ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORTS Katie Blanding, PhD Division Director, Title III-B U. S. Department of Education Savannah, GA Thursday, 23 June 2011

APR PLAN OF ACTION Oct 1, 2011: Open system to collect project data 45 days to submit APR NLT 16 Dec: Project Officers will provide feedback NLT 31 Dec: All APRs submitted NO APR: Not allowed to draw down funds

Make the Connection National goals for higher education – First in the World Strategic Plan Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP) Program goals and objectives Legislative Allowable Areas (LAAs) Title III – Strengthening Universities Focs Areas

Example National Goals: Broaden U.S. caacity to compete in the global market. Strategic Plan: Expose students and faculty to a broad set of academic experiences to strengthen capacity to compete in the global market. CDP: Goal – Develop infrastructure to provide teaching, learning, and research capacity in language and cultural skills in which Black Americans are underrepresented. Objective: By 2012 – Establish a Foreign Language Instructional Center to “teach less commonly taught languages” to meet the need for the critical language acquisition in the U. S.

Example LAA: “Academic instruction in disciplines in which Black Americans are underrepresented” Title III: Strengthen university capacity … Focus Areas: - Academic Quality - Student Sevice