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Performance Indicators

The higher education performance of states, campuses, colleges, departments, and other organizations may be assessed through student measures such as degrees, as well as measures related to faculty, staff, research, libraries, endowments, and more. The measures may use over-time comparisons, peer comparisons, absolute standards, or other means of comparison.  Recent posts are highlighted.

CU-Boulder campus indicators

• Overall Indicators
  • Recently revamped to align with Flagship 2030 goals
  • Over time data for twenty years on many measures
• Sustainability and Green Campus | May 2012

Assessing and improving

• Learning Goals for all Boulder Baccalaureate Graduates
• Undergraduate Student Experience, Learning, and Outcomes

University of Colorado System

• Dashboard
  • November 2010 
  • January 2008   November 2007    
   

State of Colorado

• CCHE master plan and associated performance contracts -- Status update, September 2012, from EdNews Colorado. Includes links to plan draft and statutes.
• Performance contracts - Senate Bill 189, passed by the Colorado legislature in spring 2004, calls for performance contracts between higher education institutions and the state.
• CU contract - covers Boulder, Denver-Health Sciences, and Colorado Springs -- Extension (PDF)
• Colorado Department of Higher Education contract overview site
• CDHE review of the CU contract, 9/2010
• Periodic reports on performance from the CU system to Colorado Dept. of Higher Education. Contains information on all CU campuses
  
  • 2010 Annual Report, submitted Dec 2010
  • 2009 Annual Report, submitted Feb 2010
  • Final Report, submitted June 2009 (contains no new data)
  • 2008 Annual Report, submitted Dec 2008
  • 2007 Annual Report, submitted Dec 2007
  • 2007 Annual Report, submitted June 2007 (data as of 12/31/06)
• CU-Boulder and CCHE Quality Indicator System (QIS) - for each year, from 1998 through 2004

Academic Rigor

• Annual report to the CU Regents, on test scores, grade distributions, and student surveys.
• October 2010 - Boulder portion (PDF) 
• October 2009, with highlights (PDF). CU System report (PDF)
• November 2008 with highlights (PDF)
• July 2007 (PDF)
• Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA) - Typically done every 3 years
  • 2013-2014 – Next scheduled testing, results available summer 2014
  • 2010-2011 - Highlights (PDF) || Full report (PDF)
  • 2009-2010 - Highlights (PDF) || Full report (PDF)
  • Critique of using the CLA for evaluating institutions, published in Inside Higher Education, January 2, 2013 (PDF)
• The Voluntary System of Accountability (VSA) and student learning outcomes - Data published in College Portrait - updated 1/2013

Accreditation

• CU-Boulder accreditation
• Specialized accreditations, CU-Boulder (PDF)
• Accreditation at AAU peers in North Central Association, Higher Learning Commission region
• CU-Boulder annual reports to NCA/HLC (Annual Institutional Data Update (AIDU))
• April 2013 Nonfinancial (PDF)    April 2013 Financial (PDF)
• April 2012 Nonfinancial (PDF)    April 2012 Financial (PDF)
• April 2011 Nonfinancial (PDF)    April 2011 Financial (PDF)
• April 2010 Nonfinancial (PDF)    April 2010 Financial (PDF)
• March 2009 (PDF)
• March 2008 (PDF)
• Financial data through FY07 (CU system and all campuses combined; Excel)
• CU-Boulder Statement of Affiliation Status (SAS) with HLC

National & world reports

• See our IPEDS site for information on data feedback reports for CU-Boulder, by year
• Information on CU-Boulder rankings and ratings

Measures of the performance of U.S. states

• Colorado Dept of Higher Education compilation of Colorado rank among states on 30+ measures, with backup data
• See the NCHEMS Information Center for comparative data for states and counties, and useful contextual information. Also on this site, refer to "Policy Questions" to find answers to specific questions regarding Colorado's (and other states) system of higher education.

One-time reports

• State and national standardized tests - performance of students graduating from the University of Colorado Boulder, brief summary, May 2008
• 2006 Acceptance rate of CU-Boulder students to medical school, versus national average (along with chart showing acceptance ratios by GPA and MCAT scores)