The Complete College Tennessee Act of 2010 includes a provision for an
outcomes-based funding formula model. This model introduces a focus on
productivity as measured by degree production, student progression, transfer
activity or research and service. All two or four year institutions will be
funded on the same outcomes, however these outcomes are calibrated to reflect
differentiated institutional mission as defined by Carnegie Classification.
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All Degrees & Certificates |
Annual number of certificates of one year or greater in length, associate
degrees, and bachelor's degrees awarded. Disaggregated by age group, gender,
race/ethnicity, Pell status (at any time), remedial and developmental status (at
any time), transfer/first-time students, and discipline. The funding formula
places a 40% premium on adult and low income students for undergraduate degrees
(Certificates, Associates, and Bachelors degrees) for this measure.
This
measure applies to community colleges and public universities.
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Awards per 100 FTE |
Annual number of bachelor's degrees,associate degrees and certificates
conferred during the academic year divided by 100 year round end-of-term
Full-Time Equivalents (FTE) generated during the academic year. By
race/ethnicity, gender, age group, Pell Status (at any time).
This measure
applies to community colleges and public universities.
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Remedial Success |
Annual number and percentage of entering first-time undergraduate students
who complete remedial or developmental education courses in math,
English/reading, or both and complete a college-level course; by race/ethnicity,
gender, age groups, Pell Status (at any time).
This measure applies to
community colleges and public universities.
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Job Placement
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Annual number of graduates who were eligible for placement in a job related
to the field in which they received their degree and were placed during the
academic year.
This measure applies to community colleges. |
Student Progression |
For the Tennessee public higher education funding formula, student
progression is measured by the number of students reaching predetermined
cumulative credit hour benchmarks during the course of an academic year. In the
community college formula, students are counted if they reached 12, 24, or 36
credit hours during the previous academic year. In the university formula,
students are counted if they reached 24, 48, or 72 credit hours during the
previous academic year.
A student must have triggered one of these checkpoints to be counted. For
example, if a student began the academic year having already accumulated 48
credits and completes an additional 20 credits throughout the year, he would
have 68 total credits and thus would not be counted in either the 48 hour or the
72 hour outcome for the academic year. In another example, a student who started
the academic year with 25 credits and completed 22 within the year for a total
of 47 hours did not trigger a benchmark and is not counted for the year.
The funding formula places a 40% premium on adult and low income students for
this measure.
This measure applies to community colleges and public universities. |
Workforce Training |
Total number of contact hours from the academic year.
This measure applies to community colleges.
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Research & Service |
Funding for sponsored programs in the academic year.
This measure applies to public universities.
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Dual Enrollment |
Annual number of students participating in the Dual Enrollment program,
not limited to the lottery scholarship Dual Enrollment grant. Dual Enrollment
allows high school students to be dually enrolled in a high school and a
postsecondary institution and receive course credit at both institutions. By
race/ethnicity, gender, Pell Status (at time of entry).
This measure applies to community colleges and public universities.
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Six Year Graduation Rate |
Annual number of first time, full-time freshmen and summer first-time
freshmen who continued in fall, matched to graduates through sixth academic
year. By race/ethnicity, gender, Pell Status (at time of entry).
This measure applies to community colleges and public universities.
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