Determination: This was calculated by adding the headcount of students majoring in the program or the stand-alone minor at fall census over the past five years. These figures include students who have the program as their primary major or as their secondary major.

Data Source & Validation: Two OIRE staff members  gathered data independently from Banner and compared results.

Value Range: Values range from 0 to 1,151.

Dashboard Example: 118 (0+2+29+45+42)

Interpretation: There were 0 students majoring in the program at census for Fall 2020, 2 students majoring in the program at census for Fall 2021, 29 students majoring in the program at census for Fall 2022, 45 students majoring in the program at census for Fall 2023, and 42 students majoring in the program at census for Fall 2024. The total of that program's fall census enrollment headcounts over the five years is 118 (0+2+29+45+42). 

Scoring: Values were sorted from the highest value to the lowest value. Each program received a point score based on whether it fell in the top-third of programs (2 points), middle-third of programs (1 point), or bottom-third of programs (0 points).

Determination: This was calculated by determining the percentage change in enrollment over the past five years based on the headcount at fall census.

Data Source & Validation: Two OIRE staff members gathered data independently from Banner and compared results

Value Range: Values range from -100% to +33,500%.

Dashboard Example 1: 20%

Dashboard Example 2: -15%

Interpretation of Example 1: The change in the number of students majoring in the program from census of Fall 2020 to census of Fall 2024 was an increase of 20%. The program saw a growth in enrollment between those two periods.

Interpretation of Example 2: The change in the number of students majoring in the program from census of Fall 2020 to census of Fall 2024 was a decrease of 15%. The program saw a decline in enrollment between those two periods.

Scoring: Results were sorted from the highest value to the lowest value. Each program received a point score based on whether it fell in the top-third of programs (2 points), middle-third of programs (1 point), or bottom-third of programs (0 points). Programs that were established within the past five years received a score of NA (not applicable).

Determination: Lightcast was used to determine the change in completion growth over the past four years (2019-2023) for all programs within the midwest region based on Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code and degree level. (Limitation: Lightcast is unable to differentiate growth rates at a concentration level. All concentrations within the same program CIP code and degree level will share the same completion growth rate.)

Data Source & Validation: Two OIRE staff members  gathered data independently from Lightcast and compared results

Value Range: Values range from -65% to +140%.

Dashboard Example 1: 17.1%

Dashboard Example 2: -9%

Interpretation of Example 1: Lightcast shows that there has been a 17.1% increase in the completion of degrees for that program at that degree level in the midwest region over the past four years.

Interpretation of Example 2: Lightcast shows that there has been a 9% decrease in the completion of degrees for that program at that degree level in the midwest region over the past four years.

Scoring: Results were sorted from the highest value to the lowest value. Each program received a point score based on whether it fell in the top-third of programs (2 points), middle-third of programs (1 point), or bottom-third of programs (0 points). If Lightcast data were not available, the program received a score of NA (not available).

Determination: Lightcast was used to determine the five-year growth rate for target occupations for each program CIP code and degree level within the midwest region. (Limitation: Lightcast is unable to differentiate growth rate at a concentration level. All concentrations within the same program CIP code and degree level will share the same occupation growth rate.)

Data Source & Validation: Two OIRE staff members  gathered data independently from Lightcast and compared results

Value Range: Values range from -20% to +37%.

Dashboard Example 1: 9.7%

Dashboard Example 2: -4.7%

Interpretation of Example 1: Lightcast shows that there has been a 9.7% increase in the number of jobs in target occupations for individuals with a degree in that program at that degree level in the midwest region over the past five years.

Interpretation of Example 2: Lightcast shows that there has been a 4.7% decrease in the number of jobs in target occupations for individuals with a degree in that program at that degree level in the midwest region over the past five years.

Scoring: Results were sorted from the highest value to the lowest value. Each program received a point score based on whether it fell in the top-third of programs (2 points), middle-third of programs (1 point), or bottom-third of programs (0 points).

Determination: The UI-System Program Cost Study report was used to determine the program cost per credit hour at each degree level for each program. Line 14 - Total All Costs from the Program Cost Study reports was subtracted from the average net total revenue per student credit hour for all programs at that degree level. Tuition differentials figures were added to eligible programs. See pages 12-13 of the Academic Portfolio Review Task Force's report, Recommendations for a Comprehensive Portfolio Review of Academic Programs at the University of Illinois Springfield, for additional details on how the total costs are calculated for undergraduate programs, the net total revenue figures for different degree levels, and the tuition differential figures used for eligible programs.

