Student Data dashboards provide Cal Answers users with the ability to view and analyze student data in order to answer questions and improve decision making. The student data dashboards currently available in Cal Answers...
Prompts with a checkmark allow you to select one value.
Prompts with checkboxes allow you to select multiple values.
Enter Multiple Codes or Numeric Values
When you want to select multiple numeric values and you know the codes, it isn’t necessary to select them from a drop-down list. You can type or paste them into the prompt separated...
Most of the student dashboards include Graduate student data. These dashboards in the Student Demographics & Outcomes subject area do not include Graduate Student data:
Graduation, Retention and Time to Degree Multiple Majors
Student Demographics and Outcomes reporting incorporates data for both registered students and awarded degrees. This data helps staff understand the composition and academic behaviors of our student body, as well as examine outcomes, such as retention and graduation, for different groups. Cal Answers allows integration of student demographics and outcomes data with a variety of other data sources,...
The Overview tab of each dashboard has links to wiki documentation that explains the dashboard reports and a data dictionary that explains the columns used in the prompts and reports.
Working with the VC-Equity & Inclusion's office, we have implemented a change in how the Pacific Islander ethnicity category rolls up in Cal Answers student reporting. Rather than appearing under the "Asian/Pacific Islander" level 1 ethnicity category, the group will now be under "Underrepresented Minority." In addition, the level 1 category of "Asian/Pacific Islander" will change to "Asian". To ensure that trend reporting continues to work correctly, this change will apply to all historical data for both undergraduate and graduate students in Cal Answers. Note that no level 2 or level...
We have recently created several new Cal Answers Student dashboard reports, in addition to updating several others.
Summer by Multiple Fields This new report tab is in the Student Demographics & Outcomes > Census dashboard. It provides access to a customizable table of census and end-of-term student counts for Summer terms, by student level, summer student type, and campus unit. The table can display additional fields that you select from a list of 16 choices, including gender, level 1 ethnicity, level 2...
