Home > Accreditation >

2008 Annual Reports - DUE MAY 7

NASPAA’s Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation requests an annual report from every accredited program that is not currently in accreditation review or in its self study year. The annual report may be filed using the on-line form.

The form contains the traditional standard-by-standard inquiry regarding any changes over the past year. It also contains a numerical input section, so that the Commission can identify quantitative trends in the program over time. Note that a narrative response is required for Standards 2.0 Mission and 8.0 Budget, as COPRA anticipates there will be activity or changes in these areas every year. A narrative response is also required for any issues COPRA may have noted in your last accreditation decision letter. If you are operating under a "monitoring" provision, the appropriate standard will be displayed at the top of your individual form. A link to your last accreditation decision letter is also accessible through your form.

Program Directors should receive login and password information via email in April 2008.  Annual Reports to COPRA will be due Wednesday, May 7, 2008. (Note that the report form states an earlier deadline of May 1, but we have extended the deadline until May 7.)

If you do not receive your information or have questions about your password, please contact Darrell Rogers at rogers@naspaa.org (M,Tu,Th) or Monchaya  Wanna at wanna@naspaa.org.  

If you have any questions about annual reports, or whether your program should file one, please contact COPRA’s Managing Director at copra@naspaa.org, or see list of schools owe 2008 annual reports.


Background Information about the Definitions to be Used in Responding to Numerical Entries on the form

Number of completed APPLICATIONS (for accredited degree program only) received for current academic year 2007-08: Please use whatever definition your program employs for defining a completed application. COPRA’s interest will be trends, not absolute numbers, so please make a note for your own records of what definition and data source you used.

Number of New ADMISSIONS (regular & probationary) for current academic year (2007-08). 

Number of A) Full-Time and B) Part-Time NEW ENROLLMENTS for current academic year. Please feel free to use your own program’s definitions, but again, please make a note so that your definition is consistent over time.

Number of program DEGREES granted last academic year: This box is asking you for the number of degrees your institution granted ONLY in the program that is accredited by NASPAA. For example, if your institution has both an MPA and an MPP degree, but only the MPA is accredited, then only provide the number of MPA graduates. If both the MPA and MPP degrees are accredited, then provide the sum of those degrees awarded.

Number of Core Faculty: In the self study you provided to COPRA, you identified a set of core faculty that serve in the accredited program. Based on the definitions of core faculty you used in your last self study, identify how many core faculty are currently serving. (Remember, this is referring to CORE faculty only. Please do not enter all the names of your associated or adjunct faculty.) You are also asked to identify their % teaching load and department. The request for “% teaching load” is meant to be fairly general: if you have a core faculty member teaching four courses, with three of them for students in the MPA program, you should enter 75% in the box. If there are special situations (course reductions due to research or administrative responsibilities), just use common sense, focus on the teaching load, and be consistent over time. This section is simply intended to give schools the opportunity to identify teaching trends over time to COPRA. 

Budget for the accredited degree program (not the school or dept.): COPRA recognizes that there are as many different ways of doing budgeting for accredited programs as there are accredited programs! The intent is for programs to identify their budget trends over time, and it is perfectly acceptable to adapt your particular budgetary methodology in your response. As much as you can, try to separate out the budget just for the accredited program, starting with the total for program, including salaries. Enter that at letter A. Then identify the portion of that going to faculty and staff salaries only, including adjuncts, and enter it at letter B. Again, use common sense and approximation if some of the budget numbers are too aggregated to identify just the accredited program’s portion—and be consistent over time. 

GO TO ANNUAL REPORT FORM

Schools Owe Annual Reports

Albany State University
Appalachian State University
Arizona State University
Auburn University at Auburn
Auburn University at Montgomery
Binghamton University
Brigham Young University
California State Polytechnic University
California State University, Chico
California State University, Fullerton
California State University, San Bernardino
California State University, Stanislaus
Carnegie Mellon University
Clark Atlanta University
Cleveland State University
Eastern Kentucky University
Eastern Michigan University
Florida Atlantic University
Florida International University
Florida State University
George Mason University
Georgia Southern University
Governors State University
Harvard University
Howard University
Indiana University, Bloomington
Indiana University, Northwest
Indiana University, South Bend Campus
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Indiana University-Purdue University, Ft. Wayne
Iowa State University
Jackson State University
Kansas State University
Kennesaw State University
Kent State University
Kentucky State University
Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus
Mississippi State University
Missouri State University
New Mexico State University
New York University
North Carolina State University
Northeastern University
Northern Illinois University
Northern Kentucky University
Old Dominion University
Portland State University
Rutgers University, Camden
Rutgers University, Newark
San Francisco State University
San Jose State University
Seattle University
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
Southern University and A&M College
Suffolk University
SUNY College at Brockport
Syracuse University
Tennessee State University
Texas A&M University
Texas State University - San Marcos
The University of Akron
The University of Illinois at Chicago
The University of New Mexico
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
The University of South Dakota
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
The University of Texas at Arlington
The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Dallas
The University of Texas at El Paso
The University of Texas at San Antonio
The University of Toledo
The University of Utah
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
University of Baltimore
University of Central Florida
University of Colorado Denver
University of Connecticut
University of Dayton
University of Delaware
University of Kentucky
University of Louisville
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Minnesota
University of Missouri-Columbia
University of Missouri-Kansas City
University of Nebraska at Omaha
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
University of North Carolina, Wilmington
University of North Dakota
University of North Florida
University of North Texas
University of Oregon
University of South Carolina
University of South Florida
University of Southern California
University of Washington
University of West Georgia
Valdosta State University
Virginia Commonwealth University
Wayne State University
Western Michigan University