Trends in Starfish Contact Data
Last Updated |
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04/03/2025 |
Description |
Contact data from the Starfish scheduling system aggregating contact over time and including academic characteristics and student demographics for enrolled student contacts. |
Report URL |
https://tableau.wisconsin.edu/#/views/StarfishViz/HomePage |
Data Cookbook URL (requires authorization) |
https://uwmadison.datacookbook.com/institution/reports/60064/versions/78936 |
Data Domain(s) |
Advising, Student Record |
Access Restrictions |
Student Record Data Internal |
Data Source Information |
InfoAccess, Starfish |
Data View Information |
UW.RETENTION_SEMESTER_HISTORY and UW.STDNT_MULTITERM for enrolled student data, UW.ACADEMIC_PLAN and associated for plan and subplan information, UW.UGRD_RECRUITMENT_CATEGORY and UW.STDNT_ETHNIC_REPORTING and associated for demographic information. |
Update Schedule |
Data are updated manually (tentatively scheduled for monthly) |
Responsible Office |
Data, Academic Planning & Institutional Research |
Important Notes |
Technical notes: Students who have the same appointment with multiple services will have a contact record for each service. Students who were able to select multiple reasons within the kiosk check-in process will have multiple contact records for each reason. Students are only able to select one contact reason as of March 2025. |
Definitions
Name | Functional Definition | Data Domains |
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Academic Level | Indicates whether a student is an undergraduate, graduate or professional, or special student. For undergraduates, students are freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior based on accumulated credits, not the duration of time at the University. |
University of Wisconsin - Madison |
Academic Year (Su,Fa,Sp) | An academic year consists of sequential summer, fall, and spring terms. For example, the 2021-22 academic years includes summer 2021, fall 2021, and spring 2022. |
Academic Planning |
Athletic Participation | This field specifies the sport a student actively participates in or their non-participatory association with Athletics, such as receiving services or medical hardship. |
Student Record |
Campus ID | This is simply a unique student identifier (10 digits). It may occasionally change at the student's request. It is not the same as ID in the Student Information System (SIS) or ID in the Human Resources System (HRS). |
Student Record |
Career (Academic Structure) | A broad grouping of students related to their degree objectives and admitting office. Used for tuition charges, awarding financial aid, grading scales and other operational functions. |
Academic Planning, Student Record |
First Generation Status (Undergraduate) | An undergraduate is considered a first generation student if they reported on their application for admission that neither of their parents had earned a four-year college degree. All others, including those who did not respond to the question are considered non-first generation. |
Student Record |
ID (SIS) | SIS personal identifier. It is also called a "student Empl ID." The ID will never be changed throughout the individual's relationship with the University. This is not the same as Campus ID. This is not the same as HR ID or the ID field from HRS or the Empl ID from HRS. |
Student Record |
International Students | Non-immigrant visitors who come to the United States temporarily to take classes. |
University of Wisconsin - Madison |
Legal Sex | A person's biological or reassigned sex as printed on legal documents. Categories include Female (F), Male (M), Another Legal Sex (X), undisclosed (U). Definition provided by the Data Guidelines for Legal Sex and Gender, endorsed by the Data Governance Council Feb 20, 2024 and published at https://uwmadison.box.com/s/8m8ibkv81kxbmkl5ijafbpkm2onicnms |
University of Wisconsin - Madison |
Matriculation Admit Type | The admissions status of the student in the academic career matriculation term. For example, FYR/First Year Student (applies to UGRD careers only), NEW/New to career (does not apply to UGRD careers), RAD/Readmitted to career, RET/Re-admitted with transfer work (applies to UGRD careers only), TRF/Transfer (does not apply to Grad and Special students). |
Academic Planning, Student Record |
Named Option | A named option is a formally documented sub-major within an academic major program. |
Academic Planning, Student Record |
Race/Ethnicity (Federal) | The methodology specified by the federal government for classifying individuals' self-reported race/ethnicity into a single race/ethnicity category. An individual who self-reports as Hispanic ethnicity is classified as Hispanic even if other racial identities are provided. Individuals who do not self-report as Hispanic are classified in their single race category if only one race was provided, or in a "2 or more races" category if more than one race is provided. Student race/ethnicity only applies to domestic (non-international) students. |
Employee Record, Student Record |
School/College of Student | The student's primary school/college. Some students have a second major or pursue a certificate in another school/college. |
University of Wisconsin - Madison |
Term | A period of instruction: Fall, Spring, or Summer. |
University of Wisconsin - Madison |