Measure 1995-96 Goal (2004-05)Notes:
Graduation Rates over Five Years 61.7% 65.0%
Undergraduate Retention 86.7% 95.0%
Graduation Efficiency Index1
Entering Freshmen 89.1 95.0
Transfer Students 80.4 90.0
Faculty Productivity
Efficiency2 71.36% 85.0%
Quality3 94.5% 98.0%
Funding for Research4 $197.9 $230.9
Quantity5 202.47 212.6
Additional measure6
1Total number of credits taken divided by total number of credits required for a specific degree. If you take 200 credits but your degree required only 180, your index is 90.
2Measures whether courses offered meet student demand. This number tracks the percent of offered spaces that are actually filled.
3Measures quality of instruction through student evaluations. This number tracks the percentage of faculty whose average course evaluation on the item "amount you learned in the course" was rated "good" or above.
4Measures the amount of annual grant and contract income per faculty member. This number is in thousands.
5Measures the number of student credit hours per year per full-time faculty.
6Each state institution draws up its own accountability measure. For the UW, there are four components: 1) Number of undergraduates very involved in faculty research, 2) Percentage of upper division credits taken as individualized instruction, 3) Number of undergraduates involved in public service internships, 4) Percentage of graduates who report they had a research experience with faculty.
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