Codebook for 2020–21 Free College Tuition Programs for Adults Database prepared by AIR July 1, 2021 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of variables: 95 Number of observations: 67 Size: 1,214,107 bytes ignoring labels, etc. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program_name Program name --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str99) unique values: 67 missing "": 0/67 examples: "Falcon Promise" "Los Angeles College Promise" "North Orange Promise" "Shasta College Promise Program" warning: variable has embedded blanks notes: Indicates the official name of the program as reported on the program’s main website. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program_website Program website address --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str239) unique values: 67 missing "": 0/67 examples: "https://mycollegepromise.net/" "https://www.barstow.edu/student-services/barstow-col lege-promise" "https://www.in.gov/che/state-financial-aid/state-fin ancial-aid-by-program/workforce-ready-grant/" "https://www.riohondo.edu/riopromise/" notes: Indicates the main website address for the program. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- City_where_administered City of program's administrative office --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str24) unique values: 65 missing "": 0/67 examples: "El Cajon" "Little Rock" "Oxnard" "Santa Clara" warning: variable has embedded blanks notes: Indicates the city of the program's administrative office. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State_where_administered State of program's administrative office --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str2) unique values: 22 missing "": 0/67 examples: "CA" "CA" "CA" "NM" notes: Indicates the state of the program's administrative office. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HS_diploma_required H.S. diploma or equivalent required --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str35) unique values: 2 missing "": 0/67 tabulation: Freq. Value 43 "No/not indicated on program website" 24 "Yes" warning: variable has embedded blanks notes: Indicates whether participants must have a high school diploma or equivalent as an initial requirement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prior_postsec_attendance_allowed Prior postsecondary attendance allowed --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str3) unique values: 2 missing "": 0/67 tabulation: Freq. Value 37 "No" 30 "Yes" notes: Indicates whether participants were allowed to have had prior postsecondary attendance when first enrolling in the program, (i.e., individuals who were not first-time postsecondary students could participate). Although not all programs specified what they meant by first-time students, those that did generally applied the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) definition for first-time students, which includes students attending any postsecondary institution for the first time, with prior enrollment not including summer enrollment or postsecondary coursetaking before high school graduation. For more information, see What is a “first-time” student here: https://surveys.nces.ed.gov/IPEDS2k12_13/VisFaqView.aspx?mode=reg&id=6&show=all#234 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Credential_below_BA__allowed Prior credential below a bachelor's degree allowed --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str35) unique values: 2 missing "": 0/67 tabulation: Freq. Value 65 "No/not indicated on program website" 2 "Yes" warning: variable has embedded blanks notes: Indicates whether participants were allowed to already have earned a prior postsecondary credential below a bachelor's degree when first enrolling in the program. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Part_time_allowed Part-time attendance allowed --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str32) unique values: 3 missing "": 0/67 tabulation: Freq. Value 48 "No" 1 "Not indicated on program website" 18 "Yes" warning: variable has embedded blanks notes: Indicates whether participants were allowed to attend part time when first enrolling in the program. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Financial_aid_app_required Financial aid application requirement --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str3) unique values: 2 missing "": 0/67 tabulation: Freq. Value 4 "No" 63 "Yes" notes: Indicates whether participants had to file for financial aid as an initial requirement. This was typically fulfilled by submitting a FAFSA but some programs allowed undocumented students not eligible to file the FAFSA to file state aid applications open to undocumented students instead. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Financial_need_required Financial need requirement --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str35) unique values: 2 missing "": 0/67 tabulation: Freq. Value 49 "No/not indicated on program website" 18 "Yes" warning: variable has embedded blanks notes: Indicates whether participants had to demonstrate financial need as an initial requirement. Financial need was measured in several ways, including Pell Grant status, expected family contribution (or EFC), or income. Note that some programs funded as part of California Promise indicated that students who had enough financial need to qualify for the separate California College Promise Grant (formerly known as the Board of Governors Fee Waiver) should apply to that program instead in order to receive free tuition. Programs like these that indicated that participants had to have a financial need requirement above a certain threshold (rather than below) were coded as not having a financial need requirement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Age_requirement Age requirement --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str35) unique values: 2 missing "": 0/67 tabulation: Freq. Value 62 "No/not indicated on program website" 5 "Yes" warning: variable has embedded blanks notes: Indicates whether participants had to be of a specified age as an initial requirement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Academic_renewal_requirement Academic renewal requirement --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str32) unique values: 2 missing "": 0/67 tabulation: Freq. Value 16 "Not indicated on program website" 51 "Yes" warning: variable has embedded blanks notes: Indicates whether participants had to meet academic requirements to remain in program. Requirements include the more general staying in “good standing” as well as meeting certain GPA requirements, earning a certain number of credits, completing a certain proportion of credits attempted, and meeting satisfactory academic progress requirements as defined by the institution in order to be eligible for federal student aid. