Data Dictionary

Academic Program

An academic program is a coherent set of courses leading to a credential (degree, diploma, or certificate) awarded by the institution.

Academic Rank

教师职位的分类，包括终身/终身职位和非终身职位 positions. Tenured and tenure-track positions are usually classified as assistant professor, associate professor and professor; non-tenure-track positions are usually classified as instructor, clinical professor, professor of practice, coordinator, research professor, and adjunct teaching appointments.

Academic Unit

An academic unit is equivalent to a department, division, college, or school.

Academic Year

一学年通常包括夏季、秋季和春季学期(按此顺序)。. This is based upon federal government definitions.

NOTE: in other cases, the academic year includes fall, spring, and summer semesters (in that order).

ACT Composite Score

The American College Test (ACT) composite score is an average score based on the four ACT assessment tests (English, Math, Reading, Science).

Admission Decision

Decision made in reference to a submitted application.

Admit Type

A code to provide Admissions additional flexibility in identifying subpopulations.

NOTE: Used primarily by Admissions to identify subpopulations and for checklist/requirement management.

Admitted

The status of a student who has completed all requirements for admission to 365bet and is eligible to attend.

A student who has been admitted to a program (whether graduate or undergraduate) has completed all requirements for admission to the institution but has also completed additional requirements that are required to be admitted to certain programs.

NOTE: Must use a subset of Latest_decision_Codes ==> not all codes indicate admitted.

Adult Learner

An undergraduate student aged 25 or older.

NOTE: Defined by both the federal government and the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, the Adult Learner may also be referred to as a "non-traditional" student.

Aid Year

Displays financial aid (academic) year for student.

Application Date

Date when original application material was entered in Banner.

Application Status

The status of the admission application.

NOTE: This field does not automatically update from the checklist once it has been manually entered.

Applied

An individual is considered to have applied if an application exists in the Student Information System (Ellucian Banner).

Assistant Professor

Faculty who meet the following requirements:  Earned doctorate from an accredited institution in the instructional discipline or related area (or Master’s degree in the instructional discipline when that Master’s degree is the recognized terminal degree in that instructional discipline); Master’s degree in the instructional discipline or related area plus 30 semester hours (45 quarter hours) beyond the Master’s in that instructional discipline or related areas plus appropriate professional experience in the instructional discipline or related area; potential ability in instruction, public service, and research.

Associate Degree

该奖项要求至少60个学分，通常在两年的全日制课程中完成 equivalent college work.

Associate Professor

符合以下要求的教师:获得博士学位或相应的终端 degree from an accredited institution in the instructional discipline or related area 再加上五年相应的教学专业经验 or related area; documented ability in instruction, public service, and research.

Average Net Price

根据联邦政府的定义，净价格是第一次全职， degree-seeing student pays to attend an institution in a single academic year AFTER subtracting scholarships and grants the student receives. Scholarships and grants are forms of financial aid that a student does not have to pay back.

Award Paid Amount

Displays paid amount of a fund by term.

Baccalaureate Degree or Bachelor’s Degree

该奖项要求120学分，通常在至少四年的全日制学习中完成 equivalent college work.

Banner ID

365bet ID

NOTE: This is also known as the A number.

Census Date (14th day)

The date at which the "snapshot" of enrollment is taken.

NOTE: The census date is defined as the 14th day of all terms in the Fall and Spring; the 7th day for Summer terms. Note that this is a one-time snapshot based on who is enrolled on that date. There are 3 census dates in fall; one each for Fall I, full term, and Fall II. Official enrollment numbers are not available until after census date for Fall II.

Certificate Program

A certificate program is a credit bearing, standalone program. If a proposed certificate program is 24 credit hours or less in length at the undergraduate or graduate level, it requires 365bet approval and notification to THEC. If a proposed certificate is more than 24 hours in length, submission and approval of the full THEC new program process (i.e., Letter of Notification, New Academic Program Proposal, etc.) is required.

