Measure 1a1, 1a2, 1a3: Pass Rates on Professional/Occupational Licensure Examinations (Relates to AQIP Category 1, Helping students learn, and Category 2, Accomplishing other distinctive goals) Description/Definition: The percentage of first-time test takers passing an exam required for licensure or certification prior to practicing the profession. A licensure requirement for an occupation is one that is required by state statute for an individual to work in that occupation. Methodology, Frequency & Data Source: Licensure pass rates are received from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation for national, state, and IVCC candidates completing the NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN examinations each calendar year (generally in January or February of the following year). Pass rates for the national Certification Examination for Therapeutic Massage are received from the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork once each year. Notes: RN results are found in the ICCB Performance Report (Cat. 2: Workforce Development) FY 09 Performance Target and Results: Calendar Year 2008 RN LPN THM Target 90% 95% 88% Results 93% 100% 90%
Measure 1b: Graduation Rate (Relates to AQIP Category 1, Helping students learn, and Category 2, Accomplishing other distinctive goals) Description/Definition: One of the nine components of the Integrated Postsecondary Educational Data System (IPEDS). It is one of the required items in the Student Right-to-Know legislation. Data is collected on the number of students entering the institution as full-time, firsttime, degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduate students in a particular year (cohort). The graduation rate is the percentage of the cohort who completed a degree or certificate within 150% of normal time to completion. Institutions are permitted to exclude from the initial cohort students who died or were totally and permanently disabled; those who left school to serve in the armed forces or were called to active duty; those who left to serve with a foreign aid service of the federal government, such as the Peace Corps; and those who left to serve on an official church mission. Methodology, Frequency and Data Source: The rate is the number of the cohort who complete a degree or certificate divided by the total number in the cohort minus any of the allowable exclusions above. The rate is reported annually in Figure 6 of the IPEDS Data Feedback Report. FY 09 Performance Target and Results: Fall 2007 Target 36% Results 33%
Measure 1c: First-time, Full-time Cohort Graduated, Transferred or Still Enrolled Description/Definition: The same first-time, full-time, degree or certificate-seeking cohort in measure 1b is used. Because community college students take many paths to reach their goals, student success is equated with having graduated, transferred or being still enrolled after 150% of normal time to completion. Methodology, Frequency and Data Source: The count of cohort members who have graduated, transferred or are still enrolled, graduation trumps transfer and transfer overrules retention. For example if a student has both graduated and transferred, they are counted only once in the graduated category. The data source used is from ICCB Records for the annual Performance Report (Measure 6C3). Notes: The ICCB Peer Group III (Enrollment greater than 4,000 headcount Downstate Located in or near communities of less than 50,000 populations) includes the following institutions: Illinois Eastern Community Colleges, Illinois Valley Community College, Kankakee Community College, Lake Land College, Lewis & Clark Community College, John A. Logan College, and McHenry County College. FY 09 Performance Target and Results: Fall 2005 Cohort Target 74% Results 69.1%
Measure 1d: All Full-time Success Rate Description/Definition: This is the percentage of course successes for students who were currently full-time in fall & spring terms. Methodology, Frequency and Data Source: All full-time students (excluding Sheridan Correctional Center, IBEW, E²C, and PCCS students) grades are reviewed to determine their within-course success rate. Success equals an A, B, C, or P in a class. The fraction is: # of (A,B,C,P) grades for FT divided by # of (A,B,C,D,F,P, W) grades for FT. This measure is calculated annually. Source: COLLEAGUE or Higher Ed Analytics FY 09 Performance Target and Results: 2008-09 Target 72% Results 73%
Measure 1e: All Part-time Success Rate Description/Definition: This is the percentage of course successes for students who were currently part-time in fall & spring terms. Methodology, Frequency and Data Source: All part-time students (excluding Sheridan Correctional Center, IBEW, E²C, and PCCS students) grades are reviewed to determine their within-course success rate. Success equals an A, B, C, or P in a class. The fraction is: # of (A,B,C,P) grades for PT divided by # of (A,B,C,D,F,P,W) grades for PT. This measure is calculated annually. Source: COLLEAGUE or Higher Ed Analytics FY 09 Performance Target and Results: 2008-09 Target 83% Results 82.6%
Measure 1f: Persistence Fall to Spring Description/Definition: Of the credit students in a fall term, what percentage returned to this college in the following spring term? Methodology, Frequency and Data Source: (1) Enter the unduplicated number of total full- and part-time credit students (including those who withdrew from all courses) at the end of the fall term (excluding high school students and Sheridan Correctional Center students). (2) Enter the total number of credit students from (1) above who graduated or completed certificates before the next spring term. (3) Enter the total number of credit students from (1) who enrolled in the following spring term. Do not include students from (2) in this total. (4) Next-term persistence rate = (3) / [(1)-(2)] Source: COLLEAGUE Note: matches the methodology for Form 4a for the NCCBP. FY 09 Performance Target and Results: 08/FA-09/SP Target 68% Results 68.9%
Measure 1g: Persistence Fall to Fall Description/Definition: Of the credit students in a fall term, what percentage returned to this college in the following fall term? Methodology, Frequency and Data Source: (1) Enter the unduplicated number of total full- and part-time credit students (including those who withdrew from all courses) at the end of the fall term (excluding high school students and Sheridan Correctional Center students). (2) Enter the total number of credit students from (1) above who graduated or completed certificates before the next fall term. (3) Enter the total number of credit students from (1) who enrolled in the following fall term. Do not include students from (2) in this total. (4) Fall-Fall persistence rate = (3) / [(1)-(2)] This measure is calculated annually. Source: COLLEAGUE Note: matches methodology used in Form 4b for NCCBP. FY 09 Performance Target and Results: 07/FA-08/FA Target 48% Results 46.2%