Data Source & Validation: An OIRE staff member conducted the calculations on two separate occasions from UI-System Cost Study reports. The VC for Finance and Administration reviewed calculations and revenue/differential numbers. 

Value Range: Values range from -$305.97 per student credit hour (SCH) to +$232.82 per SCH.

Dashboard Example 1: $212.35 

Dashboard Example 2: -$201.66

Interpretation of Example 1: The difference (the margin) between the program's average net total revenue per student credit hour and the program's cost per student credit hour is $212.35. The program's net total revenue received is $212.35 per student credit hour greater than the program's expenses per student credit hour.

Interpretation of Example 2: The difference (the margin) between the program's average net total revenue per student credit hour and the program's cost per student credit hour is -$201.66. The program's expenses is $201.66 more per student credit hour than the net total revenue received per student credit hour.

Scoring: Results were sorted from the highest value to lowest value. Programs received a point score based on whether it fell in the top-third of programs (2 points), middle-third of programs (1 point), or bottom-third of programs (0 points). If Cost Study data were not available, the program received a score of NA (not available).

Determination: This was determined by the number of credit hours generated by the academic unit and its faculty for UIS service courses from Summer 2023-Spring 2025. Service courses included (a) general education and university requirement (ECCE) courses offered as part of the general education and university curriculum, (b) honors courses with a CAP prefix taught by faculty members within the academic unit, (c) courses with a UNI prefix taught by faculty members within the academic unit, and (d) first-year seminar courses. This metric was applicable only to undergraduate programs and stand-alone minors; graduate and doctoral programs did not receive a score for this metric.

Data Source & Validation: An OIRE staff member pulled the list of courses and student credit hours from Banner. Courses and instructors were paired with their respective programs. UEOs were asked to confirm if the list of courses and the instructors identified aligned with the appropriate programs.

Value Range: Values range from 0 student credit hours (SCH) to 4,847 SCH

Dashboard Example: 2188 SCH (UIS300-Patel, UIS300-Smith, UIS305-Garcia, UIS305-Ali, UIS316-Kim, UIS316-Jones, UIS316-Chen)

Interpretation: Courses from the UIS program that were identified in Banner that met one or more of the attributes listed were UIS300, UIS 305, and UIS 316. Professors from the UIS program that taught courses that were identified in Banner that met one or more of the attributes listed were Patel, Smith, Garcia, Ali, Kim, Jones, and Chen. The dashboard example identifies which courses and instructor combinations are recognized as service courses (UIS300-Patel, UIS300-Smith, UIS305-Garcia, UIS305-Ali, UIS316-Kim, UIS316-Jones, UIS316-Chen). The enrollments of those course-instructor combinations are compiled for every semester from Summer 2023-Spring 2025, and then those totals are added together to get the program's total of service course hours. The UIS program contributed 2,188 student credit hours of service courses over the two year period.

Scoring: Results were sorted from the highest value to the lowest value. Each program received a point score based on whether it fell in the top-third of programs (2 points), middle-third of programs (1 point), or bottom-third of programs (0 points).

Determination: This was determined by the amount of external sponsorship received in the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) that is associated with the program. External sponsorship may include contracts and grants received from an external organization. A five-year total of the external sponsorships was used.

Data Source & Validation: Data obtained from the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs

Value Range: Values range from $0 to $6,137,821

Dashboard Example: $228,087 (Johnson-3, Hernandez-1)

Interpretation: There were four grants listed by ORSP that were associated with faculty teaching in this program. Dr. Johnson was the principal investigator for three grants and Dr. Hernandez was the principal investigator for one grant. The total of these four grants was $228,087.

Scoring: Results were sorted from the highest value to the lowest value. Each program received a point score based on whether it fell in the top-third of programs (2 points), middle-third of programs (1 point), or bottom-third of programs (0 points).

