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2019 NAACLS Annual Survey
This is a text version of the 2019 Annual Survey to be released shortly.  Please do not submit this version to NAACLS


 
1) Sponsor Name:*_________________________________________________
2) Is the prefilled contact information for the program (below) accurate and up-to-date?  If Yes, select "Yes" and do not edit the prefilled information.  If No, select "No" and correct the prefilled information in the areas below. * ( ) Yes  ( ) No
 
Program Address Line 1*________________________________________________
 
Program Address 2________________________________________________
 
City*_________________________________________________
 
State/ Province*_________________________________________________
 
Zip Code_________________________________________________
 
Country_________________________________________________
 

Program Director Information
 
3) Is the prefilled information for the Program Director (below) accurate and up-to-date?  If Yes, select "Yes" and do not edit the prefilled information.  If No, select "No" and correct the prefilled information in the areas below.*
( ) Yes   ( ) No
 
Program Director Salutation____Program Director First Name*____________Program Director Last Name*_____________________Program Director Credentials______
 
Email Address*_________________________________________________ Phone #*_________________________________________________
 
 
Other Contact Information
 
 
4) If there has been a change of the sponsor's CEO/President in the last year, please list the following contact information about the new CEO/President below (skip this question if nothing has changed):
First Name: ___________________Last Name: ________________________Credentials: ______________
Address Line 1: _________________________________________________
Address Line 2: _________________________________________________
City: _________________________________________________
State: _________________________________________________
Zip: _________________________________________________
Email Address: _________________________________________________
Phone Number: _________________________________________________
Who is this person replacing?: _________________________________________________
 
5) If there has been a change of the sponsor's Dean or Comparable Administrator in the last year, please list the following contact information about the new Dean or Comparable Administrator below (skip this question if nothing has changed):
First Name: ___________________Last Name: ________________________Credentials: ______________
Address Line 1: _________________________________________________
Address Line 2: _________________________________________________
City: _________________________________________________
State: _________________________________________________
Zip: _________________________________________________
Email Address: _________________________________________________
Phone Number: _________________________________________________
Who is this person replacing?: _________________________________________________
 
 
Sponsor Information
 
6) Please confirm the sponsorship type for this program (See NAACLS Standard I for definitions): *
( ) Sponsoring Institution
( ) Consortium Sponsor
( ) Multi-Location Sponsor
 
7) Please describe your institution:*
( ) 4-year College or University
( ) 2-year College or University
( ) Hospital or Medical Center
( ) Non Degree Granting Proprietary School
( ) Independent Laboratory
( ) Military Facility
( ) Academic Health Center/Medical School
( ) Blood Center
( ) Other non-degree granting proprietary institution
 
8) Which agency accredits the institution that sponsors your program?  (Select all that apply)
Note that NAACLS does not accredit institutions.*
[ ] AABB
[ ] Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
[ ] Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
[ ] Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training
[ ] Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools
[ ] American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)
[ ] American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)
[ ] American Council on Education (ACE)
[ ] Association of American Universities (AAU)
[ ] Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU)
[ ] College of American Pathologists
[ ] Det Norske Veritas
[ ] Higher Learning Commission
[ ] The Joint Commission
[ ] Middle States Commission on Higher Education
[ ] Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools
[ ] New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC-CIHE)
[ ] New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Commission on Technical and Career Institutions
[ ] New York State Board of Regents, and the Commissioner of Education
[ ] North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement, Board of Trustees
[ ] North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA-HLC)
[ ] Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
[ ] Oklahoma Board of Career and Technology Education
[ ] Pennsylvania State Board of Vocational Education, Bureau of Career and Technical Education
[ ] Puerto Rico State Agency for the Approval of Public Postsecondary Vocational, Technical Institutions and Programs
[ ] Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)
[ ] Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
[ ] Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, Accreditation Commission
[ ] WASC Senior College and University Commission
[ ] Western Association of Schools and Colleges (ACCJC-WASC)
[ ] Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
[ ] Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Schools
[ ] Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities
[ ] Other - Write In (Required): _________________________________________________*
 
9) Is the institution recognized by the state/province in which it is located?*
( ) Yes  ( ) No
 
