| Term |
Definition |
| ABI | TSTC West Texas Abilene |
| Academic Semester Credit/Contact Hours | Semester credit and/or contact hours generated by courses considered 'Academic' as defined in the Academic Course Guide Manual maintained by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. |
| ALL | All TSTC System components |
| Average Class Enrollment | The total number of enrollments divided by the total number of section records. |
| BRK | TSTC West Texas Breckenridge |
| BRN | TSTC West Texas Brownwood |
| CBM001 | Student Report. This report is submitted to the THECB and includes all students enrolled in semester credit hour courses as of the official census date of the term. The report also includes 'flex-entry' students who were registered in courses which began after the official census date of the immediately preceeding term. Students who withdrew from all classes prior to or on the official census date are not included on the CBM001. |
| CBM004 | Class Report. This report is submitted to the THECB and includes all semester credit hour class sections taught during the reporting period. The report includes enrollments as of the official reporting date for each class section. Classes organized after the official census date of the immediately preceeding term are included in the report as flex-entry sections. |
| CBM00A | Students in Continuing Education Courses Report. This report is submitted quarterly to the THECB and includes all students enrolled in CEU courses as of the official census date of the quarter. Students who withdrew from all classes prior to or on the official census date of the CE class are not included on the CBM00A. |
| CBM00C | Continuing Education Class Report. This report is submitted quarterly to the THECB and includes all CEU class sections taught during the quarter. |
| CEU | Continuing Education Unit. May also be referred to as Training Credit, Workforce Training Credit, or CE credit. |
| CIP Instructional Area | The general area of instructional categories based on the two-digit federal Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) coding system. |
| Class Data | These reports provide class information relating to semester credit and contact hour generations for a specific term, quarter, or fiscal year. |
| Contact Hour | A unit of measure that represents an hour of scheduled instruction given to students. In general at TSTC, one contact hour is equivalent to 50 minutes of instruction per week for a 16-week term. |
| Demographic History | These reports provide a five-year comparison of selected student demographic information for a specific term or quarter. |
| Exceeds 27 Dev Ed Hrs | Semester credit and/or contact hours generated by students enrolled in development education courses who have previously been reported for 27 semester credit hours of developmental education are not eligible for state appropriations. |
| Exceeds Repeats | Semester credit and/or contact hours generated by students previously reported at least twice in non-developmental education courses and are enrolled for the third or subsequent time are not eligible for state appropriations. |
| Flex-Entry | Refers to students and class sections for which the official enrollment occurs after the official census date of a term. These enrollments are reported in the next immediate term and are denoted as Flex-Entry. |
| Full Time Equivalent | A number which reflects headcount enrollment if all students are full-time. At TSTC, full time equivalent (FTE) is obtained by the following method: A:: Total the number of students with a full load (12 or more semester credit hours). B:: Total the number of semester credit hours generated by students enrolled less than full time (11 or less semester credit hours). C:: Divide the number obtained in Step B by 12. D:: Add the number obtained in Step C to the number obtained in Step A. The resulting total is the full-time equivalent headcount enrollment. |
| Funded Semester Credit/Contact Hours | The semester credit and/or contact hours eligible for state appropriations. |
| Headcount | Number of students enrolled as of the official reporting date. |
| HRL | TSTC Harlingen |
| Instructional Method | The delivery method for instructional activities. |
| Instructional Program Area | The general area of instructional categories based on the six-digit federal Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) coding system. In some instances, more than one six-digit category are combined when the instructional programs are similar or related. |
| Load | Term used to describe a semester credit student's status in relation to the number of courses carried during a semester. At TSTC, 12 or more semester credit hours are considered full-time; 7-11 semester credit hours are considered less than full-time, more than half-time; 6 semester credit hours are considered half-time; and less than 6 semester hours are considered less than half-time. All load information in the Student Demographic reports is based on the number of semester credit hours students carry as of the official census date. Load is not calculated for students reported on the CBM00A report (CEU students). |
| MAR | TSTC Marshall |
| New From High School | First time students to TSTC whose last enrollment was in a high school. |
| New From Other College | First time students to TSTC whose last enrollment was in another institution of higher education. |
| Reporting Period | The period of time in which student and class data is collected for reporting to the THECB. The official reporting period is from the day after the offcial census date of a term through the official census date of the next term. Example: The reporting period for Fall begins the day after the official census date of the Summer term and ends on the official census date of the Fall term. |
| SCH | Semester Credit Hour. |
| Student Demographics | These reports provide selected student demographic information for a specific term, quarter, or fiscal year. |
| SWT | TSTC West Texas Sweetwater |
| Technical Semester Credit/Contact Hours | Semester credit and/or contact hours generated in courses considered 'Technical' as defined in the Workforce Education Course Manual maintained by the Texas Higher Education Coordinting Board. |
| Texas Funding Code | A set of codes assigned by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board which delineate courses and programs for state appropriations. |
| THECB | Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board |
| Unfunded Semester Credit/Contact Hours | The semester credit and/or contact hours ineligible for state appropriations. |
| WAC | TSTC Waco |
| X.CBM001 | This is local database file of the CBM001 Report that is used for local reporting purposes. |
| X.CBM004 | This is the local database file of the CBM004 Report that is used for local reporting purposes. |
| X.CBM00A | This is the local database file of the CBM00A Report that is used for local reporting purposes. |
| X.CBM00C | This is the local database file of the CBM00C Report that is used for local reporting purposes. |
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