Promoting Excellence for All
New Jersey Commission on Higher Education
Public Colleges & Universities
2007 Institutional Profiles


Form and Content - 2007 Institutional Profiles
per May 18, 2007 Resolution of the Commission on Higher Education,
pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 18A:3B-35.

2007 Profiles


Data for all indicators in BLUE are provided to the institutions by the Commission on Higher Education.
A. Accreditation status:
  1. Institutional accreditation
2. Professional accreditation
B. Number of students served:
  1. Number of undergraduates by attendance status
2. Number of graduates and first-professionals by attendance status

3. Number of non-credit students served
C. Characteristics of undergraduate students:
 

 

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Mean math and verbal SAT scores (senior public institutions)
Basic skills testing and remediation by subject area
Race/ethnicity, sex, and age (separately)
Numbers of students receiving financial assistance under each state-funded aid program, including both need-based and merit-based, both grants and loans
(TAG, EOF, OSRP, Distinguished Scholars, Urban Scholars, NJSTARS and NJCLASS)
Percentage of students who are New Jersey residents
D. Degrees conferred/characteristics of graduates:
  1. By race/ethnicity and sex (separately)
2. By general field

3. By distance education programs
E. Student outcomes:
  1. Graduation rates by race/ethnicity and income:
    a. Four-, five- and six-year graduation rate (senior public institutions)
b. Two- and three-year graduation rate (community colleges)
c. Two- and three-year combined graduation and transfer rate (community colleges)
  2. Third-semester retention rates:
    a. By race/ethnicity
b. For low-income students
  3. Transfer:
    a. Percentage of entering students who are transfers (senior public institutions)
b. Three-year transfer rate to New Jersey senior public institutions (community colleges)
c. Overall three-year transfer rate (community colleges)
F. Faculty characteristics:
  1. Full-time faculty by race/ethnicity, sex, and tenure status (simultaneously)
2. Percentage of course sections taught by full-time faculty
3. Ratio of full- to part-time faculty
G. Characteristics of the trustees or governors:
  1. Race/ethnicity and sex (simultaneously)
H. A profile of the institution:
  1. Degree and certificate programs
2. Other (if desired)
I. Major research and public service activities
J. Major capital projects underway in fiscal 2007
K. Other Institutional Information (if desired)
NOTES: Data for all indicators in BLUE are provided to the institutions by the Commission on Higher Education.
  The form and content of the reports from UMDNJ and Thomas Edison State College will vary somewhat, consistent with their mission and programs.

2007 Profiles


updated December 21, 2007