 
Program Information
10) Please confirm the program's website URL that we have on file.  If you have to edit it, please do so, and then answer "Yes" to the next question.*____________________________________________
 
11) In Question 10, did you have to edit the website URL for your program?*
( ) Yes  ( ) No
 
12) If someone other than the program director is completing this survey, please list contact information below.  If the program director is completing this survey, skip this question.
First Name: ___________________Last Name: ________________________
Title: _________________________________________________
Email Address: _________________________________________________
Phone Number: _________________________________________________
 
13) What is the status of this program?*
( ) Active  ( ) Inactive  ( ) Closed
14) If the program is closed, when did it close?_________________________________________________
 
15) PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING AS IT APPLIES TO FULL TIME STUDENTS AT YOUR ACCREDITED/APPROVED PROGRAM (Write "X" in all spaces that do not apply to your program):*
  How many months to complete program? Tuition - Resident, per year Tuition - Non-Resident, per year Class Capacity per start date
Certificate/Diploma requiring less than one year _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
One-Year Undergraduate certificate/diploma _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
Two-Year Undergraduate certificate/diploma _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
Associate degree _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
Baccalaureate degree _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
Post-Baccalaureate degree _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
Master's degree _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
Doctoral degree _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
 
16) In which month(s) does your program begin?  Check all that apply.*
[ ] Open enrollment
[ ] January
[ ] February
[ ] March
[ ] April
[ ] May
[ ] June
[ ] July
[ ] August
[ ] September
[ ] October
[ ] November
[ ] December
 
17) What percentage of required general education courses can be completed online?*____
 
18) What percentage of the professional phase of the program can be completed online?* ____
19) Please describe the online delivery of the program as you would to a prospective student.____________________________________________ ____________________________________________
 
20) Question Removed
 
21) What was the total number of students in the following categories for 7/1/2018 - 6/30/2019?

Similar questions will be asked for different time periods later in this survey.
  Enrolled Attrition (left voluntarily or involuntarily) Graduated
       
Students in the following categories for 7/1/2018 - 6/30/2019: ___ ___ ___
 
 
Certification Pass Rates- ASCP
 
22)

For Accredited Programs: ASCP BOC Certification Pass Rates:
For Approved Programs:  ASCP BOC, AMT, NCCT, or NHA Certification Pass Rates:

*You will have the opportunity to provide data for other types of certification on the next page.*
  For students who graduated between 7/1/15 - 6/30/16 For students who graduated between 7/1/16 - 6/30/17 For students who graduated between 7/1/17 - 6/30/18
A) Total # of Graduates _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
B) # who sat for the exam within first year of graduation _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
C) # who passed the exam within the first year of graduation _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
Yearly Certification Pass Rate Percentage: (C/B) x 100 _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
 
23) Three Year Average Certification Pass Rate Percentage: (total number of students across Row C divided by the total number of students across Row B) x 100
*Do not take total of yearly pass rate percentages and divide by three when determining the three year average.*
_________________________________________________
 
 
Certification Pass Rates- Other
 
24) Does this program document, analyze, and use in program assessment a review of the results of any other certification exam taken by graduates (do not include ASCP BOC for accredited programs or ASCP BOC, AMT, and NCCT for approved programs)? 
 
If "No", then select "No" and skip the next two questions on this page. 
If "Yes", then select "Yes", type which exam  is primarily used, and fill out answers for next two questions on this page.*
( ) No                            ( ) Yes: _________________________________________________*
 
 25) Other Certification Pass Rates:
  For students who graduated between 7/1/15 - 6/30/16 For students who graduated between 7/1/16 - 6/30/17 For students who graduated between 7/1/17 - 6/30/18
A) Total # of Graduates _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
D) # who sat for specified other exam within first year of graduation _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
E) # who passed specified other exam within the first year of graduation _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
Yearly other Certification Pass Rate Percentage: (E/D) x 100 _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
 
26) Three Year Average other Certification Pass Rate Percentage: (total number of students across Row E divided by the total number of students across Row D) x 100
*Do not take total of yearly pass rate percentages and divide by three when determining the three year average.
_________________________________________________
 Please note that the survey is generating an error if you don't fill this field in.  If you have no data for this field, please answer 0 and we will remove all unnecessary 0s once the survey is complete.
 
