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Collection: PTE Student - Postsecondary Table

Data Elements

Element Narrative
ABE Participant Participant in Adult Basic Education Program through institution. Eligible participants are defined in law as 16 years of age or older and have skills below the 12th grade level in reading, writing, math, and English Language. (ABE)
Academic Year A year-long period of time that makes up the academic calendar.
Career and Technical Education (CTE) Concentrators A postsecondary matriculated student who: (1) has completed the technical credit requirement (at least 18 technical credits) within a single program area (or within program requirements); or (2) has completed a program sequence with less than 18 technical credits that terminates in an industry recognized credential, certificate, or degree.
Displaced Homemaker a) worked in the home providing household services for family members, but who has lost the primary source of economic support and who must gain employment skills in order to earn a living; OR b) is a single parent with primary financial and custodial responsibility for supporting dependent children and who must gain employment skills in order to earn a living.
Economically Disadvantaged Student Individuals from economically disadvantaged families, including foster children.
Individual with Disabilities Individuals with any disability as defined in section 3 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). Under section 3(2) of the ADA, the term disability means, with respect to an individual a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of such individual; a record of such an impairment; or being regarded as having such impairment.
Institution ID Postsecondary Institution ID
Limited English An individual with limited English proficiency is a secondary school student, an adult, or an out-of-school youth, who has limited ability in speaking, reading, writing, or understanding the English language AND whose native language is a language other than English; OR who lives in a family or community environment in which a language other than English is the dominant language.
Nontraditional Enrollee Occupations or fields of work in which individuals from one gender comprise less than 25 percent of the individuals employed in each such occupation or field of work.
Single Parent Is unmarried or legally separated from a spouse; and either (1)  Has a minor child or children for which the parent has either custody or joint custody; or (2)  Is pregnant.
Student ID - Postsecondary SLDS A unique number assigned to a student through the Education Unique ID (EDUID) system
Term The period of time that the institution holds academic classes.

Business Rules

Rule Narrative
ABE Participant Field is not currently being collected.
Institution ID Must be the IPEDS assigned code for the institution
PTE Student - Postsecondary Table Rule 1 Table is not currently being collected.
PTE Student - Postsecondary Table Rule 2 Fields are currently tracked in the Student Table.
Term Values are Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring.

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