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Demonstration Projects to Ensure Students With Disabilities Receive a Quality Higher Education - 2002

CFDA Number: 84.333 - Demonstration Projects to Ensure Students with Disabilities Receive a Higher Education


Goal 8: To improve the quality of higher education for students with disabilities.
Objective 8.1 of 1: Ensure that faculty and administrators in institutions of higher education increase their capacity to provide a high-quality education to students with disabilities.
Indicator 8.1.1 of 2: Increased attendance: The number of students with disabilities attending an institution benefiting from grants will increase each year beginning in 2001.
Targets and Performance Data Assessment of Progress Sources and Data Quality
Number of students benefiting from grants
Year Actual Performance Performance Targets
2000
125,345
 
2001
126,439
 
Status: Unable to judge

Progress: Being refined.

Explanation: We anticipate a new performance report for this program in the future. This new report will be designed to capture data for these indicators.  
Frequency: Annually.
Collection Period: 2002 - 2003
Data Available: June 2003
Validated By: No Formal Verification.
Data supplied by grantees. No formal verification procedure applied.

Limitations: Data are self-reported.

 
Indicator 8.1.2 of 2: Increased degree attainment: The number of students with disabilities completing coursework leading to a degree or attainment of a degree at an institution benefiting from grants will increase each year beginning in 2001.
Targets and Performance Data Assessment of Progress Sources and Data Quality
- No Targets And Performance Data -
Status: Unable to judge

Progress: Being refined.

Explanation: Most states reporting on degree completion indicated increases from 2000 to 2001, but precise numbers were not reported.  
Frequency: Annually.
Collection Period: 2002 - 2003
Data Available: June 2003
Validated By: No Formal Verification.
Data supplied by grantees. No formal verification procedure applied.

Limitations: Data are self-reported.

 

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