IAS - International and Area Studies - UC Berkeley



Methodology for CalProfiles

Unit Submitted Data Definitions

Since the inception of the campus-wide CalProfiles annual project, the IAS CalProfiles team in consultation with IAS units developed definitions for data items under the headings for Resource Information, Workload and Performance Measures, and Outreach Efforts. The data describes the work of IAS Units. Data was collected from multiple sources: IAS, and BIS Data Warehouse, SPO database, and Unit internal databases.

CalProfiles Methodology Statements 2003-2004

Item Number  Line Item Description

5000 RESOURCE INFORMATION: Resource Information is defined as the amount of budgeted financial and staff or "people" resources a department has to accomplish this mission.

5001 :

5002 ACADEMIC & SUPPORT STAFF FTE: FTE for all non-Senate academic personnel and non-academic professional, technical, administrative, clerical, and student personnel serving a central function within the unit.

5011 GRANTS & ENDOWMENTS: Use fund number range to define type of funds. Fund numbers range from 21000-59999 for contracts, grants, gifts, and endowments. IAS has no contracts and does not count gifts.

5012 NUMBER OF CURRENT AWARDS: Number of current (fiscal year) grant awards where the PI has a connection to the Unit.

5013 NUMBER OF PROPOSED AWARDS: Number of awards submitted for review to a granting agency for future funding. The PI has a connection to the Unit.

5014 NUMBER OF ENDOWMENTS: An endowment is a gift for a specific purpose. The gift principle is never spent. The principle is invested. The interest from the principle is used for funding the activity.

5200 WORKLOAD MEASURES: Workload measures are measures that quantitatively define the type of work or tasks performed by staff, in order to accomplish the Unit mission

5201 :

5202 ACADEMIC RESEARCH AFFILIATES (FACULTY): UCB and other faculty who conducted sponsored research, program development, and/or provided supervision in an IAS Unit. This data is an aggregate of affiliates from many IAS units. It may count some individual faculty members more than once.

5211 GRADUATE STUDENT AFFILIATES: Graduate students who are on unit payroll, or who participate through assistantships, fellowships, grants, awards, or trainee-ships and whose academic work directly benefits from an association with the Unit.

5212 FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS: The number of graduate students who receive a fellowship under the auspices of a Unit. The funding source may be from private endowment or T6 monies.

5213 POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS: Postdoctoral candidates who receive fellowship money for working on research project through the Unit. These candidates were awarded their degree within the past five years.

5214 RESEARCHERS (GSR): Graduate Student Research Assistants aid faculty on their research projects.

5215 FLAS SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED (NUMBER): Foreign language and area studies fellowships are funded by the Dept of Education. Funds are administered by the Graduate Division but are distributed by Title VI Area Centers. The Scholarships are awarded for the both academic year and for a summer session.

5216 FLAS SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED (DOLLAR AMOUNT): The Unit funding for these scholarships comes directly through their US Department of Education Title VI grants.

5217 GRADUATE STUDENT INSTRUCTORS (GSI): Graduate Student Instructors are hired by Faculty, TP or Departments to teach lower division course sections. Salaries are paid with TP or Center funds

5221 COURSE ACTIVITY: All eight IAS Area Studies Units are Department of Education TitleVI National Resource Centers. These Centers focus on language and regional cultures. They identify courses in their area of geographic specialization and provide services to students specializing in the area including identifying appropriate classes to address specific area of study.

5222 NUMBER OF COURSES: Area Studies Units identify courses within their geographic areas in all departments. Selected courses must have a minimum of 25% content in the geographic area. The rollup total is unique and not equal to the sum of the Unit total, because the course content can focus on more than one geographic area.

5223 UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT: Total undergraduate enrollment in area studies related courses.

5224 GRADUATE ENROLLMENT: Total graduate enrollment in area studies related courses.

5225 NUMBER OF FACULTY (PRIMARY INSTRUCTORS): Unique instructors teaching the area studies related courses, not an aggregate of separate area studies instructors. These represent courses listed in line 5222.

5226 NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS W/AREA STUDIES COURSES: Number of campus departments with area studies related courses. Departments are represented by courses in line 5222.

5227 TOTAL CONCENTRATORS: Concentrators are students who are identified as having taken 15 or more units of credit in a specific geographic area in the last 5 years.

