010 INSTRUCTION PROGRAM

Definition: The instruction program consists of all activities that are part of an institution's instruction program. Programs for credit and noncredit courses; academic, vocational, and technical instruction; remedial and tutorial instruction; and regular, special, and extension sessions should be included.

Facilities Application: Areas housing activities of the instruction program are to be classified here if they serve the entire program, or under one of the subprogram classifications listed below if they house specific portions of the instruction program. All Classrooms (110) and Classroom Service (115) are to be coded with program code 010.

Coding Detail: This category includes the following subcategories:.

010 Classroom Instruction

Definition: Consists of instruction program elements operating during the academic year that are part of a formal degree or certificate curriculum and are managed by the Registrar's office.

Facilities Application: Areas housing instructional elements meeting in Classrooms (110) or Classroom Service (115) only.

011 General Academic Instruction

Definition: Consists of instruction program elements for formally organized and/or separately budgeted instructional activities that are carried out during the academic year (as defined by the institution), associated with academic offerings described by IPEDS instructional program categories 01 through 50, and offered for credit as part of a formal postsecondary education degree or program. Open university, short courses, and home study activities falling within this classification and offered for credit are included.

Facilities Application: Areas housing instructional elements operating during the academic year are classified here. Typically, Special Classroom/ Seminar (120), Class Laboratories (210), Open Laboratories (220), and service areas associated with the above are classified under this subcategory.

Limitations: Areas housing subprograms and/or activities leading toward degrees or certificates at levels below the higher education level, such as adult basic education, are not included. Areas housing subprograms and/or activities typically associated with 2-year (or less) vocational certification should be included under subcategory 012. Areas that house special-session instruction (013), community education (014), and preparatory/remedial instruction (015) are also excluded.

012 Vocational/Technical Instruction

Definition: Consists of formally organized and/or separately budgeted instructional activities that are carried out during the academic year (as defined by the institution), usually associated with IPEDS instructional program categories identified in Appendix C of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) publication A Classification of Instructional Programs, and offered for credit as part of a formal postsecondary education degree or certificate program. Open university, short courses, and home study falling within this classification and offered for credit are included.

Facilities Application: Areas housing instructional elements serving such programs are classified here. Typically, faculty offices and laboratories that serve 2-year terminal-degree programs are classified here.

Limitations: This subcategory does not include instructional offerings that are part of programs leading toward degrees or certificates at levels below the higher education level, such as adult basic education.

013 Special-Session Instruction

Definition: Consists of formally organized and/or separately budgeted instructional activities (offered either for credit or not for credit) that are carried out during a summer session, interim session, or other period not common with the institution's regular term. This subcategory classifies activities solely as a result of conducting a special session. Special sessions do not include regular academic terms held during the summer.

Facilities Application: Areas assigned specifically to special session activities are included; e.g., the summer-session office that throughout the year is devoted to arranging admissions, scheduling, and other matters for special sessions. Offices and laboratories devoted only to special session are also included.

Limitations: Facilities serving all elements of the instruction program, regardless of the term, are more appropriately coded under General Academic Instruction (011).

014 Community Education

Definition: Consists of formally organized and/or separately budgeted instructional activities that do not generally result in credit toward any formal postsecondary degree or certificate. It includes noncredit instructional offerings carried out by the institution's extension division as well as noncredit offerings that are part of the adult education or continuing education program. This subcategory also includes activities associated with programs leading toward a degree or certificate at a level below the higher education level, such as adult basic education.

Facilities Application: Areas assigned to and/or house community education instruction activities are included; e.g., the extension offices and associated meeting rooms.

Limitations: Facilities serving all elements of the instruction program, such as offices and class laboratories, are more appropriately coded under General Academic Instruction (011).

015 Preparatory/Remedial Instruction

Definition: Consists of formally organized and/or separately budgeted instructional activities that give students the basic knowledge and skills required by the institution before they can undertake formal academic course work leading to a postsecondary degree or certificate. Such activities, supplemental to the normal academic program, generally are termed preparatory, remedial, developmental, or special educational services. These instructional offerings may be taken prior to or along with the course work leading to the degree or certificate. They are generally noncredit offerings, although in some cases credit may be given and the credit requirements for the degree or certificate increased accordingly.

Facilities Application: Areas assigned to and/or house preparatory/remedial instruction activities are included; e.g., the offices and associated classrooms.

Limitations: Only offerings provided specifically for required preparatory or remedial skills or knowledge should be included in this category. For example, if students may satisfy preparatory requirements by taking offerings provided primarily for other than remedial or preparatory purposes, those offerings should be classified elsewhere.

020 RESEARCH PROGRAM

Definition: The research program includes all activities specifically organized to produce research, whether commissioned by an agency external to the institution or separately budgeted by an organizational unit within the institution. Subject to these conditions, the category includes activities for organized research and individual and/or departmental research as well as that of institutes and research centers. This category does not include all sponsored programs nor is it necessarily limited to sponsored research, since internally-supported research programs, if separately budgeted, might be included in this category under the circumstances described. Departmental research activities that are separately budgeted specifically for research are included in this category.

Facilities Application: Facilities housing elements of the research program are to be classified here if they serve the entire program, or under one of the subcategories listed below if they house specific elements of the research program.

