Appendix D
FY11 UAS Performance Evaluation Template
1: End Result High Demand Job Graduates
FY13 Target: 425
Status: UAS surpassed the FY11 target by 31% with 393 high demand job graduates, representing a
37% change from FY10.
Analysis of results and challenges:
The increase in graduates from FY10 is due in part to defining an additional eleven existing programs as
in the high demand job area. With these additions, 83% of all UAS degrees and certificates awarded are
now classified as high demand job areas. Future growth is expected to be more moderate.
Funding Impact
Funding requests are not expected to impact this metric.
1A: Strategy – Teacher Education Awards
FY13 Target: 217
Status: With a 19% increase from FY10, UAS exceeded the FY11 target by 15.6%.
Analysis of results and challenges:
A 4% growth rate is projected on the basis of the historical trend.
Funding Impact
Funding requests are not expected to impact this metric.
2: End Result Baccalaureate FTFT Six-Year Graduation Rate
FY13 Target: 28.1%
Status: As a new end result metric, no target had been set for FY11. However, the FY11 rate, at 28.9%,
exceeds the previously set FY12 target by 4.9%.
Analysis of results and challenges:
Improvements in reviewing and implementing a 6-year course sequence during FY11 are expected to
contribute to a 14% increase. According to the McDowell Group’s 2009 report, “University of Alaska
Southeast Student Retention Study”, 79% of those students who were likely or very likely to transfer
cited course scheduling issues. UAS has also implemented mandatory advising for first-year students in
addition to students on academic probation. A survey of 24 schools with a mandatory advising policy
indicates that these schools enjoy an average 54% six-year graduation rate (M. Turgeon, 2007,
“University Advising Models Best Practices”, Winona State University). These strategies will further
our progress toward meeting the average rate enjoyed by our IPEDs peers by FY17, and the 55%
average rate for 4-year institutions by FY22.
Funding Impact
We anticipate that funding for an Academic Success Coordinator will contribute an additional 4% rate
increase by FY18, which assures that UAS will meet its long-term goal. Students who are placed into
pre-college courses and are required to take the student success course for which this position is
responsible are 8% more likely to complete their degree programs (L. Hope, 2009, “Literature Review
of Student Success Courses”, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching). In FY11, the
majority (51%, or 106) of the full-time, first-time freshmen class placed into pre-college courses.
2A: Strategy – FTFT Undergraduate Retention
FY13 Target: 70.9%
Status: At 62.3% for FY11, we have exceed both the previous FY11 (59.0%) and FY12 (62.0%) targets.
Analysis of results and challenges:
A survey of 14 institutions with mandatory advising (M. Turgeon, ibid.) showed that their average
retention rate was 76%. With the implementation of this policy at UAS for Fall 2011, in addition to
improvements in early alerts for advising students at risk, a goal for increased student satisfaction with
the new student radio station and continuation of the One Campus One Book program, and a set
deadline for admissions to a degree program, increased rates are anticipated for FY12. Still, UAS will
be challenged to meet the average national retention rate of 76.8% by FY18 without additional measures
addressing student retention.
Funding Impact
Funding for an Academic Success Coordinator is expected to contribute about 9% to an increased
retention rate, the average found for institutions implementing a required student success course for
students placing in pre-college courses (J. Cuseo, in press, “The empirical case for the positive impact of
the first-year seminar research on student outcomes”, Marymount College.)
3: End Result Student Credit Hours (SCH)
FY13 Target: 57,456
Status: 57,656 credits were generated by the close of FY11, an increase of 6.7% since FY10, and
surpassing the FY11 target by 4.2%.
Analysis of results and challenges:
The average growth rate historically has been 2.3% per year.
Funding Impact
Funding for the Banfield Hall dormitory addition is expected to increase student credit hours by 4% in
FY13 (with a 2.3% annual growth during the remaining years, an average growth rate of 2.6% is
anticipated over the FY13-17 range). Establishing an Academic Success Coordinator position is
expected to increase student credit hours by 567 each year through higher retention rates, or 1%.
3A: Strategy – Recent Alaska High School Graduates
FY13 Target: 176
Status: FY11 performance surpasses the FY11 target by 8.1%, and represents a 7.5% increase since
FY10.
Analysis of results and challenges:
UAS has enjoyed increases in the headcount for this population primarily due to recruiting efforts
targeting Alaska high school graduates. A challenge facing UAS is that the Alaska population in the 1519 year old age group is expected to decline through 2019 before increasing again (Alaska Department
of Labor and Workforce Development). However, we anticipate that in-state funding sources such as the
Alaska Performance Scholarship and rising out of state tuition expenses will serve to counteract
declining high school populations. With ongoing recruiting efforts, we anticipate a 6% growth rate.