Determination: A change was made to this metric from the proposed metric in the APRTF report. Per recommendations of the VC for Advancement, this metric was adjusted from External Sponsorship to Alumni Engagement, as Alumni Engagement is a better reflection of the influence of programs on alumni's connections with UIS. Alumni engagement was drilled down to a college and degree level. Annual alumni engagement figures since 2022 (post-reorganization) were used.

Data Source & Validation: Data obtained from the Alumni Engagement Dashboard from U of I Foundation

Value Range: Values range from 16.9% to 24.8%.

Dashboard Example 1:21.7% of CUIS UG alumni

Dashboard Example 2:16.9% of CUIS Grad alumni

Interpretation of Example 1: 21.7% of the undergraduate alumni from the academic college (CUIS) were engaged with the university since 2022 per the Alumni Engagement Dashboard.

Interpretation of Example 2: 16.9% of the graduate alumni from the academic college (CUIS) were engaged with the university since 2022 per the Alumni Engagement Dashboard.

Scoring: Results were sorted from the highest value to the lowest value. Each program received a point score based on whether it fell in the top-third of programs (2 points), middle-third of programs (1 point), or bottom-third of programs (0 points).

Determination: UEOs were asked to identify the registered student organizations sponsored by or advised within their program(s) or by faculty within the program. 

Data Source & Validation: Student organizations identified on a UEO survey were cross-referenced with Student Life to ensure they were active, registered student organizations. If they were not, organiztions listed by the UEO were counting in the community engagement (local) metric.

Value Range: Values range from 0 to 5

Dashboard Example 1:3-Project Insight, Sigma Solutions, Campus Collective

Dashboard Example 2:0-see com eng metric for Prism Circle

Interpretation of Example 1: There are three registered student organizations associated with the program and/or its faculty members. Those RSOs are Project Insight, Sigma Solutions, and Campus Collective.

Interpretation of Example 2: Although the UEO reported that Prism Circle is a student organization for the program, the Student Life office indicated that the student organization was not officially registered the past two years. Rather than listing Prism Circle for this metric, it was listed as part of the Community Engagement metric instead.

Scoring: Results were sorted from the highest value to the lowest value. Each program received a point score based on whether it fell in the top-third of programs (2 points), middle-third of programs (1 point), or bottom-third of programs (0 points).

Determination: UEOs were be asked whether their unit’s programs require community learning placements, such as internships, clinicals, or practicums, as a part of its requirements for graduation.

Data Source & Validation: UEO survey 

Value Range: Required, not required

Dashboard Example 1: Yes, IPL 300

Dashboard Example 2: Not required

Interpretation of Example 1: The program requires a community learning placement as part of the graduation requirements. The course is IPL 300.

Interpretation of Example 2: The program does not require a community learning placement as part of the graduation requirements.

Scoring: A point score of 2 was received if the answer was yes and a point score of 0 was received if the answer was no.

Determination: UEOs were asked to identify the local community events associated with the program in the past two years. These events were inclusive of demonstrations of research, performance(s) or displays, panel discussions, workshops, non-registered student organizations, etc., that were specifically open to students or the members of the broader Springfield and central Illinois community in a non-virtual context. It could also include faculty members’ involvement in local professional boards and organizations where their involvement as a member of the UIS community was represented.

Data Source & Validation: An OIRE staff member reviewed the activities listed on the completed UEO survey to ensure they adhered to the metric definition.

Value Range: Values range from 0-126

Dashboard Example: 6 (Advisory Board, Springfield Society, Panels-3, Alumni Event)

Interpretation: There were six activities/events that were submitted by the program UEO that met the requirements. Those activities/events included an advisory board, Springfield Society, three panels, and an alumni event.

Scoring: Results were sorted from the highest value to the lowest value. Each program received a point score based on whether it fell in the top-third of programs (2 points), middle-third of programs (1 point), or bottom-third of programs (0 points).

Determination: UEOs were asked to identify broad-reaching community events associated with the program(s) in the past two years. These events were inclusive of demonstrations of research, performance(s) or displays, panel discussions, workshops, non-registered student organizations, etc., that were delivered virtually or occured in a non-virtual setting in a region outside of the broader Springfield and central Illinois community and were specifically open to students or members of the public. They could also include faculty members’ involvement in professional boards and organizations where their involvement as a member of the UIS community was represented.

