1999
26
 
2003
31
29
2004
30
30
2005
 
31
2006
 
31
2007
 
32
2008
 
32
2009
 
33
2010
 
33
2011
 
34

Source: Grantee Performance Report, Performance Report for the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program.

Frequency: Annually.

Next Data Available: January 2006
Program data are supplied by institutions, which certify the accuracy of the data.
 
Explanation: This is a long term measure. The program office collects cohort-specific data on fellows' performance to assemble this information.
 
Indicator 1.2 of 3: Time to degree completion: Average time to degree completion for Javits fellows will be less than the national values.
 
Measure 1.2.1 of 1: The 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
2009   6.10
2010   6.10
2011   6

Source: Annual Performance Report

Frequency: Annually.

Next Data Available: January 2006

Data Validated By: Federal Statistical Agencies.
The National Science Foundation is responsible for accuracy of the Survey of Earned Doctorates. Program data are supplied by institutions, which certify the accuracy of the data.
 
Explanation: This is a long term measure.
 
Indicator 1.3 of 3: Efficiency Measure: Cost per terminal degree (MFA/PhD) awarded.
 
Measure 1.3.1 of 1: Federal cost per terminal degree (PhD/MFA) for the Javits Fellowship Program.
Year Actual Performance Performance Targets
2003
109,873
 
2004
110,000
 

Source: Grantee Performance Report, Performance Report for the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program.

Frequency: Annually.

Next Data Available: January 2006
Program data are supplied by institutions, which certify the accuracy of the data.
 
Explanation: FY 2003 data was used to establish the baseline. Efficiency data are determined by calculating the total dollars allocated to the cohorts divided by the total number of Javits Fellows receiving a terminal degree during this same time frame. The baseline was calculated using appropriation amounts for fiscal years 1998 through 2001, and school year data for 1998-99 through 2001-02. Over time, the uses for this efficiency measure may include examining the cost per successful outcome for the Javits Program as compared with other comparable programs.
 


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