Performance Funding: Success Measures

Measure 1: Degrees Conferred (Mandatory)

Pennsylvania estimates that 57% of the population will need post-secondary credentials by 2025, up from 38% currently.  PASSHE has committed to helping the Commonwealth meet this goal by increasing degrees by 6,000 by 2017.

Measure 1A: Number of Degrees Conferred

	2010-11 (Baseline)	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
LHU	965	999	1,039	1,085	1,140	1,202

Measure 1B: Baccalaureate degrees per FTE undergraduate enrollment

	2010-11 (Baseline)	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
LHU	16.5%	18.5%	20.5%	22.5%	24.5%	25.5%

Measure 2: Closing the Achievement Gap (Mandatory):

As part of the Access to Success (A2S) initiative, PASSHE has set a goal to reduce the college-going and graduation rate gaps that exist for low-income and minority students

Measure 2A: Closing the Freshmen Achievement Gap for Pell Recipients

	2010-11 (Gap)	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
LHU	11	10.67	10.12	9.19	7.59	5.50

Measure 2B: Closing the Freshmen Achievement Gap for Underrepresented Minority (URM) Students

	2010-11 (Gap)	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
LHU	15	14.55	13.80	12.53	10.35	7.50

Measure 5: STEM and Health Profession (STEM-HP) Degree Recipients (Optional):

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and health profession (STEM-HP) fields are an essential part of the foundation for U.S. competiveness in a global economy.

	2010-11 (Baseline)	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
LHU	267	279	298	323	357	402