Data Source & Validation: An OIRE staff member reviewed the activities listed on the completed UEO survey to ensure they adhered to the metric definition.

Value Range: Values range from 0-55

Dashboard Example: 18 (ARQ, grant reviews-3, presentation-10, symposium-2, board, NYS)

Interpretation: There were 18 activities/events that were submitted by the program UEO that met the requirements. Those activities/events included ARQ, three grant reviews 10 public presentation, 2 symposiums, serving on a board, and NYS.

Scoring: Results were sorted from the highest value to the lowest value. Each program received a point score based on whether it fell in the top-third of programs (2 points), middle-third of programs (1 point), or bottom-third of programs (0 points).

Determination: This was determined by the number of times in which a program and its faculty were recognized in the UIS in the News daily e-mail announcement that is distributed by the UIS Media Strategy department. UIS in the News captures external media mentions of UIS. A two-year count of the mentions was used (5/1/2023-5/1/2025).

Data Source & Validation: UIS in the News submissions were reviewed by Public Relations and by OIRE.

Value Range: Values range from 0-41

Dashboard Example: 4 mentions (UIS program, Carter, Abebe)

Interpretation: The UIS program and/or its faculty were mentioned four times in the UIS in the News e-mail announcements of external media mentions. Dr. Carter, Dr. Abebe, and the UIS program were mentioned in the different media. 

Scoring: Results were sorted from the highest value to the lowest value. Each program received a point score based on whether it fell in the top-third of programs (2 points), middle-third of programs (1 point), or bottom-third of programs (0 points).

Determination: UEOs were asked to select one of the following options to describe their program’s external accreditation, including conditional accreditation, status: (a) Yes, and we must be, (b) Yes, and we choose to be, (c) No, and we can’t be, and (d) No, but we could be. 

Data Source & Validation: UEO survey 

Value Range: Accredited, not accredited, not applicable

Dashboard Example 1: Externally accredited (either by choice or required)

Dashboard Example 2: Could be externally accredited

Dashboard Example 3: No external accreditation available

Interpretation of Example 1: The UEO reported that the program is externally accredited.

Interpretation of Example 2: The UEO reported that the program could be externally accredited, but the program currently is not externally accredited.

Interpretation of Example 3: The UEO reported that there is no external accreditation available for the program.

Scoring: Programs that answered with option a or b received 2 points, programs that answer with option d received 0 points, and programs that answer with option c received a score of NA (not applicable).

Determination: This metric assessed whether a program’s program review is current according to the timeline found on the OIRE Program Review Schedule.

Data Source & Validation: OIRE's IBHE program review status list

Value Range: Current, Past-Due

Dashboard Example 1: 2024-25 Self-Study Year (submitted)

Dashboard Example 2: 2024-25 Self-Study Year (not submitted)

Dashboard Example 3: 2025-26 Self-Study Year (current)

Interpretation of Example 1: The program's self-study year is 2024-25 and the program has submitted its self-study report.

Interpretation of Example 2: The program's self-study year is 2024-25 and the program has not yet submitted its self-study report.

Interpretation of Example 3: The program's self-study year is 2025-26. The program is presently current on its review.

Scoring: Programs that were current received 2 points. Programs that were past-due received 0 points.

Determination: This metric captured whether a program has conducted any program curriculum revision, including those currently in the governance process, in the last five years.

Data Source & Validation: Campus Senate Resolutions

Value Range: Revised, Not Revised

Dashboard Example 1: Fall 2021 (established)

Dashboard Example 2: Fall 2024

Dashboard Example 3: None in past 5 years

Interpretation of Example 1: The program's last curriculum revision occurred in Fall 2021 when the program was established.

Interpretation of Example 2: The program's last curriculum revision occured in Fall 2024.

Interpretation of Example 3: The program has not had any curriculum revisions in the past five years.

Scoring: If a program had revisions, it receive 2 points. If it had not, it received 0 points.

Determination: The number of courses listed in the UIS catalog that had not been taught in the past three years were counted by course prefix. Some course types were excluded: continuing enrollment courses, newly created courses, honors seminars, independent studies, internship courses, ION credit courses, practicums, project courses, research courses, thesis courses, topics courses, tutorial courses, and cross-listed courses when they were not the controlling department of the course.

