49-7-210 - Annual report.
49-7-210. Annual report.
(a) The Tennessee higher education commission shall submit an annual report to the governor and to the general assembly. The annual report, which shall be incorporated into the annual Tennessee Challenge 2000 report as prescribed in § 49-5-5024, must be published prior to February 15 of each year. Prior to publication, the commission shall distribute a draft of the report to all public postsecondary institutions and shall allow comment upon the draft report. The commission shall develop and adopt a format for the report and shall ensure consistent reporting and collecting of the data in the report by the institutions.
(b) Each public, four-year, postsecondary institution shall submit to the commission the following information for inclusion in the report, with the department of correction's students identified and reported separately:
(1) The number and percentage of accredited programs and the number and percentage of programs eligible for accreditation;
(2) The percentage of students accepted from those applying for admission in the fall term, the percentage meeting admission standards and the average American College Test (ACT) score of newly admitted students;
(3) The number and percentage of undergraduate students who completed their degree program;
(4) Number of degrees, by discipline, awarded during the previous academic year;
(5) The percentage of lower division instructional courses taught by full-time faculty, part-time faculty and graduate assistants;
(6) The number and percentage of students enrolled in remedial courses and the number of students exiting remedial courses and successfully completing entry-level college courses;
(7) The percent change in the enrollment rate of African-American students and the change in the total number of African-American students enrolled over the past five (5) years;
(8) The number of full-time students who have transferred from public, two-year, postsecondary institutions;
(9) Student scores on professional examinations with detailed information on state and national means, passing scores, and pass rates, as available, and with information on the scores over time and the number of students taking each examination; and
(10) (A) Any funds or revenues, by type and amount, received by each institution which were not appropriated in the general appropriations act, specifically including donations or other funds from institution-associated alumni associations, foundations, or other support entities or from the present or future sale or licensing of logos, products, endorsements or other use of the institution's name, logo or facilities; and
(B) The specific use or expenditure of revenues or funds enumerated under (b)(10)(A).
(c) Each public, two-year, postsecondary institution shall submit to the commission the following information for inclusion in the report:
(1) The number and percentage of accredited programs and the number and percentage of programs eligible for accreditation;
(2) Average ACT score of newly admitted students;
(3) The number and percentage of students who completed their degree program;
(4) Number of degrees, by discipline, awarded during the previous academic year;
(5) The percentage of courses taught by full-time faculty and part-time faculty;
(6) Job placement rates of graduates of vocational programs in fields of their education and training;
(7) The percent change in the enrollment rate of African-American students and the change in the total number of African-American students enrolled over the past five (5) years;
(8) The number of full-time students who have transferred into public, four-year, postsecondary institutions; and
(9) (A) Any funds or revenues, by type and amount, received by each institution that were not appropriated in the general appropriations act, specifically including donations or other funds from institution-associated alumni associations, foundations or other support entities or from the present or future sale or licensing of logos, products, endorsements or other use of the institution's name, logo or facilities; and
(B) The specific use or expenditure of revenues or funds enumerated under subdivision (c)(9)(A).
(d) Each public state technology center shall submit to the commission the following information for inclusion in the report:
(1) The number and percentage of students who completed their training program;
(2) Number of certificates, diplomas and other awards, by discipline, granted during the previous academic year;
(3) Job placement rates of graduates in fields of their education and training;
(4) The percentage change in the enrollment rate of African-American students and the change in the total number of African-American students enrolled over the past five (5) years; and
(5) (A) Any funds or revenues, by type and amount, received by each institution that were not appropriated in the general appropriations act, specifically including donations or other funds from institution-associated alumni associations, foundations or other support entities or from the present or future sale or licensing of logos, products, endorsements or other use of the institution's name, logo or facilities; and
(B) The specific use or expenditure of revenues or funds enumerated in subdivision (d)(5)(A).
(e) Information from the alumni survey conducted as part of the performance funding program must be included every two (2) years in the annual report as required in this section.
(f) The commission shall make no funding recommendation, capital outlay recommendation or distribution or certification on behalf of any public postsecondary institution that has not submitted the information required pursuant to this section.
(g) After discussions with the institutions, the commission, in consultation with the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives, shall develop the format for the higher education report as required in this section.
(h) The report required by this section must be filed in magnetic media form if the information is available in that form.
[Acts 1992, ch. 739, § 1; 1994, ch. 685, § 3; 2000, ch. 724, § 1.]