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Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) and Javits Fellowships - 2002

CFDA Number: 84.200 - Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need


Goal 8: To increase the number of persons trained at the highest academic level
Objective 8.1 of 2: Increase the number of graduate students in areas of national need, including the number of underrepresented groups.
Indicator 8.1.1 of 2: Graduate school completion: There will be an increase in the percentage of U.S. citizens and permanent residents who receive a GAANN fellowship and obtain a doctorate in an area of national need.
Targets and Performance Data Assessment of Progress Sources and Data Quality
Percentage of students receiving a GAANN fellowship who earned a doctorate degree.
Year Actual Performance Performance Targets
1999
60
 
2001
12
12
2002
 
12
Status: Unable to judge

Progress: Progress toward performance targets is limited because the grant is for a three-year period, but the average time to degree for a Ph.D. is seven years.

Explanation: Data is reported at the end of a three-year grant period from information provided in the final performance reports. In FY 2002, there is no new data to report because there were no new awards for the grant period FY 1999-2001.   		Source: Performance Report
Contractor Performance Report


Additional Source Information: The FY 1999 data is not comparable to the subsequent fiscal year data. In FY 1999, contractors surveyed all grantees funded up to that time and reported the compiled data. The number does not reflect reporting from an individual cohort of grantees, but from all grantees who responded to the survey.

Frequency: Other.
Collection Period: 2000 - 2002
Data Available: December 2003
Validated By: No Formal Verification.

Limitations: The data on completion rates are limited because the project period for a GAANN grant is three years, while the average time to Ph.D. completion is 7 years. Although grantees are required to submit an interim report for each of the first two years of the grant period and a final report at the end of the project period, the majority of fellows will not have reached completion of their Ph.D during the three-year project period. No further reporting is required.

 
Indicator 8.1.2 of 2: Enrollment of targeted populations: The percentage of GAANN fellows from underrepresented groups will increase over time.
Targets and Performance Data Assessment of Progress Sources and Data Quality
Percentage of fellows from traditionally underrepresented groups by grantee cohort
Year Actual Performance Performance Targets
 
Alaskan/Native American Indians Asian/Pacific Islander Black Non-Hispanic Hispanic Women
Alaskan/Native American Indians Asian/Pacific Islander Black Non-Hispanic Hispanic Women
1999
1 10 7 4 37
         
2000
         
1 7 7 6 38
2001
0 7 7 7 39
1 7 7 6 38
2002
         
1 7 7 6 38
Status: Unable to judge

Progress: Progress toward performance targets is limited because the grant is for a three-year period, but the average time to degree for a Ph.D. is seven years.

Explanation: Data is reported at the end of a three-year grant period from information provided in the final performance reports. In FY 2002, there is no new data to report because there were no new awards for the grant period FY 1999-2001.   		Source: Performance Report
Contractor Performance Report


Frequency: Other.
Collection Period: 2000 - 2002
Data Available: December 2003
Validated By: No Formal Verification.

Limitations: The authorizing statute recommends, but does not mandate, that grantees seek individuals from traditionally underrepresented groups when awarding fellowships. However, in responding to the selection criteria, grantees must address plans to include students from underrepresented groups.

 

Objective 8.2 of 2: To enable students of superior ability in the arts, humanities, and social sciences to coplete their terminal degree.
Indicator 8.2.1 of 1: Graduate school completion: The percentage of Javits fellows who complete a terminal degree within 7 years will increase over time.
Targets and Performance Data Assessment of Progress Sources and Data Quality
Rates of doctorate attainment by Javits fellows 7 years from enrollment.
Year Actual Performance Performance Targets
1998
30
 
1999
26
 
Status: Unable to judge

Progress: No 2000-2002 data are available

Explanation: The graduation rate within seven years of entering a graduate program for Javits fellows is 26% in 1999. The Survey of Earned Doctorates collects only information on attainment of a doctorate degree. Some Javits fellows pursue programs in fields for which the terminal degree is below the doctorate level; their attainment is not accounted for, resulting in a measure that it biased downward.   		Additional Source Information: Program performance reports; Survey of Earned Doctorates, 1999.

Frequency: Annually.
Collection Period: 2003
Data Available: January 2004
Validated By: No Formal Verification.

Limitations: The new Annual Performance Report will require grantees to report completion data on their fellows (thus obtaining completion information on both doctoral programs and those programs where the Master of Fine Arts is the terminal degree).

 

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