CIP Code

Classification of Instructional Program code. Associated with courses and majors. Describes the general content or subject matter of a course or major.

NOTE: Based on a coding system created by the National Center for Education Statistics, to standardize reporting of course and majors nationally. A CIP Code is assigned to both the course and the major.

Citizenship Status

Classifies a student/employee according to their legal citizenship status.

NOTE: For reporting purposes, the classifications are one of the following: United States citizen, Foreign citizen with temporary U.S. residence, or Foreign citizen with permanent U.S. residence.

Common Data Set (CDS)

学术机构编制和报告信息的标准化方法.  在CDS中提供的信息包括:入学和授予的学位，个人资料 of first-year students, statistics and policies on transfers, academic offerings and policies, student life, annual expenses, financial aid, faculty, and class sizes.

Concentration

经过批准的课程分组，为学生的时间和课程提供重点 selection in a specific area of their major. A concentration is included on a student’s transcript.

Conditional Admit

(现在被列为机会录取)未达到全部入学要求的学生 但已达到THEC高中单元要求，并取得ACT综合成绩 of 19 or a high school cumulative GPA of 2.75; or who have ACT sub scores in mathematics and English of 18 or below; or SAT sub scores of 460 or less in Critical Reading and Math.

Contiguous Counties

A person whose domicile is in a county of another state lying immediately adjacent 到蒙哥马利县，或其居住地在奥斯汀三十(30)英里以内 Peay State University shall be classified out-of-state but shall not be required to pay out-of-state tuition.

NOTE: Currently, the contiguous counties for 365bet include the Kentucky counties of Allen, Calloway, Christian, Logan, Simpson, Todd, and Trigg.

Cost of Attendance/Student Budgets for Financial Aid

Used for financial aid purposes. A budget developed for students based on cost of attendance components, hours enrolled, length of semester, cost of program and other factors.

Course Level

Level of a course based on the bulletin number. Lower division courses are numbered 0900 to 2999, Upper division courses are numbered 3000 to 4999, and Graduate courses are numbered 5000 and above.

Cross-Listed Course

A course with the same subject matter and is taught by two distinct departments and is able to fulfill a major, minor, or program requirement.

NOTE: This term should not be confused with dual listed courses in which the courses are offered at different levels within the same department (i.e. undergraduate and graduate).

Degree

A qualification awarded to a student upon successful completion of a program of study.

NOTE: Degrees include the associate, baccalaureate, master's, education specialist, and Ed.D.

Degree per FTE

The total number of Associate and Bachelor level degrees in an academic year per 100 student FTE.

Degree Seeking Student

A student who is enrolled in a degree-granting program.

NOTE: Used in reporting to IPEDS.

Distance Education

远程教育发生在教师和学习者物理分离的情况下 and when communication and instruction take place through, or are supported by, any 技术手段，如电话、广播、电视、计算机、卫星传送， 交互式视频，或任何现在和未来电信技术的组合 (TBR Policy 2:05:00:00).

Doctoral Candidate

成功完成博士学位所有课程的研究生 degree, 2) has completed all required examinations, and 3) is preparing to work on the dissertation.

Doctorate Degree

A Ph.D. or other research/scholarship doctor's degree (Ed.D.) that requires advanced 超过硕士水平的工作，包括论文的准备和答辩 based on original research.

Double Degree

A student seeking two degrees. A double degree requires completion of all major requirements for both degrees and meets the minor requirements as well. A total of 150 hours is required of which 60 are upper division hours.

Double Major

A student seeking two majors under the same degree program. A double major requires completing a minimum of 120 hours, of which 33 are upper division hours and the hours for both majors. If a minor is required, the double major would take its place. One degree is awarded and the second major is notated on the transcript.

Dual Enrollment

A program that allows high school students to enroll in college-level courses offered by a post-secondary institution and simultaneously earn credit toward high school graduation and a postsecondary degree or certificate.

