"Clusters" are groups of Colorado public institutions. Points were
determined by comparing CU-Boulder's performance to a national benchmark, the
average result for the cluster, or an arbitrary benchmark. The comparison used
to calculate points is bolded. The "admission standard tier" cluster
is CU-Boulder, Colorado State U (CSU), and Colorado School of Mines.
| Measure |
Possible points |
UCB result |
Compare UCB to the bolded of |
UCB vs benchmark (bolded) |
UCB points |
Pts lost |
Notes |
| National benchmark |
Cluster average |
| 1A, Grad rates, speed, and
hours |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cluster = Admission standard
tier |
| Graduation rates of full-time
freshmen thru summer 98 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| . . 4-year grad rate (enter '94) |
35 |
35.4% |
36.7% |
30% |
96% |
35 |
0 |
Benchmarks from U
of Oklahoma compliation based on entering-student preparation. Cluster is
UCB, CSU, Mines (highest adm standard). |
| . . 5-year grad rate (enter '93) |
35 |
58.5% |
61.3% |
58% |
95% |
34 |
1 |
| . . 6-year grad rate (enter '92) |
35 |
60.7% |
67.3% |
60% |
90% |
33 |
2 |
| Grad rate subtotal |
105 |
|
|
|
|
102 |
3 |
|
| Pct of graduates
with no more than 110% of required single-degree hours |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| . . of '94 4-year graduates |
20 |
86.3% |
Not available |
86.9% |
99% |
20 |
0 |
Mines and CSU both
require higher numbers of hours for the degree than UCB does. CCHE plans
to tap this in a measure for 01-02 funding. |
| . . of '93 4- and 5-year graduates |
20 |
74.0% |
76.1% |
97% |
20 |
0 |
| . . of '92 4-, 5-, and 6-year
graduates |
20 |
71.7% |
74.8% |
96% |
19 |
1 |
| 110% of hours subtotal |
60 |
|
|
|
|
59 |
1 |
|
| 2 'Faculty
instructional productivity' |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Hours per week in teaching-related
activity |
|
21.1 |
22.8 |
|
|
|
|
Hrs = group instruction
contact hrs per state-funded FTE, big 5 ranks, times national public research
U multiplier to yield total teaching-related time. UCB contact hrs 6.4,
steady drop from 6.8 in 94-95 |
| . . as pct of "40 hour week" |
125 |
53% |
57% |
|
93% |
116 |
9 |
| 3 Persistence |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Pct of fall 97 full-time frosh
enrolled at UCB fall 98 (excluding extended studies) |
|
84% |
83% |
84% |
|
|
|
CCHE has not completed calcs |
| Pct of UCB fall 97 new frosh
enrolled at another Colorado public fall 98 |
|
2% |
Not available |
4% |
|
|
|
Cluster = UCB, CSU, Mines (as
in ms 1) |
| Total "persistence" |
125 |
86.1% |
|
88.2% |
98% |
122 |
3 |
|
| 4 Achievement
tests |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Average scores or pass rates
on several tests |
126 |
Better than national/state
on all tests(PLACE,
GRE, Engineering, Bar, MCAT, LSAT, GMAT, CPA) |
126 |
0 |
No clusters; all institutions
compared to national or state averages. Total is over "maximum" due to rounding. |
| 5 Undergraduate class size |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Of UG sections without labs and
recitations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
National figures for US News
national universities (publics) |
| . . Pct under 20 |
|
45% |
33% |
|
|
|
|
Note UCB better than
national on pct under 20, about same as national on pct 50+ |
| . . Pct 50 or over |
|
16% |
15% |
|
|
|
|
| Lower division sections w labs
& recitations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| . . Pct 30 or under |
|
74% |
|
67% |
|
|
|
Only average size used in awarding
points |
| . . Average size |
125 |
38 |
35 |
|
91% |
114 |
11 |
Arbitrary cluster (UCB, CSU,
Mines) target set by CCHE; not average |
| 6
Diversity plan |
75 |
|
|
|
|
75 |
0 |
All institutions got maximum
points |
| 7 Institutional
support ratios |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Pct of total expenditures for
"educational & general" used for "institutional support" (administration),
ICR excluded |
100 |
8.69% |
Not Available |
8.69% |
100% |
100 |
0 |
Cluster is UCB and CSU, based
on size. Both got maximum points |
| 8 UCB
specified #1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Pct of 1998 bachelors recipients
(who had entered as freshmen) participating in at least one special academic
opportunity |
75 |
64% |
Goal 62% |
|
|
75 |
0 |
All institutions got maximum
points |
| 9 UCB
specified #2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Federal science and engineering
R&D expenditures per faculty member |
75 |
$139,000 -- 2nd of 17 public
AAU's |
Goal top 5 |
|
|
75 |
0 |
All institutions got maximum
points |
| Total |
991 |
|
|
|
|
964 |
27 |
97% |
