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Retention and Graduation rates are shown on tabs.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"height:250px;width:100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vQN6sn79Qzz2dEiQXYtruQz4c-hEgC79P2g1XhijiNI6F1iRuRi9pq01nIi5QbewhVE1ws1jBOxIbD2\/pubhtml?widget=true&amp;headers=false\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is an embedded Google sheet (Full screen view). The original can be accessed through your allegheny.edu account. Retention and Graduation rates are shown on tabs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":572,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1459","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/572"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":1335,"date":"2025-08-08T13:58:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T17:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/?page_id=1335"},"modified":"2025-08-08T14:08:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T18:08:56","slug":"institutional-surveys-and-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/institutional-research\/institutional-surveys-and-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Institutional Surveys and Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Surveys currently in rotation<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>NSSE<\/strong> &#8211; The <a href=\"https:\/\/nsse.indiana.edu\/nsse\/\"><strong>National Survey of Student Engagement<\/strong><\/a> surveys first year and seniors in the Spring Semester.<\/li>\n<li><strong>COACHE<\/strong> &#8211; The <a href=\"https:\/\/coache.gse.harvard.edu\/\"><strong>Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education<\/strong><\/a> surveys full-time faculty.<\/li>\n<li><span data-sheets-root=\"1\"><strong>SES<\/strong> &#8211; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thrivingincollege.org\/sophmoreexperiences\"><strong>Sophomore Experience Survey.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>CSI<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruffalonl.com\/enrollment-management-solutions\/student-success\/rnl-retention-management-system-plus\/college-student-inventory\/\"><strong>College Student Inventory.<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hedsconsortium.org\/heds-alumni-survey\/\"><strong>HEDS Alumni Survey.<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>NACE<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naceweb.org\/job-market\/graduate-outcomes\/first-destination\/\"><strong>First Destination Survey.<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Leave and Withdrawal Survey.<\/strong> (developed in house)<\/li>\n<li><strong>RSEs.<\/strong> (developed in house)<\/li>\n<li><strong>FSSE<\/strong> &#8211; The <a href=\"https:\/\/nsse.indiana.edu\/fsse\/\"><strong>Faculty Survey of Student Engagement<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Historical surveys<\/h3>\n<p>Data for these surveys has not been cleaned yet (as of 2025).\u00a0 If you have a research question that requires this data, please contact <a href=\"http:\/\/webhelp.allegheny.edu\">submit a ticket<\/a> (Choose &#8216;Academic reporting&#8217; as the category of your ticket!)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Admitted Student Questionnaire<\/li>\n<li>College Transition Collaborative<\/li>\n<li>The Freshman Survey (CIRP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surveys currently in rotation NSSE &#8211; The National Survey of Student Engagement surveys first year and seniors in the Spring Semester. COACHE &#8211; The Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education surveys full-time faculty. SES &#8211; the Sophomore Experience Survey. CSI &#8211; College Student Inventory. HEDS Alumni Survey. NACE First Destination Survey. Leave and Withdrawal [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/institutional-research\/institutional-surveys-and-studies\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;Institutional Surveys and Studies&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":572,"featured_media":0,"parent":1206,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1335","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/572"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1335\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":1418,"date":"2025-07-25T18:34:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T22:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/?page_id=1418"},"modified":"2025-07-25T18:34:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T22:34:39","slug":"curricular-learning-outcomes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/assessment-allegheny\/curricular-learning-outcomes\/","title":{"rendered":"Curricular Learning Outcomes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The elements of Allegheny\u2019s curriculum work together to provide students with a cohesive program in which all four <a href=\"https:\/\/allegheny.edu\/about\/institutional-effectiveness\/\">Institutional Learning Outcomes<\/a> may be achieved. In particular, the SWS program, Junior Seminar, and Senior Project progressively develop students\u2019 abilities to read and listen critically, formulate their ideas, and become more effective writers and speakers. The Distribution Requirements introduce students to a variety of ways of organizing and making sense of information, and they develop students\u2019 recognition of complexity and difference.<\/p>\n<div class=\"accordion-title\">Speaking and Writing Sequence<\/div><div class=\"accordion-content\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PLO1: To demonstrate, as readers, writers, speakers, and listeners, an awareness of audience, purpose, occasion, and genre conventions and their effects on the creation and delivery of ideas.<\/li>\n<li>PLO2: To use the ideas of others to advance thinking.<\/li>\n<li>PLO3: To use iterative composing processes to discover and reconsider ideas and their expression.<\/li>\n<li>PLO4: To engage in reading, writing, speaking, and listening as acts of critical thinking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-title\">Distribution Requirement: Civic Learning<\/div><div class=\"accordion-content\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>CL: Civic Learning (CL).<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Civic Learning develops the political, ethical, and social capacities citizens need to address the challenges facing local, regional, national, and international communities through community engagement and\/or through the cultivation of civic knowledge, skills, motivations, and behaviors.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learning Outcome: Students who successfully complete this requirement will demonstrate an understanding of economic, political, legal, cultural, natural, historical, or social forces that affect public problems or civic issues.