Dual Listed Course

A course that covers the same content but is offered at both the undergraduate and graduate level.

NOTE: This term should not be confused with cross-listed courses in which the course has a different departmental indicator.

Enrolled

A student is considered "enrolled" when the student is registered and has confirmed classes.

Ethnicity

Hispanic or Latino or Spanish origin is defined as a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.

Faculty

The term "faculty" shall be limited to regular, full-time personnel at the University whose regular assignments include instruction, research, and/or public service as a principal activity, and who hold academic rank as professor, associate professor, assistant professor or instructor, senior instructor, or master instructor. The term 就本声明而言，“教员”不包括大学的成员 教学人员定义为“兼职教师”、兼职教师、博士后 fellows, visiting lecturers, and graduate assistants.

如未包括在上述“教员”的定义内，则“教员”一词 如果他们拥有学术级别，可以包括学术部门或分部的主席 or directors, academic deans, academic vice presidents, presidents, and directors, 谁对教员和同事有直接的权力 or assistants for the above positions. In addition, the term "faculty" may include persons previously designated as members of the faculty who are assigned to other positions at the University.

First-Time Freshman

An individual who is enrolled at a post-secondary school after graduation from high school or the awarding of a GED.

NOTE: The first-time freshmen cohort is determined by taking first time students starting in the summer and continue in the fall term plus first time students starting in the fall.

First-Time College Student

A student who has not been previously enrolled for coursework creditable toward a 本科或副学士学位或任何学院，大学或技术证书 他们从高中毕业后就开始学习，但现在他们是为了课程而入学的 creditable toward such a degree. A first-time college student may be a full-time or part-time student.

First-Time, Full-Time, Degree-Seeking Freshman
(Freshman Cohort)

A student who has never attended college and who is seeking a college degree. This 指定符是由联邦政府定义的，是新生入学时使用的方法 Cohort is selected and tracked.

NOTE: With dual enrollment now prevalent, the federal government allows students to 被算在先前完成大学学分的队列中，只要大学 credit that was completed occurred before high school graduation.

Freshman

A student classification of undergraduate students with 0-29 earned semester hours.

FTE – Full time equivalent

A unit of measurement that standardizes the number of students with the credit hours (SCH) taken. The purpose of this unit is to transform part-time students to full-time equivalents. FTE is also used to determine full-time staff and faculty equivalents.

NOTE: Depending on the requestor (i.e. federal, state, license provider) FTE is calculated various ways. The most frequent include: (Total UG SCH/12)+(Total GR SCH/9); (Total UG SCH/15)+(Total GR SCH/12); Total Full-Time Staff + (Total Part-Time Staff/3).

Full-Time Student

Full-time enrollment is calculated using the following IPEDS definitions. Undergraduates: Students who are taking 12 or more credit hours in a semester. Graduates: Students who are taking 9 or more credit hours in a semester. 365bet defines a full-time graduate student as being enrolled in 6 or more credit hours per semester

NOTE: This number is calculated by summing all hours at all locations per semester.

General Education Courses

课程旨在向学生介绍基本的知识、技能和价值观 essential to the study of academic disciplines.

GPA, Cumulative

在该机构完成的所有学分相关工作的平均绩点. A calculated field that takes the total quality points earned and divides by the GPA hours.

GPA, Term

在该机构完成的所有学分相关工作的平均绩点 for a given semester or term. A calculated field that takes the total quality points earned and divides by the GPA hours.

GPA Hours

The hours that count in the calculation of a GPA. The sum is the denominator in the calculation of the GPA. Does not include transfer hours, hours taken in audit status, credit/no credit status.

NOTE: Does not include all hours that a student is enrolled in for the term. Specifically excludes hours taken in audit and credit/no credit courses. Also does not include hours transferred into 365bet. Does not include hours where the grade does not calculate into the GPA (e.g. Incompletes, progress).