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Postgrad_residency_requirement Postgraduation residency requirements --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str35) unique values: 3 missing "": 0/67 tabulation: Freq. Value 1 "No" 61 "No/not indicated on program website" 5 "Yes" warning: variable has embedded blanks notes: Indicates whether participants had to meet postgraduation residency requirements. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Postgrad_work_requirement Postgraduation work requirements --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str35) unique values: 2 missing "": 0/67 tabulation: Freq. Value 62 "No/not indicated on program website" 5 "Yes" warning: variable has embedded blanks notes: Indicates whether participants had to meet postgraduation work requirements. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program_of_study_requirement Program of study requirements --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str35) unique values: 2 missing "": 0/67 tabulation: Freq. Value 58 "No/not indicated on program website" 9 "Yes" warning: variable has embedded blanks notes: Indicates whether program had program of study requirements. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Incl_pub_4yr_not_prim_assoc Program included a public 4-year, not primarily associate’s institution --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str3) unique values: 2 missing "": 0/67 tabulation: Freq. Value 49 "No" 18 "Yes" notes: Indicates that program included at least one participating institution that was a public 4-year, not primarily associate’s degree granting institution. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Incl_pub_4yr_prim_assoc Program included a public 4-year, primarily associate's institution --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str3) unique values: 2 missing "": 0/67 tabulation: Freq. Value 62 "No" 5 "Yes" notes: Indicates that program included at least one participating institution that was a public 4-year, primarily associate’s degree granting institution. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Incl_priv_nfp_4yr Program included a private nonprofit 4-year institution --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str3) unique values: 2 missing "": 0/67 tabulation: Freq. Value 63 "No" 4 "Yes" notes: Indicates that program included at least one participating institution that was a private nonprofit 4-year institution. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Incl_priv_fp_4yr Program included a private for-profit 4-year institution --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str3) unique values: 2 missing "": 0/67 tabulation: Freq. Value 64 "No" 3 "Yes" notes: Indicates that program included at least one participating institution that was a private for-profit 4-year institution. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Incl_pub_2yr Program included a public 2-year institution --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str3) unique values: 2 missing "": 0/67 tabulation: Freq. Value 10 "No" 57 "Yes" notes: Indicates that program included at least one participating institution that was a public 2-year institution. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Incl_priv_nfp_2yr Program included a private nonprofit 2-year institution --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str3) unique values: 2 missing "": 0/67 tabulation: Freq. Value 65 "No" 2 "Yes" notes: Indicates that program included at least one participating institution that was a private nonprofit 2-year institution. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Incl_priv_fp_2yr Program included a private for-profit 2-year institution --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str3) unique values: 2 missing "": 0/67 tabulation: Freq. Value 65 "No" 2 "Yes" notes: Indicates that program included at least one participating institution that was a private for-profit 2-year institution. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Incl_pub_lt2yr Program included a public less-than-2-year institution --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str3) unique values: 2 missing "": 0/67 tabulation: Freq. Value 63 "No" 4 "Yes" notes: Indicates that program included at least one participating institution that was a public less-than-2-year institution. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Incl_priv_nfp_lt2yr Program included a private nonprofit less-than-2-year institution --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str3) unique values: 2 missing "": 0/67 tabulation: Freq. Value 65 "No" 2 "Yes" notes: Indicates that program included at least one participating institution that was a private nonprofit less-than-2-year institution --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Incl_priv_fp_lt2yr Program included a private for-profit less-than-2-year institution --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str3) unique values: 2 missing "": 0/67 tabulation: Freq. Value 65 "No" 2 "Yes" notes: Indicates that program included at least one participating institution that was a private for-profit less-than-2-year institution. