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 (Texas public)
• Two-Year Institutions (Texas public)
  • Texas State Technical Colleges and Lamar State Colleges
  • Community Colleges
• Health-Related Institutions (Texas public)
• Four-Year Institutions (not Texas public)
• Two-Year Career Institutions (not Texas public)
• Closing the Gaps Institutional Targets  (PDF) (XLS)
• Statewide Totals

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

• Universities (Texas public)
• Health-Related Institutions (Texas public)
• Two-Year Institutions (Texas public)
  • Texas State Technical Colleges and Lamar State Colleges
  • Community Colleges
• Four-Year Institutions (not Texas public)
• Two-Year Career Institutions (not Texas public)
• Closing the Gaps Institutional Targets  (PDF) (XLS)
• Statewide Totals

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

• Universities (Texas public)
• Health-Related Institutions (Texas public)
• Two-Year Institutions (Texas public)
  • Texas State Technical Colleges and Lamar State Colleges
  • Community Colleges
• Four-Year Institutions (not Texas public)
• Two-Year Career Institutions (not Texas public)
• 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 (Texas public) Health-Related Institutions (Texas public) Texas State Technical Colleges and Lamar State Colleges Community Colleges (Texas public) Four-Year Institutions (not Texas public) Two-Year Career Institutions (not Texas public)
Year: All 2012 2011 2010 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 (Texas public)
• Health-Related Institutions (Texas public)
• Closing the Gaps Institutional Targets  (PDF) (XLS)
• Intellectual Property Policies
• Statewide Totals

Institutional Efficiency and Effectiveness

• Universities (Texas public)
• Health-Related Institutions (Texas public)
• Two-Year Institutions (Texas public)
  • Texas State Technical Colleges and Lamar State Colleges
  • Community Colleges
• Four-Year Institutions (not Texas public)
• Two-Year Career Institutions (not Texas public)

Patient Care

• Health-Related Institutions (Texas public)

Milestones

• Texas State Technical Colleges and Lamar State Colleges
• Community Colleges (Texas public)