Agriculture, Human and Natural Resources Information Technology, Virginia Tech United States Department of Agriculture Peer Panel Meeting June 23-24, 2005 Status Report Major Events in Past Year Participation by Institutions Report from Help Desk

HIGHLIGHTS All Major Software Requirements Met: All significant Software Requirements have been met, except charting. Peer Panel Engaged: The FAEIS Peer Panel was engaged in a two day meeting in Washington, DC during the summer of Constructive suggestions were made regarding the application, custom searching and reporting. NASULGC, BoHS: FAEIS was discussed at both the NASULGC meeting in Sand Diego and at the BoHS meeting in Washington, DC. The BoHS is working with FAEIS to review a prototype of a benchmarking application. CD Produced and Distributed: A CD with over 330 tables on it was produced and distributed to FAEIS users. This CD contained the data for the surveys. Enrollment: Participation continues to increase. For example, undergraduate enrollment has increased each year of the electronic survey, with total enrollment now exceeding the 1999 enrollment collected via the paper surveys done by Texas A&M.

Major Events in the Past Year August 2004 – Data entry closed for 2002/2003 September 1, 2004 – CD published November 2, 2004 – Data entry for 2003/2004 February 16, 2005 – Custom Report Builder Announced and Internet training movie created April 30, 2005 – Data entry closed for 2003/2004 May 2005 – 1 st FAEIS electronic newsletter published June 15, 2005 – CD published

Student Surveys: Data Summaries & Participation by Institutions

Institutions Completing Student Surveys 2003/2004

Number of Institutions Reporting 2003/2004 Student Surveys Institution Type Total Institutions Total Number of Institutions Reporting * Percent Reporting % % % NLG % Total * Enrollment, degrees awarded or placement for one or more discipline reported.

1862 Institutions not Reporting in 2004 American Samoa Community College College of Micronesia-FSM Campus-Pohnpei University of Alaska – Fairbanks University of California, Riverside University of Delaware University of Guam University of Massachusetts University of the District of Columbia University of the Virgin Islands University of Vermont University of California, Davis (VM data entered by FAEIS staff)

Online System Participants Compared to 1999 Paper Student Survey Participants 301 institutions in the FAEIS online system 157 of those institutions have never reported Gain of 47 institutions that have reported online but not in 1999 Loss of 16 institutions that reported in 1999 but have not reported online

Faculty Surveys: Data Summaries & Participation by Institutions

More Institutions Reporting Each Year

Report from the Help Desk

Help Desk Activity for 2003/2004 Data Entry 502 Total Help Incidents 279 Different Administrators Assisted 140 Institution Contacted the Helpdesk

Note: One hundred twenty-seven (127) new users added since Oct. 1, 2004

Future Dates July 15, 2005 – Virginia Tech to submit proposal for extended funding. August 1, 2005 – Evaluation of FAEIS completed and report published. October 1, 2005 – Data entry opens for 2004/2005.