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- List_participating_institutions List of participating institutions --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (strL) unique values: 67 missing "": 0/67 examples: "Blue Mountain Community College; Central Oregon Community College; Chemeketa Community College; Clackamas Community College; Clatsop Community College; Columbia Gorge Community College; Klamath Community College; Lane Community College; Linn-Benton Community College; Mt. Hood Community College; Oregon Coast Community College; Portland Community College; Rogue Community College; Southwestern Oregon Community College; Tillamook Bay Community College; Treasure Valley Community College; Umpqua Community College" "De Anza College" "Mendocino College" "Salt Lake Community College" warning: variable has embedded and trailing blanks notes: Indicates the name(s) of the institution(s) that were participating in the program. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Breadth_of_inst_participation Breadth of institutional participation --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str27) unique values: 4 missing "": 0/67 tabulation: Freq. Value 2 "Multiple (10+) institutions" 10 "Multiple (2-9) institutions" 40 "Single institution" 15 "Statewide" warning: variable has embedded blanks notes: Indicates the breadth of institutional participation. A program is considered statewide if it includes all institutions of at least one given type in the state (e.g., all technical colleges, all community colleges, all public 4-year colleges). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Covered_fees Covered student fees --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str3) unique values: 2 missing "": 0/67 tabulation: Freq. Value 32 "No" 35 "Yes" notes: Indicates that the cost of fees (e.g., health fees, tech fees, campus fees, etc.) were eligible to be covered by the program. Note that some states use the term "fee" to reflect "tuition" (e.g., California). This variable does not capture the covering of fees that reflected “tuition” or "tuition fees." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Covered_room Covered room --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str2) unique values: 1 missing "": 0/67 tabulation: Freq. Value 67 "No" notes: Indicates that the cost of "room" (e.g., rent, dorm) was eligible to be covered by the program. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Covered_food_dining Covered food and dining --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str11), but longest is str3 unique values: 2 missing "": 0/67 tabulation: Freq. Value 65 "No" 2 "Yes" notes: Indicates that food and dining (e.g., meal plan, dining hall) was eligible to be covered by the program. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Covered_books Covered books --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str3) unique values: 2 missing "": 0/67 tabulation: Freq. Value 54 "No" 13 "Yes" notes: Indicates that books (e.g., textbooks) were eligible to be covered by the program. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Covered_supplies Covered supplies --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str3) unique values: 2 missing "": 0/67 tabulation: Freq. Value 62 "No" 5 "Yes" notes: Indicates that supplies (e.g., computers, lab equipment) were eligible to be covered by the program. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Covered_transportation Covered transportation --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str3) unique values: 2 missing "": 0/67 tabulation: Freq. Value 58 "No" 9 "Yes" notes: Indicates that transportation (e.g., metro pass, campus parking) was eligible to be covered by the program. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Covered_childcare Covered childcare --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str2) unique values: 1 missing "": 0/67 tabulation: Freq. Value 67 "No" notes: Indicates that child care is eligible to be covered by the program. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Covered_other_expenses Covered other expenses --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str3) unique values: 2 missing "": 0/67 tabulation: Freq. Value 62 "No" 5 "Yes" notes: Indicates that the program covered other expenses not already noted in other variables (e.g., covered something other than tuition, student fees, room, food/dining, books, supplies, transportation, and childcare). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Only_covered_tuition Covered only student tuition --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str3) unique values: 2 missing "": 0/67 tabulation: Freq. Value 44 "No" 23 "Yes" notes: Indicates that the program only covered student tuition. Note that some states use the term "fee" to reflect "tuition" (e.g., California). If “fee” reflects “tuition” or "tuition fees" that Is included here. This variable captures the covering of fees that reflected “tuition” or "tuition fees." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Provided_nonfin_support_services Student support services --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str35) unique values: 2 missing "": 0/67 tabulation: Freq. Value 52 "No/not indicated on program website" 15 "Yes" warning: variable has embedded blanks notes: Indicates whether the program offered non-financial student support services. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Financial_award_duration Award length/duration --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str35) unique values: 2 missing "": 0/67 tabulation: Freq. Value 10 "No/not indicated on program website" 57 "Yes" warning: variable has embedded blanks notes: Indicates whether there was a maximum duration for the program's financial award. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First_or_last_dollar First/last dollar program --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type: string (str12) unique values: 2 missing "": 0/67 tabulation: Freq. Value 3 "First-dollar" 64 "Last-dollar" notes: Indicates whether the program was a first-dollar or last-dollar program. A first-dollar award provides a specific amount of support regardless of other financial aid. A last-dollar award fills the gap between a student’s other sources of financial aid and, at a minimum, the cost of tuition. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------