NAME:         Student's Date of Entry                                           

NUMBER:       01064                                                             

FILES/TABLES: HTD<  PSTU  RET   SDCF                                            
COMPONENTS:   01444 01445                                                       

INTENT:                                                                         
   Student Progression/Retention                                                

DEFINITION:                                                                     
   The year and month the student first registered in a college                 
   credit course in this institution.                                           

EDIT:                                                                           
   DIAGNOSTIC MESSAGE                                     ERROR LEVEL           
   MATRICULATION DATE > REPORT TERM                       CRITICAL              
        SDCF                                                                    
   MATRICULATION DATE INVALID MONTH                       CRITICAL              
        SDCF                                                                    
   MATRICULATION DATE INVALID YEAR                        CRITICAL              
        SDCF                                                                    
   PROGRAM GENERATED FROM SDCF                            PROGRAM GENERATED     
        HTD                                                                     

CODING INSTRUCTIONS:                                                            
   This element does not change after the first term the student is             
   registered for credit courses.                                               
   The format for coding the element is YYYYMM where YYYY is a                  
   numeric year (I.E. 1993) and where MM is a valid month (01-12).              
   On the Hours to Degree File this element is program generated            <   
   using the Student Data Course File.                                      <   

DATABASE INFORMATION:                                                           
   PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: X(6)                                                   
   COLUMN NAME:          STU_DATE_ENTRY                                         
   SHORT NAME:           DTENTRY                                                

CREATE-CHANGE DATE:  02/19/98