Data Source & Validation: Enrollment & Retention Management provided a list of courses that had not been taught. After consulting with ERM and Provost Team Leadership, OIRE identified and removing the excluded course types. 

Value Range: Values range from 0-26 courses

Dashboard Example 1: 0 courses

Dashboard Example 2: 3 courses - UIS 509, 528, 537

Dashboard Example 3: 1 course - UIS 552 (plus UIS 550, 555 which were retained by the Registrar's Office for being a prereq or degree requisite)

Interpretation of Example 1: The program has no courses listed in the course catalog that had not been taught in the past three years beyond those course types that were excluded.

Interpretation of Example 2: The program has 3 courses listed in the course catalog that had not been taught in the past three years beyond those course types that were excluded. Those 3 courses are UIS 509, UIS 528, and UIS 537.

Interpretation of Example 3: The program has 3 courses listed in the course the course catalog that had not been taught in the past three years beyond those course types that were excluded. The program had previously requested that 2 of the courses, UIS 550 and 555, be removed from the course catalog but those courses were retained by the Registrar's Office for being a prereq or degree requirement. (Programs did not receive notification that additional steps were needed for the course to be removed. As such, they are not included in the metric total but are listed as an information item.)

Scoring: Results were ranked from lowest to highest number of courses. Programs with the least courses received a score of 2 points, the middle third received a score of 1 point, and the highest third received a score of 0 points.

Determination: UEOs were asked to submit their program’s current assessment plan. 

Data Source & Validation: OIRE staff scored the plans submitted by the UEOs.

Value Range: Well-developed and current, current but not well-developed, well-developed but not current/no plan.

Dashboard Example 1: Well-developed and current

Dashboard Example 2: Current; could benefit from further development

Dashboard Example 3: Not submitted

Interpretation of Example 1: The program submitted an assessment plan that was well-developed and current.

Interpretation of Example 2: The program submitted an assessment plant that was current, but it could benefit from additional development.

Interpretation of Example 3: The program did not submit an assessment plan.

Scoring: Assessment plans that are current (completed or updated within the last 5 years) and well-developed received a score of 2. Assessment plans that are out-of-date or current but not well-developed received a score of 1. Programs that do not submit or have an assessment plan will receive a score of 0.

Determination: UEOs were asked to list any changes to the curriculum (particularly, although not necessarily exclusive to, changes made in response to assessment) that did not go through governance in the past five years. 

Data Source & Validation: UEO survey

Value Range: Changes, No Changes 

Dashboard Example 1: Change to pre-reqs

Dashboard Example 2: None

Interpretation of Example 1: The UEO identified changes to the program. For this program, the changes were changes to prerequisite requirements 

Interpretation of Example 2: The UEO did not identify any changes to the program.

Scoring: Programs that identify curriculum changes will receive 2 points. Programs that did not identify curriculum changes will receive 0 points.

Determination: This metric captures the percentage of a program’s students graduating within 150% normal time to completion. For each program, we first established up to five cohorts based on 150% of normal time to completion for academic year 2019-2020 through 2023-2024. Graduate students and transfer undergraduate students both used a 4-year timeframe, while doctoral students and first-time, first-year undergraduate students used a 6-year timeframe. To calculate the graduation rate for a given academic year, the number of students from the established program cohort who graduated within 150% normal time to completion was divided by the original number of students in the established program cohort. The average of the graduation rates of each academic year was calculated for a program graduation rate. See 150% Normal Time to Completion Window table below for cohort terms and graduation terms used to determine 150% time to graduation rates.

Data Source & Validation:Two OIRE staff members independently calculated graduation rates for each program and student level (undergraduate, master’s and doctoral). Data were extracted from the Enterprise Data Warehouse from the Student Records universe. Staff compared rates and when discrepancies were found, individual student records were examined to determine the final rate.

Value Range:0%-100%

Dashboard Example 1: 56%

Dashboard Example 2: NA

Interpretation of Example 1: 56% represents the five-year average of a program's entering cohort's graduation rate within 150% of normal time. For a graduate program (excluding doctoral students), it would be the average 150% of normal time (4-years) graduation rate of students who entered the program as a new graduate student in the Fall 2016 or Spring 2017 (see table below). 

