System-Level Accountability Scorecard
Assessments: Progress toward Implementing the Strategic Plan

Community Development & Economic Vitality
Indicator 11: Economic Development - College and university expertise contributes to the state's economic development.

Measure 11B: Continuing Education Rate

Measure 11B reports system graduates’ continued education rate during the year after graduation. The numerator is the number of graduates that reported continuing
their education. The denominator is the
number of graduates that responded to the
follow-up survey (click here for a printer friendly PDF copy of this page).

Significance: Measure 11B is signficant
in that it indicates the extent to which
college and university instructional programs prepare graduates for continued education at the undergraduate or graduate level. This measure is complementary to Measure 11A, Graduate Related Employment Rate.

Measure: The continued education rate for system graduates in Fiscal Year 2003 was 23.1 percent, as shown in Figure 11B-1. This rate is up from 21.3 percent for Fiscal Year 2002 graduates and at its highest point for the period 1998 to 2003.

Drill-Downs: Continued education rates for Fiscal Year 2003 graduates were highest
at associate degree level, as shown in Figure 11B-2.

Associate graduates in the liberal arts, agriculture and computer science and engineering have the highest continued
education rates, as shown in Figure 11B-3.