<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Civic Identities\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Explores diverse cultures, values, and perspectives and their effect on the civic agency of individuals and groups.<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Civic Systems\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Examines the systemic forces that shape civic life including institutions, rules, procedures, norms, conventions, attitudes, and behaviors, among others.<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Civic Ethics<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Confronts the multiple ethical\u00a0 dimensions of complex public problems and of taking action on them.<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Civic Actions<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Addresses public challenges with an understanding of the possibilities and limits of individual and collective action.<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-title\">Distribution Requirement: Human Experience<\/div><div class=\"accordion-content\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>HE: Human Experience (HE). <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The study of Human Experience explores human physical, mental, emotional, and\/or spiritual experiences as conveyed in texts broadly defined. Through engagement with such texts, students develop an appreciation for human experiences and their representations.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learning Outcome: Students who successfully complete this requirement will demonstrate an understanding of how to interpret human experiences as conveyed in texts (including works of visual and performance art, rituals, cultural artifacts and traditions, and\/or the written and spoken word).<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Context<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Considers how personal or external contexts inform human experiences<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Analysis<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Interprets the ways in which textual features are used to convey human experiences<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Engagement<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reflects on, creates, or recreates aspects of textually-connected human experiences<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Response<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Evaluates how forms, features and structures of texts influence response to texts<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-title\">Distribution Requirement: International &amp; Intercultural Perspectives<\/div><div class=\"accordion-content\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>IP: International &amp; Intercultural Perspectives (IP).<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> An understanding of<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">International &amp; Intercultural Perspectives<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">means awareness that culture provides the interpretive lens for action in the world, and that one\u2019s particular culture is itself one of many cultures of the world. It includes the ability to recognize and understand the results of cultural difference wherever they are found, as well as an awareness of the norms of one\u2019s own culture or those of other cultures.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learning Outcome: Students who successfully complete this requirement will demonstrate an understanding of cultural complexity and difference.<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Concepts of Culture<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wrestles with the challenge of conceptualizing\u00a0 culture<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Cultural Complexity<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Identifies facts, theories, or concepts about culture(s) distinct from one\u2019s own\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Cultural Difference<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Engages with differences between cultures <\/span><\/i><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Methodology<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Employs an appropriate scholarly method to analyze culture<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-title\">Distribution Requirement: Modes of Expression<\/div><div class=\"accordion-content\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>ME: Modes of Expression (ME)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The study of Modes of Expression explores individual and\/or collective modes of expression, focusing upon the ways in which these modes create meaning and communicate thoughts, emotions, or beliefs to others. By engaging in hands-on experience, students interrogate the act of communication itself.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learning Outcome: Students who successfully complete this requirement will demonstrate an understanding of the production of meaning through active engagement with language, visual arts, and\/or performance.<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Tools &amp; techniques<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Uses the mode of expression\u2019s terminology, principles, or tools<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Process<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Applies established processes leading to expressive communication\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Context &amp; audience<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Considers external physical, intellectual, or cultural circumstances<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Conventions<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Creates with consideration of conventions or previous expressive acts<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-title\">Distribution Requirement: Power, Privilege, &amp; Difference<\/div><div class=\"accordion-content\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>PD: Power, Privilege, &amp; Difference (PD).<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Understanding Power, Privilege, &amp; Difference means understanding the role of power, privilege, prejudice, discrimination, stereotypes, inequity, and oppression in human society, in both historical and contemporary contexts, and recognizing these dynamics in the learner\u2019s own life and communities.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learning Outcome: Students who successfully complete this requirement will demonstrate an understanding of the historical and\/or contemporary roles of power, privilege, and difference in human society.