Description of Data Element 01112
NAME: Degree - Highest Level Held
NUMBER: 01112
FILES/TABLES: ADM EMPL HTD PSTU SCD SDCF TEF
INTENT:
Student Flow
Legislative Reporting
Pre-service State Approved Teacher Preparation Program Reporting
Personnel Reporting
DEFINITION:
The highest educational degree, certificate or diploma held by
the individual.
EDIT:
DIAGNOSTIC MESSAGE ERROR LEVEL
MISSING OR INVALID CRITICAL
ADM EMPL SCD SDCF TEF
NOT REPORTED, OVER 5% TOLERANCE CRITICAL
ADM SDCF
NOT REPORTED TOLERANCE
ADM SDCF
MISSING VALUES GENERATED, IF MISSING PROGRAM GENERATED
EMPL SCD
PROGRAM GENERATED FROM SDCF PROGRAM GENERATED
HTD
FREQUENCY COUNTS WILL BE PERFORMED ON FREQUENCY
ADM EMPL HTD SCD SDCF TEF
CODING INSTRUCTIONS:
Student reporting ***********************************************
Valid codes are: G,H,U,A,B,C,D,E,F,L,M,O,P,R,S,V,W,X,N and Z.
There is a 5% tolerance allowed for code Z (Not Reported) on the
Student Data Course File and the Admissions File.
The code reported here should be the highest degree, certificate
or diploma held by the student at the beginning of the term being
reported.
Employee reporting **********************************************
This element is required on all employees. Code blanks for
unfilled (01181 ne E) on SCD
Teacher Education Admission Reporting ***************************
Code the degree level of the student at the time of admission to
the State Approved Teacher Preparation Program.
Hours to Degree Reporting ***************************************
This element will be program generated from the Student Data
Course File.
TABLE VALUES:
*********High School Level Degree Codes
G GED
H High School Diploma (Was = I and H Prior 1994-95)
U College-Ready High School Diploma
*********POSTSECONDARY Level Undergraduate Degree Codes
A Associate in Arts (AA)
B Baccalaureate
C Associate in Science (AS)
J Associate Degree (Used When AA/AS Is Not Known)
*********POSTSECONDARY Level Graduate Degree Codes
D Doctorate (Was = D Other Doc and H Educ Prior 1994-95)
E Advanced Masters
F Dentistry, DDS or DMD
L Law, LLB or JD
M Masters
O Other
P First Professional (Other Than F, L, V, W or X)
R Engineer (Was = G Prior to 1994-95)
S Specialist
V Veterinary Medicine, DVM
W Pharmacy (PharmD)
X Medicine, MD
*********OTHER
N No Degree
Z Not Reported (Was = Z and X Prior to 1994-95)
REFERENCES:
FAC 6A-5.066 - TEF Requirements
SOURCE RESPONSIBILITY:
SUS
DATABASE INFORMATION:
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: X(1)
COLUMN NAME: DEG_HIGHEST_HELD
SHORT NAME: DEGHELD
CREATE-CHANGE DATE: 03/23/07
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