INTRODUCTION

This Scorecard is the fifth annual report of the status of certain aspects of public higher education in Colorado. It was prepared by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education, with the cooperation of the six state higher education governing boards and the four local district colleges. The purpose of the Scorecard is to provide educators, public policy makers, and the public with a measurement of the performance of Colorado college students and the higher education system as a whole. Data is provided on the system, finances, students, and graduates.

The original Scorecard values and measures were selected by the Governor, key legislators interested in higher education, the chief executive officers of the higher education governing boards, and the Chairman and Executive Director of the CCHE. A technical committee meets each year to review the Scorecard measures. The committee makes recommendations on the addition of and/or removal of items. Following this edition, the contents and structure of the Scorecard will be reexamined to determine what changes should be made before the sixth edition.

The Scorecard data is summarized in the following sectors:

Public Institution Total
 State System Summary
      Research Universities
      Universities & Colleges
      Specialized Medical
      Community Colleges
 Local District Colleges
Notes and comments are provided at the end of the document to define terms and list sources. In addition, a companion document that contains the measures reported in this Scorecard for each institution is available from CCHE.

Scorecard: Table of Contents

Supporting Data Tables: Introduction

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