<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Systems of Power<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Investigates structural power imbalances and systems of oppression<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Systems of Privilege <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Investigates unearned or unacknowledged advantages or immunities accorded to particular individuals or groups<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Systems of Difference<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Analyzes the social and cultural construction of difference\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Values &amp; Assumptions<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Questions ideas and ideologies that sustain systems of inequity<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-title\">Distribution Requirement: Quantitative Reasoning<\/div><div class=\"accordion-content\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Quantitative Reasoning<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (QR). Quantitative Reasoning is the ability to understand, investigate, communicate, and contextualize numerical, symbolic, and graphical information towards the exploration of natural, physical, behavioral, or social phenomena.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learning Outcome: Students who successfully complete this requirement will demonstrate an understanding of how to interpret numeric data and\/or their graphical or symbolic representations.<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-title\">Distribution Requirement: Social Behavior &amp; Institutions<\/div><div class=\"accordion-content\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>SB: Social Behavior &amp; Institutions.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The study of Social Behavior &amp; Institutions encompasses a broad range of disciplines that use a variety of methodologies to describe, explain, or predict human behavior, social processes, and institutional structures as they interact with their environments.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learning Outcome: Students who successfully complete this requirement will demonstrate an understanding of at least one methodology used to describe, explain, or predict human behavior at the level of the individual, small group, institution, organization, community, or population.<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Approaches<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Examines methodologies or theories used to understand human behavior<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Applications<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Applies key methods, frameworks, or processes to gain insight into diverse human behaviors<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Interactions<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Examines the interplay between human behavior and social structures<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Ethics<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Considers ethical principles as they relate to the study of human behavior or institutional structures<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-title\">Distribution Requirement: Scientific Process &amp; Knowledge<\/div><div class=\"accordion-content\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>SP: Scientific Process &amp; Knowledge (SP).<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Courses involving Scientific Process &amp; Knowledge aim to convey an understanding of what is known or can be known about the natural world; apply scientific reasoning towards the analysis and synthesis of scientific information; and create scientifically literate citizens who can engage productively in problem solving.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learning Outcome: Students who successfully complete this requirement will demonstrate an understanding of the nature, approaches, and domain of scientific inquiry.<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Nature of Scientific Inquiry<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Identifies a scientific question, argument, or problem to be explored<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Approaches to Scientific Inquiry\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Uses relevant and appropriate processes or methods of scientific inquiry<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Evidence-based Reasoning<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Constructs logical arguments based on existing or novel empirical information<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Scientific Communication<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Interprets scholarly scientific information and generates written or oral work conveying scientific implications or conclusions<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The elements of Allegheny\u2019s curriculum work together to provide students with a cohesive program in which all four Institutional Learning Outcomes may be achieved. In particular, the SWS program, Junior Seminar, and Senior Project progressively develop students\u2019 abilities to read and listen critically, formulate their ideas, and become more effective writers and speakers. The Distribution [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/assessment-allegheny\/curricular-learning-outcomes\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;Curricular Learning Outcomes&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":572,"featured_media":0,"parent":1096,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1418","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/572"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1418\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":1406,"date":"2025-05-05T11:18:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T15:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/?page_id=1406"},"modified":"2025-05-05T11:21:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T15:21:58","slug":"data-governance-expectations-for-data-handling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/data-governance-expectations-for-data-handling\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Governance &#8211; Expectations for Data Handling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Following the guidelines for reproducible research in data science<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, data sets should be stored as close to the original along with the metadata<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and any code and\/or procedures used in extracting data, cleaning or transforming data, and performing analysis. In most cases, this entails including the techniques for accessing data stored in enterprise databases along with the metadata and code for cleaning and transforming the data.