Description of Data Element 01088
NAME: Term Credit Hours for GPA
NUMBER: 01088
FILES/TABLES: RET SDCF
INTENT:
Community Colleges Follow-Up Study
Student Flow Research
DEFINITION:
Total credit hours for the current term which
are to be used for grade point average calculation
based on a 4.0 system.
EDIT:
DIAGNOSTIC MESSAGE ERROR LEVEL
NON-NUMERIC CRITICAL
SDCF
FREQUENCY COUNTS WILL BE PERFORMED ON FREQUENCY
SDCF
CODING INSTRUCTIONS:
This element does not include hours for pass/fail courses, non-
instructional courses, or audits, etc.
DATABASE INFORMATION:
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 9(2)V9
COLUMN NAME: TERM_CRD_HRS_GPA
SHORT NAME: GATHRS
CREATE-CHANGE DATE: 08/23/95
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