Nevada Population Definitions

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Secondary Student Populations:

Completer: Program completers are defined as students who have passed one or more terminal courses (i.e., an occupational-specific course that is taken at the end of a sequential course of study). Each school district identifies its terminal courses.

Concentrator: Students who are included in the official enrollment counts of one or more terminal courses (an occupational-specific course that is taken at the end of a sequential course of study). Each school district identifies its terminal courses.

Tech Prep: Students who are included in the official enrollment counts of courses which have articulated agreements with one or more of Nevada’s community college.

Participant: No Information Available

Postsecondary Student Populations:

Completer: Students who have received an award of less than four academic years in an occupational program area from any of the community colleges in Nevada.

Concentrator: Occupational cohort---First time, degree seeking students enrolled in the fall of a year who completed 9 or more credits of occupational courses during the three academic years. (That is, for the 1999-2000 reporting year, students enrolling in the fall of 1996 who completed 9 or more credits in 1996-97, 1997-98 and 1998-99).

Tech Prep: No Information Available

Participant: No Information Available