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The ultimate goal is to leave an archive that will allow future analysts to reproduce your analysis from the database directly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are a number of tools available:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Reproducible-Research-Studio-Chapman-Hall\/dp\/1466572841\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reproducible research with R and Rstudio<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/valdanchev.github.io\/reproducible-data-science-python\/intro.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reproducible Data Science with Python<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@_mql\/reproducible-science-for-people-who-dont-code-5850abe806db\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reproducible science for people who don\u2019t code | by Michael Aufreiter | Medium<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Where possible, datasets should not be stored on personal devices, as doing so not only creates more opportunities for the data to be lost or stolen, but it also introduces a potential point of inconsistency between analysts.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In cases where institutional resources do not support real-time querying of datasets, secondary data archives should be stored in google cloud datastore, so they can function as a single source of information for multiple analysts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Data Management Plan(s)<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Analyses and reports must contain a data management plan.\u00a0 This can be included in the analysis markdown file or be a separate document. The data management plan should at minimum specify:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Data origin (collected via survey, contained within enterprise datasets, how accessed and when, etc).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Metadata, including codebook.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Any data points in the dataset that might be affected by FERPA, Copyright and other legal statuses.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Storage and backup plan (if stored on google cloud, for example, no back up plan is required).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Life cycle plan for the datasets <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> the analysis.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Access and reporting record &#8211; to whom was this analysis delivered?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">RACI analysis &#8211; which institutional position or department is responsible for the maintenance of this data and analysis, accountable for the correct use of the data, consulted on the data and informed when the data is used?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dmptool.org\/plans\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Data Management Planning<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> tool can be used to develop data management plans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><b>Data that contains student work:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Artifacts of student work that are collected for the purpose of assessment should be retained for at least one but no longer than five years. 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College Factbook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Allegheny College Factbook is meant as a resource for the community of Allegheny College.<\/p>\n<p>It is published in the fall semester annually and contains data for the current academic year. Data contained within is for the use of the Allegheny Community, not for the public. Any requests for public information should be forwarded to the Office of Institutional Effectiveness or Marketing and Communication.<\/p>\n<p>Unless otherwise noted, the Factbook should be considered the document of record for the data within.<\/p>\n<p>Access is limited to allegheny.edu. To view the Factbook from off-campus, you must be logged into the VPN.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shiny.allegheny.edu\/app\/factbook\">Allegheny College Factbook 2024-2025<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/shiny.allegheny.edu\/app_proxy\/8d2a4ee9-5c81-4bf7-a98c-78736a8bcc44\/AlleghenyFactBook-2024.pdf\">pdf<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shiny.allegheny.edu\/app\/factbook2023\">Allegheny College Factbook 2023-2024<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/shiny.allegheny.edu\/app\/factbook\/AlleghenyFactBook-2023.pdf\">pdf<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Any questions of comments, please email <a href=\"mailto:ir@allegheny.edu\">ir@allegheny.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allegheny College Factbook is meant as a resource for the community of Allegheny College. It is published in the fall semester annually and contains data for the current academic year. Data contained within is for the use of the Allegheny Community, not for the public. Any requests for public information should be forwarded to the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/allegheny-college-factbook\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;Allegheny College Factbook&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":572,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1348","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/572"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1348"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1484,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1348\/revisions\/1484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":1337,"date":"2025-01-03T12:17:46","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T17:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/?page_id=1337"},"modified":"2025-01-08T19:54:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T00:54:15","slug":"nsse-national-survey-of-student-engagement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/nsse-national-survey-of-student-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"NSSE &#8211; National Survey of Student Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NSSE (pronounced &#8216;Nessie&#8217;) is a widely-used survey developed and maintained by the <a href=\"https:\/\/education.indiana.edu\/research\/centers\/cpr\/index.html\">Center for Postsecondary Research at the Indiana University School of Education<\/a>. It is administered to 1st year and seniors in the Spring semester every 2 or 3 years.