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TRIO Programs - 2002

CFDA Numbers: 84.042 - TRIO_Student Support Services
84.044 - TRIO_Talent Search
84.047 - TRIO_Upward Bound
84.066 - TRIO_Educational Opportunity Centers
84.217 - TRIO_McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement
84.344 - TRIO_Dissemination Partnership Grants

Goal 8: Provide increased educational opportunities for low-income, first-generation

students
Objective 8.1 of 1: INCREASE PARTICIPATION AND COMPLETION RATES OF LOW-INCOME, FIRST-GENERATION
INDIVIDUALS IN THE ACADEMIC PIPELINE
Indicator 8.1.1 of 1: Persistence in and completion of education programs: TRIO students will persist in and
complete their educational programs.
Targets and Performance Data Assessment of Progress Sources and Data Quality

Upward Bound (UB): Length of time Upward Bound Status: Unable to judge Additional Source
students participate in the project during high school, and Information: Upward
college enrollment rates of UB participants Progress: Some changes to the Bound (UB), Student
performance indicators are Support Service (SSS),
Year Actual Performance Performance Targets planned for the 2004 report. and McNair Performance
Project College Project College College going rates for UB Reports (McNair).
Persistence Enrollment PersistenceEnrollment participants will be available in
(months) (percent) (months) (percent) late 2004. SSS performance Frequency: Annually.
report data show a 67% college Collection Period: 2002
1996 19
persistence rate in both 1999 - 2003
1999 66 and 2000. Thus, the performance Data Available: October
2001 20 66 targets for these years have 2003
been met. It is expected that Validated By: No Formal
2002 20 66 these rates will continue for 2001 Verification.
and 2002. No data are yet The data are self-
Student Support Services (SSS): Percentage of students available on the 6-year college reported.
persisting at same postsecondary school for second year completion rates of SSS
and postsecondary degree attainment rate at same participants. McNair performance Limitations: The national
institution within 6 years of starting postsecondary data for 1999-2000 show that an evaluations have
education. estimated 25 to 41% of McNair provided baseline data
participants enrolled in a for the UB and SSS
Performance graduate program within one programs and also
Year Actual Performance
Targets year after receiving an provide data on
College Persistence College Persistence undergraduate degree. The data appropriate comparison
also show that 75% of McNair groups. However, these
1994 67 participants reported as graduate evaluations cannot be
1999 67 67 students in 1998-1999 were still used to measure program
enrolled in graduate school in improvements on an
2000 67 67 1999-2000; another 16% had annual basis. Therefore,
2001 67 graduated from the graduate the Department has
school. Thus the McNair developed new
2002 67 performance targets for 2000 performance reports to
have been met. It is expected collect the needed
College completion (percentage) that these rates will continue for information. The 1999-
2001-2002. 2000 data collected from
Performance the SSS and McNair
Year Actual Performance
Targets Explanation: Data from the reports have been
2001 29 national evaluations of the analyzed to determine
Upward Bound and Student that the college
2002 29
Support Services programs persistence and graduate
provide the baseline data for school enrollment and
McNair: Percentage of McNair participants who enroll in these programs. The 1998-99 persistence targets were
graduate school within a year of completing the bachelor's annual performance reports met. Actual performance
degree, and percentage persisting toward or completing provide the baseline data for the data for fiscal years 2001
graduate degree. McNair program. The Student and 2002 are not yet

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Performance Support Services (SSS) McNair, available. Grantees

Year Actual Performance and Upward Bound performance report on fiscal year 2001
Targets
reports are and will be used to activities/performance in
1999 35 determine if the performance November/December
2000 35 35 targets are met. The college 2002. Performance report
completion performance target of data for fiscal year 2002
2001 35
29% includes only SSS students will be collected
2002 35 who remain at the same school November/December
through graduation. The SSS 2003.
performance report submitted
Graduate school persistence (in percentage)
annually only requires projects to
Performance report on the academic progress
Year Actual Performance
Targets of SSS participants that remain
48 at the grantee institution.
1999
2000 75 48
2002 48

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