Grade Points

The points assigned to the grade multiplied by the number of hours for the course. The sum of grade points is the numerator in the calculation of the GPA.

Graduate Level

A student who has applied, or is admitted or enrolled in a post-baccalaureate program.

Graduate Status

An individual who has graduated from 365bet with a transcripted degree or certificate.

Graduate Special

A student who is (1) non-degree seeking, holding a bachelor’s or higher degree, and taking courses for graduate credit only; or (2) non-degree seeking, holding a bachelor’s or higher degree, and taking courses for both graduate and undergraduate credit; or (3) holding a bachelor’s degree or higher, and seeking a Graduate Certificate.

Graduation Date

Date a degree is officially conferred to a graduating student. Usually it is the last day of the semester. 365bet confers degrees three times a year: at the end of fall, spring, and summer.

Graduation Rate

First-time, full-time, degree-seeking fall freshmen and summer first-time freshmen (Freshman Cohort) who graduate. The federal government 4-year (100%), 6-year (150%), and 8-year (200%) rates.

NOTE: It should be noted that, in calculating graduation rate, only the freshman cohort is used and transfer or part-time students cannot be used.

High School Class Size

The size of the student's high school graduating class. Used in calculation of rank in class.

High School GPA

The High School Grade Point Average a student earned from high school.

High School Percentile

The percentile of the rank in the high school class

High School Rank in Class

The standing of the student in relationship to their graduating high school class.

Hybrid

A hybrid program combines two or more of the program types (e.g., classroom and via 在线学习管理系统)，减少排班会议的数量 a student must attend. A course is considered a hybrid course if 30% or more of the student learning outcomes are obtained through the online portion of the course. The online-delivered components include teaching and learning activities that are tied to student learning outcomes.

International Student

A student who is not a citizen or permanent resident of the United States. May be on a student visa or on another type of visa.

NOTE: For THEC and IPEDS reporting an international student is considered a non-resident alien and is reported as such under race (in the new race/ethnic codes required to be reported in 2010 is reported as a race code). This means that non-resident aliens are classified this way regardless of their race and/or ethnicity.

IPEDS

The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, often abbreviated IPEDS, is the 国家教育中心的核心高等教育数据收集项目 Statistics, a part of the United States government. IPEDS has the mandated goal of collecting standardized data from all institutions of higher education that receive federal student financial assistance authorized by Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)(17)).

Junior

A student classification of undergraduate students with 60-89 earned hours.

Location

Identifies the location where student contact hours are generated.

NOTE:  Off campus location codes are provided by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission. Approval for an off-campus location is obtained by submitting an off-campus location approval form through Academic Affairs. Site/Location are used interchangeably.

Low Income Student

Pell eligible student.

Major

A major indicates a degree awarding program at the Associates or Bachelors level. Majors consist of a 30 semester credit hours (SCH) minimum with a maximum of 60 SCH.

Master's Degree

An award that requires the successful completion of a program of study of generally one or two full-time equivalent academic years of work beyond the bachelor's degree.

Military-Related

一个与军队有联系的人——接受福利，被授予 discounts, self-identified with attribute.

Minor

A minor indicates a degree awarding program at the Associate or Bachelor degree level.  A minor requires approval from the Provost and does not require THEC approval.

Need-Based Assistance

Financial aid based on the federal regulations defined in Title IV. The definition of need-based includes all assistance defined by federal regulations as being for need-based recipients.

Need-based Aid

College-funded or college-administered award from institutional, state, federal, or other sources for which a student must have financial need to qualify. This includes both institutional and non-institutional student aid (grants, jobs, and loans).

New Freshman

A student with less than 30 earned semester credit hours attending 365bet for the first time.

Non-Degree Graduate

A student taking graduate course(s) without a declared major.

Non-Degree Undergraduate

A student without an Associate or baccalaureate degree taking undergraduate course(s) without intending to complete more than 15 hours.

Non-Need Based Assistance

Financial assistance from sources other than Title IV. Assistance from academic scholarships, and scholarships from private sources, to name a few, are included.