Interpretation of Example 2: The program is a new program and does not have an entering cohort that started Fall 2020 or prior.

Scoring: Results were sorted from the highest value to the lowest value. Each program received a point score based on whether it fell in the top-third of programs (2 points), middle-third of programs (1 point), or bottom-third of programs (0 points). Programs with a NA rate and minors were excluded from this metric. 

Table - 150% Normal Time to Completion Windows

Note. Enrollment Academic Year is defined as three sequential terms: Summer – Fall –Spring. Graduation Academic Year is defined as program degrees conferred in three sequential terms: Fall – Spring – Summer.

Determination: This metric represents the number of program graduates for a given academic year (Fall, Spring, Summer) divided by the number of students enrolled in the program during that same academic year (Summer, Fall, Spring). A program's number of students was determined by calculating an unduplicated headcount across academic terms from the academic years 2020-2024. A five-year average of program completion rates was calculated.

Data Source & Validation:Two OIRE staff members independently calculated enrollment headcounts for each program. Data were extracted from the Enterprise Data Warehouse from the Registration Census universe for enrollment and the Student Records universe to identify graduates. Staff compared rates and when discrepancies were found, individual student records were examined to determine the final rate.

Value Range: Values ranged from programs having no graduates dring the five-year period to a program having a 100% completion rate.

Dashboard Example:12% (no students, no students, 0%, 13%, 24%)

Interpretation: The program had no students enrolled in the program in 2020 and 2021. In 2022, the program had students but 0% of them graduated. In 2023, 13% of the students graduated. In 2024, 24% of the students graduated. The average percentage across the years with students enrolled was 12%.

Scoring: Results were sorted from the highest value to the lowest value. Each program received a point score based on whether it fell in the top-third of programs (2 points), middle-third of programs (1 point), or bottom-third of programs (0 points). Minors were excluded from this metric.

Determination: This metric involves a calculation of the amount of time, in years, a program's graduates took to earn their degree. In a given academic year, program graduates' entering term cohort codes were used to determine the amount of time required for each student to complete the program. We calculated the average time to complete for all graduates of a program for each academic year from 2019-2024, then calculated the average of those five academic years. There were two exclusion criteria when selecting cases for analysis: students missing an entering term cohort code and students with an entering term cohort code that preceded the university's time limitation policy for completing a degree program were excluded (6 years for masters, 7 years for bachelors, and 8 years for doctoral). 

Data Source & Validation: Two OIRE staff members calculated the metric and compared results.

Value Range: Doctoral: values range from having no graduates to 6.0 years; Masters: values range from having no graduates to 3.6 years; Bachelors: values range from having no graduates to 3.8 years; Minors: excluded

Dashboard Example: 2.3 years (2.4, 2.1, 2.3, no grads, 2.6)

Interpretation of Example: The average time to degree completion for graduates was 2.4 years for students graduating in AY20, 2.1 years for students graduating in AY21, 2.3 years for students graduating in AY22, there were no graduates in AY 23, and 2.6 years for students graduating in AY 24. The average across these five years, excluding the year with no graduates, was 2.3 years.

Scoring: Results were sorted from the highest value to the lowest value within the same degree level (bachelors, masters, doctoral). Each program received a point score based on whether it fell in the top-third of programs (2 points), middle-third of programs (1 point), or bottom-third of programs (0 points) within its degree level.

Determination: If the UIS pass rate is at or above national/state pass rates, the program will get a score of 2. If the pass rate is below national/state pass rates, the program will get a score of 0. Programs that don’t require an external exam will not receive a score for this metric. A score of 0 will be assessed if atesting results are not received from the unit executive officer.

Data Source & Validation: UEOs were asked to provide exam pass rates and national/state pass rates.

Value Range: Rates above national/state average, Rates below national/state average, not applicable

Dashboard Example 1: UIS Pass Rate: 73%; National Pass Rate: 76%

Dashboard Example 2: Exam not required

Interpretation of Example 1: The program had an external exam pass rate of 73%. The national pass rate is 76%.

Interpretation of Example 2: The program does not require an external exam.

Scoring: Programs with rates above national/state averages received a 2, programs with rates before national/state averages received a 0, programs not requiring an exam are excluded.