GRAD Act

Granting Resources and Autonomies for Diplomas, the GRAD Act, was signed into law in June 2010. UNO entered into a 6-year performance agreement. In exchange, if UNO meets its obligations, it will have increased tuition authority and eligibility to participate in certain autonomies.

Louisiana Board of Regents maintains a repository for university agreements, annual reports and instructions for all participating institutions. In addition to individual institutional reports, BOR produces an annual statewide report, Annual Designations for Year 1 to report progress, and Progress Towards Targeted Measures which show Student Success for each system and each institution.

Year 1

UNO's Year 1 reports are linked below to Board of Regents documentation.

• UNO Context (2-page profile prepared by System)
• Targeted Measures
• Annual Report: Year 1
• Section 5: Organizational Data

Year 2

As Year 2 instructions and templates are finalized, they will be linked below.

Deadlines: Year 2 report due to University of Louisiana System March 30, 2012; to Regents May 1, 2012.

Annual Evaluation plans: Year 2
Attachment A (Revised Oct 1, 2011) Outline
Attachment B (Revised Oct 1, 2011) Details/Instructions
Scoring Worksheet

State Council of Workforce and Economic Development:

Purpose: . . . GRAD Act requirements & definitions include a section for 2- and 4-year schools that addresses program alignment with strategic workforce need . . .

Refer to Attachment B, page 16 for Workforce and Economic Development instructions for GRAD Act Year 2.

Resources from Council Meetings:

• Master Plan for Public Postsecondary Education in Louisiana: 2011
• ULL: Aligning Academic Programs and Economic Development at UL Lafayette
• Northshore Technical Community College: Workforce & Economic Development
• Louisiana Workforce Commission Employment Projections to 2018 (revised 2011)
• IPEDS Crosswalk to Occupational Codes (SOC 2010 to CIP 2010 Crosswalk)
• O*NET online (O*NET program is the nation's primary source of occupational information)
• Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition
• Career onestop
• OSDS Occupational Supply Demand System
• Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Standard Occupation Classification (SOC)
• SOC / CIP crosswalks