5228 DEGREES AWARDED - UNDERGRADUATE: The number of undergraduate degrees awarded to area studies concentrators.

5229 DEGREES AWARDED - GRADUATE: The number of graduate degrees awarded to area studies concentrators.

5231 VISITING SCHOLAR PROGRAM: Visiting scholars are Academic tenured track professionals, with a doctorate, equivalent degree, or have substantial professional experience beyond an M.A. degree. These scholars pursue research and professional interests at Berkeley. These interests are subject related to IAS or a Center. These scholars are supported through an IAS Unit or the Dean's Office and therefore may receive an assistantship, fellowships, grants or awards and whose academic work directly benefits from an association with the Unit. Sometimes, the Units do not differentiate the categories by Visiting Scholar, Research Assistants and Fellows. Most of the data presented is entered into the Visiting Scholar line 5234.

5232 RESEARCH ASSISTANTS: Visiting Research Assistants are doing research activities under faculty directions and have some association with a Center. They can not be an Academic Professional, but a sponsored government officer or working towards a degree.

5233 RESEARCH FELLOWS: A Visiting Research Fellow was awarded a Ph.D. five years ago and has a sponsored research project with the Unit.

5234 VISITING SCHOLARS: Visiting scholars are Academic tenured track professionals, with a doctorate or equivalent degree, who are pursuing research and professional interests on the Berkeley campus related to IAS or a Unit mission. These scholars are supported through the IAS Unit or Dean's Office and therefore may receive an assistantship, fellowships, grants or awards and whose academic work directly benefits from an association with the Unit.

5241 EXCHANGES & SERVICES: Information compiled by BPSA and International Exchanges about students studying abroad, foreign students hosted at Berkeley, those living at International House, and visa services provided for foreign students by BIO and CSAS. Two lines 5249 and 5250 were added this year to count hosted foreign dignitaries and represented countries.

5242 STUDENTS SENT ABROAD: UCB undergraduates students studying at foreign universities and colleges for a semester, summer, or academic year. This program is sponsored by BPSA.

5243 STUDENTS HOSTED: Undergraduate and graduate students from foreign countries studying for a semester or an academic year at Berkeley. This program is hosted both by BPSA and the IAS Dean's Office International Exchanges Program.

5244 NUMBER OF COUNTRIES STUDENTS VISIT: Total number of countries represented by Berkeley students studying aboard.

5245 NUMBER OF COUNTRIES OF HOSTED STUDENTS: Total number of countries represented by students hosted by BPSA and International Exchange.

5246 STUDENT CONTRACT HOUSING: The number of contracts signed annually by students residing at International House.

5247 PARTIAL ROOM & BOARD FINANCIAL AID GRANTS: Number of financial aid awards to students for partial room & board scholarships at International House and through CSAS scholarships their the language program in Pakistan.

5248 MEALS SERVED BASED ON 32 WEEKS: Number of Students served at International House. The formula is: number of students * 3 meals per day * 32 weeks equals meals served.

5249 NUMBER OF FOREIGN DIGNITARIES HOSTED: Visits by foreign dignitaries to the campus.

5250 NUMBER OF COUNTRIES REPRESENTED BY FOREIGN DIGNITARIES: Number of countries represented by the foreign delegations

5251 SERVICES FOR INTL. STUDENTS & SCHOLARS: Support services provided by BIO to international students and scholars.

5252 STUDENTS & SCHOLARS SERVED: Total number of students served by BIO.

5253 NUMBER OF J VISAS ISSUED: The total number of issued J visas for exchange visitors and scholars.

5254 NUMBER OF H VISAS ISSUED: The total number of issued H work visas for employer sponsored programs.

5255 NUMBER OF OTHER VISAS ISSUED: The combined total of the number of other visas issued to various categories of students coming to Berkeley to study.

5256 PRIMARY FUNCTION - TEACHING: Count the number of other visas issued to various categories of students coming to Berkeley to study.

5257 PRIMARY FUNCTION - RESEARCH: A function of the student served by BIO while at Berkeley.

5258 PRIMARY FUNCTION - TEACHING & RESEARCH: A function of the student served by BIO while at Berkeley.

5259 NUMBER OF COUNTRIES OF CITIZENSHIP: Count of the number of countries of foreign visitors.

5400 PERFORMANCE MEASURES: Performance measures are quantitative out-puts by a department.

5401 :

5402 SPONSORED EVENTS: Events are lectures, seminars, symposiums, colloquia, conferences and workshops sponsored by the Units.

