UNLV Data Stewardship

 

Data Stewardship

Student Education Records

 

1. Provide one sentence (or paragraph) that covers your area of responsibility.
This area represents the data contained within the Student Information System or SIS. Both student education records & instructor identification information is stored in SIS. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act Regulations (FERPA -34 CFR Part 99) define an education record: http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/reg/ferpa/rights_pg4.html#3. Furthermore, details on how instructors are entered into SIS may be found here: http://faculty.unlv.edu/process/unlvregistrar.htm under Class Scheduling.This area represents the data

2. What data systems do you rely on to meet those obligations?
The Student Information, or SIS.

3. Are some of these external to the "core" systems

Student Services Functions Product Name Vendor Name Year Installed
Financial Aid Applications In house Financial Aid 2000
International Students/Scholars fsaAtlas - SEVIS Comp SCT 2002
Library Interfaces to SIS Integrated Library Systems Innovative Information Systems  
Room Scheduling Ad Astra AAIS 2001
Student ID/Purchase/Access Card System(s) RebelCard Blackboard 2000
Student Loan Processing SAL ECSI  
Web Based Admissions Applications In house- upload to SIS Student Life Technology 2003
Web Based non-degree seeking student application In House Student Life Technology 2007
Parking thepermitstore.com iparq 2002
Recruitment Management EMT Connect Hobsons 2001
Advising UNLV Advising SQL In house 2002
Advising UNLV Advising Filemaker In house 2001
Housing Student Housing Seattle Tech. Student Housing 1995
Transcripts Interfase Staff Transcripts 2002
Degree Audit System DARS Miami U., Ohio 1996
Digital Transcripts Singularity Hershey Systems 2007
Web Based catalog software - being approved      
Data warehouse for Student Information Oracle Data Warehouse Oracle  

4. What data are entered and managed by other departments?
Other units that enter data into SIS with the Registrar authorizing access.
     Graduate College, Law and Dental - Admissions decisions, Residency
     Holds - Library, Parking, Student Health
     Adds/Drops students in class - Departments -complicated security profile
     Honors College - designates own students

Data entered with Student Accounts authorizing access
     Controller's Office - International ODNR screen. Note - problem when RESI screen overlays work. Conducting research and testing to correct.

5. What data does your unit (Registrar) enter and manage that is unique?

Catalog and Curriculum
     Special Fees List - by Class - approved by Registrar
     Build courses based on other information
     Add programs and majors - approved by Board of Regents
     Add courses, minors and concentrations - approved by curriculum committee
     Add departments - approved by Provost
     Add section numbers - approved by ?? - in some circumstances sections determine tuition charge

Admissions - Undergraduate application information and decisions.

Evaluators - Residency

SIS Admin - Immunization & Student Athlete holds and removal

Scheduling - upload data from Astra to SIS

DARS

Registrar provides user authorization for
     All access to SIS with two exceptions - Student Accounts and HR
     Access to Oracle Data Warehouse
     Access to DataNet

Overall maintenance of Student Education Records
      Status
     Standing
     Upload of grades from Web Grading
     On-line transcripts to WEB
     E-mail generation
     FOCUS reports for reporting, and to select data to be used as input to batch update processes.