Texas Higher Education Accountability System

The Higher Education Accountability System is used to track performance on critical measures that exemplify higher education institutions' missions. The System is modeled on the state's higher education plan, Closing the Gaps by 2015. Its major focus is on the four Closing the Gaps target areas of participation, success, excellence and research.

Closing the Gaps

Participation
By 2015, close the gaps in participation rates across Texas to add 630,000 more students.

• Universities
• Health-Related Institutions
• Texas State Technical Colleges and Lamar State Colleges
• Community Colleges
• Closing the Gaps Institutional Targets  (PDF) (XLS)

Success
By 2015, award 210,000 undergraduate degrees, certificates and other identifiable student successes from high quality programs.

• Universities
• Health-Related Institutions
• Texas State Technical Colleges and Lamar State Colleges
• Community Colleges
• Closing the Gaps Institutional Targets  (PDF) (XLS)

Excellence
By 2015, substantially increase the number of nationally recognized programs or services at colleges and universities in Texas.

• Universities
• Health-Related Institutions
• Texas State Technical Colleges and Lamar State Colleges
• Community Colleges
• Closing the Gaps Institutional Targets

Interactive access to data

Use this tool to customize data by time periods, to select components of individual accountability measures, and to specify institutional choices. Select an institution type from the drop-down and pick a year or all years. Then press "Go." HTML and Excel outputs are available.

Type: Universities Health-Related Institutions Texas State Technical Colleges and Lamar State Colleges Community Colleges      Year: All Latest 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000    

Research
By 2015, increase the level of federal science and engineering and development obligations to Texas institutions to 6.5 percent of obligations to higher education institutions across the nation.

• Universities
• Health-Related Institutions
• Closing the Gaps Institutional Targets  (PDF) (XLS)
• Intellectual Property Policies

• Universities
• Health-Related Institutions
• Texas State Technical Colleges and Lamar State Colleges
• Community Colleges

Patient Care

• Health-Related Institutions