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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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.

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