Description of Data Element 01085
NAME: Institutional Hours for GPA
NUMBER: 01085
FILES/TABLES: RET SDCF
INTENT:
Program Review
Community Colleges Follow-Up Study
DEFINITION:
Total number of credit hours attempted in current degree level <
(Undergraduate, Graduate, First Professional) at reporting <
institution at the beginning of the reporting term to be used <
for calculation of the Grade Point Average. This excludes all
non-institutional credit awarded (CLEP, etc.)
EDIT:
DIAGNOSTIC MESSAGE ERROR LEVEL
NON-NUMERIC CRITICAL
SDCF
HOURS GT 200 WARNING
SDCF
CODING INSTRUCTIONS:
Must be numeric
DATABASE INFORMATION:
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 9(3)V9
COLUMN NAME: INST_HRS_GPA
SHORT NAME: GPAIHRS
CREATE-CHANGE DATE: 08/23/95
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