<\/p>\n<table class=\"alignleft\" style=\"width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;height: 336px\" border=\"1\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"border-style: solid;border-color: #000000;background-color: #d6d6d6\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2564%;text-align: center;height: 24px\"><strong>Year<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.2192%;text-align: center;height: 24px\"><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 47.5243%;text-align: center;height: 24px\"><strong>Statistical data and key indicators<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2564%;height: 24px\">2025<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.2192%;height: 24px\">Coming Summer, 2025<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 47.5243%;height: 24px\">Coming Summer, 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2564%;height: 24px\">2o22<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.2192%;height: 24px\"><a 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10.2564%;height: 24px\">2o17<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.2192%;height: 24px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Mqdd7Kup6b9WEvYLirOL_c3A8DSZ6kmu\/view?usp=drive_link\">NSSE17 Snapshot (Allegheny College).pdf<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 47.5243%;height: 24px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1MlE4Y62sL1K9Z-to2DvGSlH3US6GhDvm\/view?usp=drive_link\">NSSE17 Engagement Indicators (Allegheny College).pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1MlPencq8OxuQnacq1GXMuw04WPTv59qf\/view?usp=drive_link\">NSSE17 High-Impact Practices (Allegheny College).pdf<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2564%;height: 24px\">2015<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.2192%;height: 24px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1R2NziEfi7AIUDYNIB2jMGcpx4YUH8fSb\/view?usp=sharing\">NSSE15 Snapshot (Allegheny College).pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Uu7I4iRTRGHhtBAzVBW3DiqMJZ8HlPF9\/view?usp=drive_link\">NSSE15 Pocket Guide Report (Allegheny College).pdf<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 47.5243%;height: 24px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/19sVQ4-aTHuMj0kMKptkutvkSOZcq4-6u\/view?usp=sharing\">NSSE15 Frequencies and Statistical Comparisons (Allegheny College).pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1SRcYZG9gJa-kgcfKGAhBGKUxvVhAnCA6\/view?usp=sharing\">NSSE15 Engagement Indicators (Allegheny College).pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Ibbvq0KYwKB9w1fOWxIu2IhrWnuq2oNH\/view?usp=sharing\">NSSE15 High-Impact Practices (Allegheny College).pdf<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2564%;height: 24px;vertical-align: top\">2014<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.2192%;height: 24px;vertical-align: top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/19vQJ0N6M7X3IWUJkm03Gchbg7NXKmRex\/view?usp=sharing\">NSSE14 Snapshot (Allegheny College).pdf<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 47.5243%;height: 24px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1j4r6zWnDoUcVXss95MdWlYLZ6fHQoQTt\/view?usp=sharing\">NSSE14 Frequencies and Statistical Comparisons (Allegheny College).pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1bPCchtsm5Dsb7i4FteH4QxDM-qS9wJIw\/view?usp=sharing\">NSSE14 Engagement Indicators (Allegheny College).pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1CY5YZXQMfshQFB2zuT1uwjvdYRoMyJ7l\/view?usp=sharing\">NSSE14 High-Impact Practices (Allegheny College).pdf<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2564%;height: 24px;vertical-align: top\">2012<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.2192%;height: 24px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 47.5243%;height: 24px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1hXwFT5ldDf3Vzx0o1W9jICHsCxuq58VP\/view?usp=drive_link\">NSSE12 Mean and Frequency Reports (Allegheny College).pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1uxefW1_wlj3hoV6ZkYtIUZXUqIGx6q_y\/view?usp=sharing\">NSSE12 Benchmark Comparisons Report (Allegheny College).pdf<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2564%;height: 24px;vertical-align: top\">2008<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.2192%;height: 24px;vertical-align: top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1dOMGjez_ibDNrlkFIo5iloclTQN35bfY\/view?usp=sharing\">NSSE08 Pocket Guide Report (Allegheny College).pdf<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 47.5243%;height: 24px;vertical-align: top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/15Vus_shiJE8ev3FPcekXKhCUg8jJ7o_P\/view?usp=sharing\">NSSE08 Mean and Frequency Reports (Allegheny College).pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1f6Pz4u9nWTImkEJBzvEnkR-U9EDcc00G\/view?usp=sharing\">NSSE08 Benchmark Comparisons Report (Allegheny College).pdf<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2564%;height: 24px\">2005<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.2192%;height: 24px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 47.5243%;height: 24px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1iXvIJcV27RDf8GKCxlNKo0RU52QFQ1u7\/edit?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=114018683951822941975&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\">Allegheny College Means and Frequencies Report 2005.xls<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/19iEBdH4RU9nqYZCpIMEqHoMG0KqJMTHg\/view?usp=sharing\">Allegheny College NSSE 2005 Benchmark Report.pdf<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2564%;height: 24px\">2003<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.2192%;height: 24px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 47.5243%;height: 24px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/16zvR6sVqcwJjDzXDzDvCN027Zl14rMgL\/edit?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=114018683951822941975&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\">Allegheny College NSSE 2003 Means and Frequency Reports.xls<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2564%;height: 24px\">2002<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.2192%;height: 24px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 47.5243%;height: 24px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1YELb6WhYl0w_NQP1H2z_zpwIOeQNcnB1\/edit?