 
Placement Rates
 
27) Placement Rates:*
  For students who graduated between 7/1/15 - 6/30/16 For students who graduated between 7/1/16 - 6/30/17 For students who graduated between 7/1/17 - 6/30/18
A) Total # of graduates _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
B) # who found employment (in the field or in a closely related field) and/or continued their education within one year of graduation _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
C) # who did neither of the above _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
D) # for which you do NOT have any information _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
Yearly Average Placement Rate Percentage: [B/(B+C)] x 100 _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
 
28) Three Year Average Placement Rate Percentage: = [total number of students across Row B] / [(total number of students across Row B) + (total number of students across Row C)], then multiply by 100:
*Do not take total of yearly placement rate percentages and divide by three when determining the three year average.*
_________________________________________________
 
 
Grad/Attrition Rates
 
 
29) NAACLS BENCHMARK FOR GRADUATION RATES:  Three years consecutive results of graduation rates demonstrating an average of at least 70%** of students who have begun the final half of the program go on to successfully graduate from the program as calculated by the most recent three year period.

Please explain how you define the “final half” of the program.*___________________________________________
 
30) Graduation/Attrition Rates:*
  For students slated to graduate between 7/1/16 - 6/30/17 For students slated to graduate between 7/1/17 - 6/30/18 For students slated to graduate between 7/1/18 - 6/30/19
A) # who began the "final half" of the program _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
B) # who began the "final half" of the program but subsequently left (voluntarily or involuntarily) _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
C) # who began the "final half" of the program but are still currently enrolled _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
D) # who began the "final half" of the program during the given time period and have since graduated _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
Yearly Attrition Rate Percentage: (B/A) x100 _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
Yearly Graduation Rate Percentage: [D/(A-C)] x 100 _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
 
31) Three Year Average Graduation Rate Percentage: = [total number of students across Row D] / [(total number of students across Row A) - (total number of students across Row C)], then multiply by 100:
*Do not take total of yearly graduation rate percentages and divide by three when determining the three year average.*
_________________________________________________
 
 
 
Public Availability of Outcomes
 
 
32) Please provide evidence of where the following outcomes measures are made available to prospective and enrolled students on the program's website (Write an "X" if a website is not used):
 *
Website URL for Program's Graduate Certification Pass Rates, Graduate Placement Rates, Graduation Rates, and Attrition Rates: _________________________________________________
 
33) If websites were not answered for the previous question in any area, then describe how the following outcomes measures are made available to prospective and enrolled students (i.e. Program Brochure, Institution Catalog, etc.):
 
Program's Graduate Certification Pass Rates
Program's Graduation and Attrition Rates
Program's Graduate Placement Rates
Evidence of public availability of outcomes measures must also be submitted on the next question.
 
____________________________________________
 
34) Attach the document, or other evidence, used to make outcomes measures available to the public.________
 
 
Significant Changes and Comments
 
 
35) Have you had significant changes in your program?
( ) Yes   ( ) No
 
36) Please estimate the percentage change in class size since the release of last year's annual survey (Sept 2018):* -100 ______________[__]_____________ 100
 
37) Please estimate the percentage change in budget since the release of last year's annual survey (Sept 2018):* -100 ______________[__]_____________ 100
38) Please estimate the percentage change in clinical placements since the release of last year's annual survey (Sept 2018):* -100 ______________[__]_____________ 100
39) Please estimate the percentage change in faculty resources (i.e. full-time and part-time faculty, training and experiences for faculty, other resources for faculty that contribute to achieving program goals) since the release of last year's annual survey (Sept 2018):* -100 ______________[__]_____________ 100

40) NAACLS encourages innovation. Please briefly describe a novel or inventive strategy your program implemented. It could be a curricular model, institutional partnerships, creative ways of providing clinical experiences, and many other possibilities. Please tell us your story._____________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________
 
41) How can we improve your experience with NAACLS? ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________
 
42) General Comments:____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________
 
 
Please review and print your answers before submitting your survey.   Thank You!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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