EGTs added for students admitted for fall 2018

On September 18, 2018, we entered an Expected Graduation Term (EGT) into the Student Program/Plan for all new Twin Cities undergraduate admits. Both New High School (NHS) and New Advanced Standing (NAS) students now have an EGT applied to their records.

On November 12, 2018, we will add the degree checkout status of “applied” to the Student Program/Plan for any Twin Cities undergraduate who has achieved 75% progress toward their degree.

• Several reports were updated to add the degree checkout status data:
• Major/minor roster
• Student group roster
• Student roster detail list
• My advisees with confirmed education abroad programs
• Education abroad confirmed students by college

We are developing a query to help identify students who have a missing EGT. It is currently in the testing phase and in the future will be available in Reporting Center.

TADA project updates

The Transfer Articulation and Degree Audit (TADA) project is still in the technical phase, but there is progress to report:

• The integration of PeopleSoft to Dars has been updated
• The plan for legacy data has been vetted by the vendor
• An APAS report has been run in uAchieve! (an internal milestone, but exciting nonetheless)

For more updates, visit the TADA project site or review September RAC minutes.

2018 election - campaign activities

The University encourages students, faculty, and staff to engage and vote. However, be reminded that federal and state laws prohibit the use of University resources to support specific candidates, ballot initiatives, or referenda. University of Minnesota political engagement policies reflect these legal regulations. More information is available via the 2018 guidelines for political campaign related activities.

FERPA Q&A

Q: Can one graduate program share a list of denied applicants with another program at the University that may want to recruit the students?

A: No, the applicant information should not be shared. Application information is private educational information under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act and is later protected by FERPA for anyone that attends the institution. An alternative method would be for the graduate program to forward information on behalf of other programs, or request the applicants’ permission to share their contact or application information.