Online Course

A course where most or all of the content is delivered online.

Online Program

All course content is delivered completely online. While online courses may require 监考时，学生不应被要求到校园或其他地方报到 locations. If proctored exams are required, faculty must use virtual proctoring which is provided by the Distance Education department.

Opportunity Admit

(Formerly Conditional Admit) Students who do not meet full admission requirements 但已达到THEC高中单元要求，并取得ACT综合成绩 of 19 or a high school cumulative GPA of 2.75; or who have ACT sub scores in mathematics and English of 18 or below; or SAT sub scores of 460 or less in Critical Reading and Math.

Part of Term

Subpart of a term (e.g., A=First 8-week classes, B=2nd 8-week classes, as part of Fall Term).

NOTE: A and B are codes are not the only ones used to identify different parts-of-term.  There is also a part-of-term that identifies the whole term.

Part-Time Student

Part-time enrollment is calculated using the following IPEDS definitions. Undergraduates: Students who are taking less than 12 semester credit hours in a semester. Graduates: Students who are taking less than 9 semester credit hours in a semester. 365bet defines 非全日制研究生，每学期学习不足6学时者.

NOTE: This number is calculated by summing all hours at all locations per semester. 

Persistence

The number or percentage of students moving from the second year to the third, the third year to the fourth, etc.

NOTE: This term should not be confused with Retention which specifically addresses freshman cohort students who returned to the institution for the second year.

Post Baccalaureate Certificate

一种要求完成学士学位以外的有组织的学习项目的奖励.  It is designed for persons who have completed a baccalaureate degree, but it does not meet the requirements of a master's degree. 

Post-Master's Certificate

An award that requires completion of an organized program beyond the master's degree, but it does not meet the requirements of academic degrees at the doctoral level.

Professor

符合以下要求的教师:获得博士学位或相应的终端 教育学科或相关领域认可机构的学位 plus ten years appropriate professional experience in the instructional discipline or related area; documented ability in instruction, public service, and research; documented evidence of a substantial quality of professional productivity, and state, regional or national recognition in the academic discipline.

Progression

在校本科生学时达到30、60或90学时的人数; prior to 2015 the number of undergraduate students reaching 24, 48, or 72 credit hours.

Quality Points

The cumulative points used to calculate a student's GPA. Only classes receiving grades 计算中使用A、B、C、D或F: A = 4分，B = 3分，C = 2分， D = 1 point, F = 0 points.

Race

Race is broken out separately from Ethnicity. Indicates a student’s racial origin. The code is designed to provide information in the form the U. S. federal government requires.

NOTE: Includes American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, White, Two or more races, or unknown.

Readmit

被重新录取的学生在365bet有之前的入学历史，但没有被录取 within the academic year as to qualify as a "continuing" student, and thus have had to complete a readmission application. Students re-enter in the same status as when last enrolled at 365bet.

NOTE: Readmit applies to all levels.

Residency/Resident

The legal resident status of the student for the semester. For reporting purposes, a student will be either In State or Out of State.

NOTE: Students who live in some bordering Kentucky counties are labeled as Contiguous and pay in-state tuition. I and O are used to charge different tuition to a student who lives out of district. 

Retention Rate

A retention rate is the percent of the Freshman Cohort returning for their second year at the institution. The cohort consists of the number of students entering 365bet as full-time, first-time, degree-seeking undergraduates (See First-Time, Full-Time, Degree-Seeking Students).

NOTE: The number/percent of students who return to the third and fourth year is referred to as Persistence.

Returning/Continuing

Continuing students are students who have previously attended the institution for at least one term in the previous academic year. When a new student is admitted (or readmitted) they are considered 'new' for one term. After the student has completed a term, they are updated in the Student Information System to reflect a student type of C - continuing.