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=114018683951822941975&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\">Allegheny College 2002 Means Report.xls<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2564%;height: 48px\">2001<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.2192%;height: 48px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 47.5243%;height: 48px\"><a 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It is administered to 1st year and seniors in the Spring semester every 2 or 3 years. Year Overview Statistical data and key indicators 2025 Coming Summer, 2025 Coming Summer, 2025 2o22 [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/nsse-national-survey-of-student-engagement\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;NSSE &#8211; National Survey of Student Engagement&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":572,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1337","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/572"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1337\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":1333,"date":"2024-12-21T20:46:03","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T01:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/?page_id=1333"},"modified":"2024-12-21T20:46:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T01:46:03","slug":"data-governance-definition-of-data","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/data-governance\/data-governance-definition-of-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Governance &#8211; Definition of &#8216;Data&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cData\u201d, at its most basic level, is information. As we make no attempt to govern all information in use at Allegheny, we restrict the scope of \u2018Data\u2019 for this document to information that can be used to research the institution. Data that is collected as a part of research conducted by the faculty for academic purposes is explicitly excluded from the scope of this document.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Data in the scope of this document includes, but is not limited to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Records of activity in institutionally-sponsored activities, both academic and non-academic for students, faculty and staff<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Financial information<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Records of interaction with our digital presence, including engagement metrics of the website, communications and social media<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Qualitative responses to prompts\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Data collected for as part of external grants related to institutional improvement<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Any data or information that is specifically covered by their own legal requirements:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Personnel evaluations for staff, which are governed by their own protocols.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Faculty tenure and promotion materials, which are governed by their own protocols.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Any counseling notes or records covered by HIPAA.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Parts of the FAFSA that are explicitly covered by federal law.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Crime reporting mandated by the Clery Act.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cData\u201d, at its most basic level, is information. As we make no attempt to govern all information in use at Allegheny, we restrict the scope of \u2018Data\u2019 for this document to information that can be used to research the institution. Data that is collected as a part of research conducted by the faculty for academic [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/data-governance\/data-governance-definition-of-data\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;Data Governance &#8211; Definition of &#8216;Data&#8217;&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":572,"featured_media":0,"parent":1217,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1333","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/572"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1333\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":1327,"date":"2024-12-21T20:36:55","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T01:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/?page_id=1327"},"modified":"2025-05-05T11:25:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T15:25:48","slug":"data-governance-data-classification","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/data-governance\/data-governance-data-classification\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Governance &#8211; Data Classification"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Data Class<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Definition<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Examples<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #cc0100;vertical-align: top\"><strong>Private (HIPAA,FERPA for example)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top\">Data that is protected under specific laws, regulations, contracts, relevant legal agreements and\/or require the university to provide notification of unauthorized disclosure\/security incidents to affected individuals, government agencies or media<\/td>\n<td>Student academic record (FERPA)<\/p>\n<p>Health records of students and employees (HIPAA)<\/p>\n<p>Disciplinary and performance improvement plans.<\/p>\n<p>Social security numbers<\/p>\n<p>Financial account numbers, including payment card, student account numbers, bank account numbers, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Driver&#8217;s license or other ID numbers<\/p>\n<p>Information subject to an NDA with third party contracts<\/p>\n<p>ADA, Immigration, insurance, accommodations, Federal Tax Information (FTI) received from the IRS or any secondary source, and restricted use of FTI data under Section 483 of the Higher Education Act, etc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e69138;vertical-align: top\"><strong>Confidential (allowed for supervisor, not for peers e.g.)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top\">Data that has the potential to cause adverse effects for the individual, but is necessary for certain internal relationships, such as supervision and advising.<\/td>\n<td>Student academic record (advisees)<\/p>\n<p>Donor contact data<\/p>\n<p>Confidentiality agreements<\/p>\n<p>Position descriptions<\/p>\n<p>Grievances and disciplinary action reports<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #f1c231;vertical-align: top\"><strong>Sensitive [Internal only] (<i>k<\/i>-anonymity)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top\">Data that has value in efforts to improve the organization, but whose public release would have an adverse impact on a member of the community<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top\">Aggregated data on student enrollment, success and learning assessment<\/p>\n<p>Internal memos and emails non-public reports<\/p>\n<p>Faculty handbook<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #6aa84f;vertical-align: top\"><strong>Public<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top\">Data that indicates the institution as a whole<\/td>\n<td>Directory information, including position titles and tenure status<\/p>\n<p>Public policies<\/p>\n<p>In aggregate, data reported to third parties (US Dept of Ed, US News and World report, etc.