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The University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UA Little Rock) Office of Institutional Research and Analytics (OIRA) provides a variety of self-service reports that enable access to important educational data. These reports are intended to support informed decision-making in congruence with generally accepted state and federal definitions. The following definitions are from UA Little Rock and the Arkansas Department of Higher Education (ADHE) and are used on a variety of reports related to enrollment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. First-Time- In-College (FTIC)<\/strong>: The summation of the following three categories. All students have neither transfer credits after their high school graduation date nor enrollment at UA Little Rock after their high school graduation date.\n
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    1. FTIC without Concurrent Credits<\/strong>: All students who have neither transfer credits from another institution nor credits at UA Little Rock.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. FTIC with Concurrent Credits from UA Little Rock<\/strong>: All students who only have transfer credits that were earned before their high school graduation date from UA Little Rock and other institutions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. FTIC with Concurrent Credits from other Institutions<\/strong>: All students who only have transfer credits that were earned before their high school graduation date from an institution other than UA Little Rock.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. First-Time Entering Undergraduate Transfer<\/strong>: All students that do not have credits at UA Little Rock (excluding high school concurrent courses) and have transfer credits that were earned beyond their high school graduate date.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. Continuing Undergraduate<\/strong>: All undergraduate students that were enrolled at UA Little Rock in the previous term (excluding summer terms). This group excludes Post-Baccalaureate, Pre-Baccalaureate, and High School Student Concurrent Students.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. Readmitted Undergraduate<\/strong>: All undergraduate students that were enrolled at UA Little Rock but did not attend the previous term (excluding summer terms). ADHE requires that students are counted as a readmitted student if the student did not attend the previous term (excluding summer terms). NOTE: This definition differs from the UA Little Rock definition, which allows 2 years before readmission to the institution.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    7. Transient Undergraduate<\/strong>: An undergraduate student who transferred to UA Little Rock for the first-time intending to transfer earned credit back to the institution in which they are regularly enrolled. These students are indicated in BANNER as \u2018Visiting\u2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    8. Special Undergraduate<\/strong>: The category is no longer used for official reporting but remains for data quality validation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    9. High School Students \u2013 Dual Enrolled<\/strong>: High School Concurrent Students that have one or more courses on UA Little Rock\u2019s main campus. This category consolidates with the High School Concurrent category for official reporting purposes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    10. Pre-Baccalaureate<\/strong>: Non-high school undergraduate students that are not seeking a degree.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    11. Post-Baccalaureate<\/strong>: Students that have obtained a baccalaureate degree or higher and are enrolled in undergraduate courses at UA Little Rock.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    12. First-Time Entering Graduate<\/strong>: All graduate students who have neither previously enrolled in a graduate program at UA Little Rock nor transferred graduate credits from another institution. This category excludes Law and Doctoral students.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    13. Transfer Graduate<\/strong>: Graduate students that have graduate transfer credits with no prior graduate credits at UA Little Rock. This category excludes Law and Doctoral students.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    14. Continuing Graduate<\/strong>: All graduate students that enrolled at UA Little Rock for the previous term (excluding summer terms) as a graduate student. This category excludes Law and Doctoral students.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    15. Readmitted Graduate<\/strong>: All graduate students that were enrolled at UA Little Rock but did not attend the previous term (excluding summer terms). ADHE requires that students are counted as a readmitted student if the student did not attend the previous term (excluding summer terms). This category excludes Law and Doctoral students.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    16. Transient Graduate (including Doctoral)<\/strong>: A graduate student who transferred to UA Little Rock for the first-time intending to transfer earned credit back to the institution in which they are regularly enrolled. These students are indicated in BANNER as \u2018Visiting\u2019. This category excludes Law students.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    17. Special Graduate<\/strong>: Graduate students that are non-degree seeking, or returning to Graduate School after receiving a Doctoral Degree. The ADHE category is labeled as \u2018Unclassified Post-Baccalaureate Graduate Student\u2019. This category excludes Law students.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    18. First-Time Entering Doctoral<\/strong>: All Doctoral students who have neither previously enrolled in a graduate program at UA Little Rock nor transferred graduate credits from another institution. This category excludes Law students.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    19. Transfer Doctoral<\/strong>: Doctoral Students that have transfer credits at the graduate level and have not previously enrolled in a doctoral program. This category excludes Law students.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    20. Continuing Doctoral<\/strong>: All Doctoral students that enrolled at UA Little Rock for the previous term (excluding summer terms) as a Doctoral student. This category excludes Law students.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    21. Readmitted Doctoral<\/strong>: All Doctoral students that were enrolled at UA Little Rock but did not attend the previous term (excluding summer terms). ADHE requires that students are counted as a readmitted student if the student did not attend the previous term (excluding summer terms). This category excludes Law students.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    22. First-Time Entering Law<\/strong>: All Law students who have neither previously enrolled in a Law program at UA Little Rock nor transferred Law credits from another institution.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    23. Transfer Law<\/strong>: Law students that have transfer credits at the Law level and no previous credits at UA Little Rock at the Law level.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    24. Continuing Law<\/strong>: All Law students that enrolled at UA Little Rock for the previous term (excluding summer terms) as a Law student.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    25. Readmitted Law<\/strong>: All Law students that were enrolled at UA Little Rock but did not attend the previous term (excluding summer terms). ADHE requires that students are counted as a readmitted student if the student did not attend the previous term (excluding summer terms).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    26. High School Students \u2013 Concurrent<\/strong>: All high school students that do not have enrollment on the main campus at UA Little Rock. This category consolidates with the High School Concurrent category for official reporting purposes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    27. Undergraduate Student Classifications:<\/strong> (NOTE: Credit Hours used to determine classification are based on courses taken at UA Little Rock as a high school concurrent or non-high school concurrent student and all credit hours accepted as transfer by UA Little Rock from other institutions.)\n