Reverse Transfer

从社区大学转学到四年制大学的学生 an Associate’s degree have the option to be awarded that degree once they meet the all the course requirements.  Eligible transfer students are notified each semester.  Students must opt-in once contacted to be eligible to receive the degree from the community college they transferred from.  Students who opt-in but do not meet all the course requirements are informed of the courses they lack and are contacted each following semester until the requirements are met and a degree can be awarded.

SAT Combined

学术能力倾向测试(SAT)是一项旨在测试学生对学科知识的测试 that are necessary for college success: reading, writing, and mathematics. The SAT assesses the critical thinking skills students need for academic success in college. 综合分数是由SAT口头(关键)考试的分数相加得出的 Reading) and the SAT Mathematics.

Senior

A student classification of undergraduate students with 90 or more earned semester credit hours.

NOTE: Classification for undergraduates is calculated using earned hours.

Sophomore

A student classification of undergraduate students with 30-59 earned semester credit hours.

NOTE: Classification for undergraduates is calculated using earned hours.

Special Undergraduate

This is a student who is (1) non-degree seeking and holds no degree or certificate; 或(2)不攻读学位，持有任何级别的学位，但只参加本科课程 credit; or (3) non-degree seeking, holding no bachelor’s degree, and taking courses for both graduate and undergraduate credit. Dual enrolled students are classified as Special Undergraduates.

Student Credit Hours

The unit of measurement representing an hour of instruction for a single student per week over a semester.

NOTE: SCH for a student is calculated by summing course credits per student per term. The course SCH is calculated by summing course credits across course, section number, and term times the total number of students. Student SCH is used in the calculation of FTE.

Student Level

If a student is working toward a degree, the individual is classified according to the level or progress within that program. If a student is not working toward a degree, 学生是根据他或她已经获得的学位等级来分类的。 or as a continuing student. Progress is based on earned hours.

NOTE: Student level includes freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, graduate, undergraduate special, graduate special.

Term

365bet has 8 unique terms in a given year: Fall I, Fall, Fall II, Spring I, Spring, Spring II, Summer III, and Summer. There are additional sessions within these terms but are not identified by a separate code. These are parts-of-terms.  For example, Wintermester, Maymester, Summer I, Summer II, etc.  TERM: First four digits equal term year fall within; fifth digit equals the month the term begins; sixth digit is 通配符和365bet表示365bet(4)或坎贝尔堡中心 (1 and 7).

NOTE:  The 365bet Center at Fort Campbell is considered an off-campus center offering degree programs and courses with an administrative presence. It is not considered a separate branch campus with its own students. Enrollment for FCC is determined by registration for classes in the FCC terms, for example 201481, 201487, 201511, 201517, 201557.

Title IV Aid

Includes financial aid awards such as federal student loans, federal grants, federal work study, TEACH grant, etc.

Transfer Student

从一所学校转到另一所学校的学生，从以前的学校获得学分 institution is accepted toward the degree or certificate in progress by the student at the current institution.

Transient Student

临时学生或长期特殊学生是指那些定期入学并表现良好的学生 at an institution other than 365bet and who is taking a course(s) at 365bet which he/she intends to transfer to his regular institution.

Tuition and Fees

The amount of tuition and required fees covering a full academic year most frequently charged to students. These values represent what a typical student would be charged and may not be the same for all students at an institution. If tuition is charged 在每学分的基础上，整个学术课程的平均全日制学分负荷 year is used to estimate average tuition. Required fees include all fixed sum charges that are required of such a large proportion of all students that the student who does not pay the charges is an exception.

Veteran Status

A student’s veteran status is calculated from these six separate veteran elements, in hierarchical order: (1) Veteran’s Bursar/Financial Aid (2) Veteran’s Benefits (3) 联邦学生财政援助申请(5)学生申请 (6) PLA Military Credit. If one of the fields (reviewed in the hierarchy listed above) indicates the active duty or veteran’s status, the student is coded as a veteran.

Yield

The percent of admitted students who enrolled.