Funding Impact
Funding requests are not expected to impact this metric.
4: End Result Research Expenditures
FY13 Target: 1,003
Status: Research expenditures amounted to $1,003 for FY11, a 32% decrease from FY10 and exceeding
the FY11 target by 13%.
Analysis of results and challenges:
Recent turnover among faculty members at UAS has corresponded with a decrease in research activity.
With seven new faculty members in the School of Arts & Sciences with research assignments and two
staff positions supporting the procurement of research grants, UAS anticipates steady and increasing
growth in research activities.
Funding Impact
Funding requests are not expected to impact this metric.
4A: Strategy – ASIA Expenditures
FY13 Target: 259
Status: ASIA expenditures are down 75% for FY11, compared to FY10, and 70% less than the target.
Analysis of results and challenges:
The small dollar amounts associated with ASIA expenditures have historically fluctuated with small
changes.
Funding Impact
Funding requests do not impact this metric.
5: End Result University Generated Revenue
FY13 Target: 23,652
Status: UAS experienced 5% growth in university generated revenue from FY10 to FY11, 3% below
the FY11 target.
Analysis of results and challenges:
University generated revenue has increased an average 3% per year over the last several years, due
primarily to tuition rate increases and a sizable increase in student credit hours for FY11. However, the
restricted fund revenue is and has been on a downward trend since FY08. Future challenges are slow
expected growth in restricted fund and research expenditures and potential decreases in federal Pell
Grant funding.
Funding Impact
With funding to expand on-campus dormitories, a 4% increase to university generated revenue is
expected beginning FY13.
5A: Strategy – Student Tuition and Fees
FY13 Target: 14,642
Status: UAS surpassed the FY 11 target by 4%, and saw a 12% increase from FY10.
Analysis of results and challenges:
Increases in revenue from student tuition and fees are due largely to the implementation of strategies for
student success. These strategies include mandatory advising for first-time students, implementation of
an Early Alert program to identify and assist students at risk, and strategies like a new student radio
station and a One Campus One Book campaign aimed at improving student satisfaction. These strategies
have led to increases in student credit hours by means of greater retention of our first-time, full-time
freshmen, which has also led to an increase in revenue in student tuition and fees.
Funding Impact
Funding for both the Banfield Hall dormitory addition and an Academic Success Coordinator position is
expected to have a significant impact on student credit hours from FY13 – 17, and consequently,
revenue from student tuition and fees.
6: End Result Non-Credit Instructional Activity
FY13 Target: 3,556
Status: UAS has surpassed its FY12 goal (2,107) by 55%. This gain was largely due to improved
recordkeeping since FY10.
Analysis of results and challenges:
A 4.3% projected annual growth rate for UAS is based on an observed 10% growth in non-credit
instructional units through the Ketchikan campus, and about 3% growth in Sitka and Juneau campuses,
respectively.
Funding Impact
The Marine Technology program administered by the Ketchikan campus and the Alaska
Training/Technical Assistance Center (ATTAC) program through Sitka are two primary means for
generating non-credit instructional units at UAS (nearly 100% of Ketchikan’s non-credit instructional
units and 67% of the non-credit instructional units through Sitka). Without replacement funding for
these programs, we would expect at least an 8% decrease for UAS overall.
6A: Strategy – VTEC Enrollment
FY13 Target : 2,624
Status: Should replacement funding for Ketchikan’s Marine Technology program be procured, UAS
recommends monitoring VTEC Enrollment as a sub-metric to the Non-Credit Instructional Unit End
Result. UAS generated 2412 units in FY11.
Analysis of results and challenges:
Ketchikan’s Marine Technology program generates VTEC units, nearly 100% of the non-credit
instructional units through that campus.
Funding Impact
Without replacement funding for this program, annual growth would be reduced to Juneau’s
contribution, or about 3%.
6B: Strategy – CEU Enrollment
FY13 Target : 840
Status: Should replacement funding for Sitka’s Alaska Training/Technical Assistance Center (ATTAC),
program be procured, UAS recommends monitoring CEU Enrollment as a sub-metric to the Non-Credit
Instructional Unit End Result. UAS generated 792 units in FY11.
Analysis of results and challenges:
The Sitka campus administers the Alaska Training/Technical Assistance Center (ATTAC) program,
which generates 67% of the non-credit instructional units through this campus.
Funding Impact
Without replacement funding for this program, CEU enrollment would cease.