Description of Data Element 01456
NAME: Cohort Reporting Category
NUMBER: 01456
FILES/TABLES: RET
COMPONENTS: 01413
INTENT:
SUS Retention Study
Student Right-To-Know Reporting
DEFINITION:
A category of reporting defined for a student. For student-
right-to-know reporting this identifies a student as receiving
athletically-related financial aid.
CODING INSTRUCTIONS:
For reporting students in sports categories for IPEDS graduation
rate reporting use codes 1 though 5. For SUS retention reporting
code up to 35 characters of description to categorize the student
in a particular group such as 'College of Education', etc.
TABLE VALUES:
1 Football
2 Basketball
3 Baseball
4 Cross-Country/Track
5 All other sports combined
DATABASE INFORMATION:
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: X(35)
COLUMN NAME: COHORT_CATG
SHORT NAME: CATEG
CREATE-CHANGE DATE: 01/09/97
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