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data Class Definition Examples Private (HIPAA,FERPA for example) Data that is protected under specific laws, regulations, contracts, relevant legal agreements and\/or require the university to provide notification of unauthorized disclosure\/security incidents to affected individuals, government agencies or media Student academic record (FERPA) Health records of students and employees (HIPAA) Disciplinary and performance improvement plans. Social [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/data-governance\/data-governance-data-classification\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;Data Governance &#8211; Data Classification&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":572,"featured_media":0,"parent":1217,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1327","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/572"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1327\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":1325,"date":"2024-12-21T20:36:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T01:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/?page_id=1325"},"modified":"2026-01-06T14:43:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T19:43:34","slug":"data-governance-roles-and-responsibilities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/data-governance\/data-governance-roles-and-responsibilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Governance &#8211; Roles and Responsibilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Office of Institutional Effectiveness is the office responsible for synthesizing data from different systems across campus to produce actionable insights. It manages the single point of contact for data requests, as well as determines, in coordination with data stewards and subject-matter experts, the classification of data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Data Architect<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Responsible for the design of systems to support the evolving data needs of the institution. Ultimately responsible for classification of data and access policies. (2022, Reis and Mousley, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fundamentals of Data Engineering<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, pg. 77)\u00a0 &#8211; Associate Provost for Institutional Effectiveness, Strategic Planning and Assessment in collaboration with CIO<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Responsible for designing data structures that allow quick and effective analysis.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Data Analyst<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: primary or key users of data (i.e. IT Programmer \/ Analysts, Associate Provost)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Serve on an operational level addressing issues related to adherence to standards\/procedures, monitoring data quality, raising issues identified, etc<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Responsible for turning use-cases into data sets<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Business Analyst<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Consumers of the data prepared by the Data analysts (i.e. VPs, cabinet members, department chairs, etc)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Responsible for identifying use-cases.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Subject-matter experts: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Person or persons who are responsible for compliance with external entities including regulators, accreditors or professional standards in a particular area of the institution (Dir. Financial Aid, Registrar, Accreditation Liaison Officer, Chief accounting officer, etc.)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Responsible for maintaining compliance with laws relating to handling of data in their area, and keeping the data architect and data governance committee informed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Data steward<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: &#8211; Serve on an operational level addressing issues related to adherence to standards\/procedures, monitoring data quality, raising issues identified, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Responsible for the quality of the data and whether it enables employees to perform their jobs efficiently<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Data Custodian<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; Serve on an operational level addressing issues related to data and database administration<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Support the management of access, quality, escalating issues, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Serve on an operational level addressing issues related to data and database administration<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Data Infrastructure and Security<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; Responsible and accountable for security and infrastructure of the data. (CIO, ITS)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Data Governance Working group &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">cross-functional teams that deliver on data governance projects, initiatives, and ad hoc review committees.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Responsible for defining data challenges, developing proposed solutions and presenting written draft proposals to DGC.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Office of Institutional Effectiveness is the office responsible for synthesizing data from different systems across campus to produce actionable insights. It manages the single point of contact for data requests, as well as determines, in coordination with data stewards and subject-matter experts, the classification of data. Data Architect: Responsible for the design of systems [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/data-governance\/data-governance-roles-and-responsibilities\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;Data Governance &#8211; Roles and Responsibilities&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":572,"featured_media":0,"parent":1217,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1325","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/572"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1325\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/institutional-effectiveness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}]