Key Accountability Indicators
- Retention and time to graduation of undergraduates and graduate students
- Student and alumni ratings of the quality of their educational experience at MSU
- Placement rates and employer and graduate school assessments of the quality of MSU graduates
- Quality and inclusiveness profiles of entering undergraduates and graduate students
- Level of student indebtedness upon graduation
- Proportions of regular faculty engaged in undergraduate and graduate education
- Student participation in active learning opportunities
- Student access to small classes
- Student/faculty ratio
- Rankings of undergraduate and graduate programs
- Inclusiveness of MSU student body, faculty and staff
- Proportions of undergraduates and graduate students from out of state and abroad
- Number and diversity of students in learning activities abroad
- Range, availability and enrollments in courses and curricula with international/global content
- Dollar value growth above inflation of contracts and grants
- Research expenditures per faculty FTE
- Dollar value of contracts and grants per faculty FTE and indirect cost recovery per faculty FTE
- Revenue from licensing patents
- Research productivity rankings (e.g., publications, citations, research dollars, peer ranks, competitive federal grants)
- National academy memberships and other national/international faculty awards/recognition
- Postdoctoral appointees and visiting scholars
- Benefits to families, communities and for development and jobs (in Michigan, nationally, and globally) from MSU research
- Benefits to people, families and communities (in Michigan, nationally, and globally) from outreach engagement
- Total endowment dollars raised for scholarships, fellowships, and named chairs
- Amount of annual giving and overall size of endowment