5411 PUBLICATIONS:

5412 PUBLISHED BY UNIT: Scholarly writings issued in unit covers, or those that clearly acknowledge unit influence and/or support. Scholarly writings are defined as: book manuscripts, edited volumes, conference proceedings, working papers in electronic or hard copy format, but not unit newsletters.

5413 WRITTEN BY UNIT AFFILIATES: Scholarly writings independently published by scholars and researchers associated with the Unit in subjects directly related to the Unit mission. Writings are defined as: book manuscripts, edited volumes, conference proceedings, working papers in either electronic or hard copy format. Unit newsletters are not included.

5421 INTERDISCIPLINARY DISSERTATION WORKSHOP: Annual workshops and collaborations of graduate students around international themes.

5422 NUMBER OF ANNUAL WORKSHOPS: Workshops are designed to assist doctoral students in the humanities, social sciences, and professional schools to clarify, focus, and accelerate the completion of their dissertation projects.

5423 NUMBER OF DISCIPLINES AMONG PARTICIPANTS: The number of academic disciplines represented by the composition of the group attendees.

5431 OTHER TYPES OF SUPPORT: Activities or funding resources provided by IAS Units that directly benefit and enhance teaching or research through other programs on campus.

5432 LIBRARY COLLECTIONS AND STAFF SUPPORT (DOLLARS): Unit funding contributions for library collections and staff support. Funding support is provided for area studies collections and Area Selectors.

5433 COURSE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT (DOLLARS): Funding provided by IAS units that directly benefit and enhance teaching and/or research for curriculum development for undergraduate or graduate courses in area studies.

5434 NUMBER OF COURSES SUPPORTED: Number of courses supported in line 5433.

5435 UNDERGRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS: Number of undergraduate scholarships awarded for study abroad from BPSA.

5600 OUTREACH EFFORTS: Conferences, symposia and prepared materials organized and sponsored by ORIAS and IAS Units as part of the Berkeley K-12 Initiative and unit outreach efforts extend to business, industry groups and the general community through Title VI funding for public service.

5601 GRADES K THROUGH 12: Conferences and other events for K-12 teachers and school districts. Preparation of teacher resource materials for mail and on web sites. These activities are usually jointly cosponsored by IAS units and ORIAS.

5602 SUCCESSFUL WEB REQUESTS FOR CURRICULUM RESOURCES: An estimated number of successful Web requests for prepared curriculum resources and other ORIAS information on the Web.

5603 K-12 OUTREACH CONFERENCES & SYMPOSIA: Number of conferences and symposia on international and academic themes, organized and hosted by ORIAS and co-sponsored by IAS UNITS for teachers and school districts.

5604 TEACHER REQUESTS FOR WEB CURRICULUM PACKETS: Number of teacher requests for curriculum sets located on the ORIAS web site and include the number of teacher referrals from the Units to the ORIAS web site for curriculum sets.

5605 EVENT ATTENDANCE BY EDUCATORS: Number of attendees of events listed on line 5603.

5606 EVENT ATTENDANCE BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS: Number of School District employees attending events listed on line 5603.

5607 WEB AND RESOURCE PACKETS PRODUCED: Number of new classroom curriculum materials developed for Teachers for either the Web or in hard copy format by IAS ORIAS or Units.

5608 TEACHER SCHOLARSHIPS: Number of scholarships awarded to Teachers to attend ORIAS sponsored Conferences and Institutes.

5609 IAS UNITS PARTICIPATING IN K-12 OUTREACH ACTIVITIES: Number of IAS Units participating in K-12 Outreach Conferences, symposia, etc.with academic content either as a co-sponsor with ORIAS or individually.

5611 BUSINESS-INDUSTRY OUTREACH: A sponsored event specifically targeted to a business audience.

5612 NUMBER OF EVENTS: Unit events specifically designed for outreach to the business community or a specific industry group. The event must have academic content.

5613 NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IN EVENTS: An estimated number of participants attending Business-Industry Outreach events.

5621 COMMUNITY OUTREACH: Community events designed and sponsored by Units. Events must have academic content.

5622 NUMBER OF EVENTS: Community events designed and sponsored by Units. Events must have academic content.

5623 NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IN EVENTS: An estimated total number of participants in the community outreach events

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