Limitations: Facilities housing externally-funded educational activities, such as workshops, short courses, and training grants, would normally be considered as either instruction or public service.

Coding Detail: This category includes the following subcategories:

021 Institutes and Research Centers

Definition: This subcategory includes research activities that are part of a formal research organization created to manage a number of research efforts.

Facilities Application: Areas housing formal research organizations created to manage a number of research efforts within the institution are classified under this subcategory.

Limitations: Areas serving research activities normally managed within academic departments are excluded from this subcategory. While this subcategory includes agricultural experiment stations, it does not include federally-funded research and development centers, which should be classified as Independent Operations/FFRDCs (102).

022 Organized Research

Definition: This subcategory includes all research activities normally managed within the academic departments. Include the various research-related activities created as a result of a contract, grant, or specific allocation of institutional resources to conduct a study or investigation of a specific scope. Organized research activities include all (1) Sponsored Research-externally funded research projects, Ledger 5 research, or research funded by federal appropriations; or (2) University Research-all research and development activities that are both separately budgeted and accounted for by the university under an internal application of state appropriated funds. Generally, such activities may be identified with the principal investigator and should be coded within his assigned discipline. Activities within this subprogram are normally of a temporary nature; i.e., created for a specified period of time, as contrasted with the more permanent nature of the research organizations with the institute's and research center's subcategory.

Facilities Application: Areas housing research-related elements created as a result of a contract, grant, or separately budgeted allocation of institutional resources are classified here; e.g., research/nonclass laboratories and their services areas devoted to organized research. If the space has multiple uses, primary intent should be the guiding factor in classifying it.

Limitations: Areas housing research organizations are not to be classified here (see 021).

023 Individual or Departmental Research

Definition: Consists of research activities normally managed within the academic departments. Include the various research-related activities created as a result of an internally-funded research project but does not meet the criteria for "University Research" (separately budgeted and accounted for) (see Program 022). These activities include research incentive grants, faculty start-up funds, or research undertaken without separate funding. Generally, such activities may be identified with the principal investigator and should be coded within his assigned discipline. Activities within this subprogram are normally of a temporary nature; i.e., created for a specified period of time, as contrasted with the more permanent nature of the research organizations with the Institute and Research Center subcategory.

Facilities Application: Areas housing research-related elements created as a result of an internally-funded research project that has not been separately budgeted and accounted for; e.g., research/nonclass laboratories and their service areas devoted to departmental research. If the space has multiple uses, primary intent should be the guiding factor in classifying it.

Limitations: Areas housing research organizations are not to be classified here.

030 PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAM

Definition: Public service activities are established primarily to provide noninstructional services beneficial to individuals and groups external to the institution. These activities include community service programs (excluding instructional activities) and cooperative extension services. Included in this category are conferences, institutes, general advisory services, reference bureaus, radio and television, consulting, and similar noninstructional services to particular sectors of the community.

Facilities Application: Areas housing elements of the public service program are classified here if they serve the entire public service program. Areas housing specific elements of the public service program are classified under one of the subcategories listed below.

Limitations: Areas housing activities established to provide community education (formal instructional services) should be coded under the Instruction category (014). Areas housing activities established to provide preparatory/remedial services for matriculated students should be coded under the Instruction category (015).

Coding Detail: This category includes the following subcategories.

031 Community Services

Definition: Consists of activities established to provide general community services, excluding instructional activities. Community service activities make available to the public various resources and special capabilities that exist within the institution. Examples include conferences and institutes, general advisory services and reference bureaus, consultation, testing services (for example, soil testing, carbon dating, structural testing), and similar activities. The activities in this subcategory are generally sponsored and managed outside the context of both the agricultural and urban extension programs and of the institution's public broadcasting operation.

Facilities Application: Areas housing general community services, excluding instructional activities, are classified here; e.g., offices devoted entirely to arranging such community services and meeting rooms where such services are held or provided.

Limitations: Areas housing activities established primarily for the institution's staff or student body, and housing instructional activities, are excluded.

032 Cooperative Extension Service

Definition: Consists of all activities for noninstructional public service activities established as a result of cooperative extension efforts between the institution and outside agencies, such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture's extension service and the affiliated state extension services. This subcategory is intended primarily for land-grant colleges and universities and includes both agricultural extension and urban extension services. The distinguishing feature of activities in this subcategory is that the programmatic and fiscal control is shared by the institution with the Department of Agriculture's extension service, the related state extension services, and agencies of local government.

Facilities Application: Areas housing activities and services associated with cooperative extension services are to be classified here; e.g., rooms assigned to agricultural extension or urban extension.

Limitations: These extension programs are often a cross between independent operations and public service. Areas under the control of an agency external to the institution are to be classified under the Independent Operations program (100).

033 Public Broadcasting Services

Definition: This subcategory includes operation and maintenance of broadcasting services operated outside the context of the institution's instruction, research, and academic support programs.

Limitations: Excluded from this subcategory are broadcasting services conducted primarily in support of instruction (classified in subcategory 045 Ancillary Support), broadcasting services operated primarily as a student service activity (classified in subcategory 052 Social and Cultural Development), and broadcasting services that are independent operations (classified in subcategory 101 Independent Operations/ Institutional).