Composite Financial Index (CFI)

http://www.cic.org/conferences_events/presidents/2006PI_Resources/2006PI_wallace.pdf

Financial Diagnostics

http://www.mtownsley.com/briefings/financialdiagnostics/index.htm

Integrated Post-Secondary Education Data Systems (IPEDS)

http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/

Measuring Quality

Measuring Quality: Surveys and Other Assessments of College Quality http://wiche.edu/info/stas/presentations/collaborationAndCommunicationJan2010.pdf

Measuring Quality in Higher Education: An Inventory of Instruments, Tools and Resources http://applications.airweb.org/surveys/

Metrics for Improving Cost Accountability

 http://www.deltacostproject.org/resources/pdf/issuebrief_02.pdf

http://www.tcs-online.org/Reports/Report.aspx

Performance Measurement and Assessment

http://www.mtownsley.com/pages/articles_files/pdf-and-ppt/Performance-Measurement-1-16-06-final.pdf

Performance Measurement Toolkit (KPI)

(performance measurement resource page) http://www.nacubo.org/x5686.xml

(metrics and meanings) http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2009/03/19/scobey

(finding meaningful performance measures for higher education)http://isiwebofknowledge.com/media/pdf/WP-ExecReport-Provost.pdf

Reference Data

An interesting site that provides some quick reference data.
http://collegemeasures.org/

Retention and Graduation Rate Data

http://www.collegeresults.org/