Reporting with the

New Race/Ethnicity Categories

Datamasters’ Brown Bag

9/29/09

Copies of these powerpoints and the

handouts are available at

dmi.illinois.edu/banneraids

Topics•Review new r/e groupsReview new r/e groups

•List Reporting optionsList Reporting options

•Crosswalk old newCrosswalk old new

•Other considerationsOther considerations

•TimingTiming

Internationals

The race/ethnicity groups The race/ethnicity groups are intended for US are intended for US citizens and permanent citizens and permanent residents only. residents only.

In general, never include In general, never include international students, international students, faculty, or staff in faculty, or staff in race/ethnicity breakouts. race/ethnicity breakouts.

Internationals

… … unless the job requires unless the job requires it!!it!!

Two Ethnicity Groups

• Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino

• Non-Hispanic/LatinoNon-Hispanic/Latino

American Indian or Alaskan American Indian or Alaskan Native (includes S. & Central Native (includes S. & Central American tribes)American tribes)

Black or African AmericanBlack or African American

WhiteWhite

AsianAsian

Native Hawaiian or Pacific Native Hawaiian or Pacific IslanderIslander

Five Racial Groups

1.1. IPEDS (Federal)IPEDS (Federal)

2.2. Count in each group Count in each group checkedchecked

3.3. IPEDS Plus 2IPEDS Plus 2

4.4. IPEDS Plus 1IPEDS Plus 1

Reporting Options

• InternationalInternational

• HispanicHispanic

• Non-Hispanic single race by Non-Hispanic single race by race (5)race (5)

• Non-Hispanic multi-race (1)Non-Hispanic multi-race (1)

• Non-Hispanic unknown race Non-Hispanic unknown race (1)(1)

Nine total categoriesNine total categories

1. Federal (IPEDS) R/E 1. Federal (IPEDS) R/E CategoriesCategories

• Useful if you need to report # Useful if you need to report # who self-identify as a particular who self-identify as a particular r/e r/e

•Example: If a person selected Example: If a person selected Hispanic and Asian, count Hispanic and Asian, count him/her in both groupshim/her in both groups

• 8 groups, counting unknown8 groups, counting unknown

Totals will contain Totals will contain duplicatesduplicates

2. Count in Each Group 2. Count in Each Group CheckedChecked

• 9 IPEDS categories9 IPEDS categories

• Two additional columns for Two additional columns for anyone who checked :anyone who checked :

•Black/African American Black/African American

•Native American/Alaskan Native American/Alaskan NativeNative

•Confusing to the readerConfusing to the reader

3. IPEDS Plus 23. IPEDS Plus 2

9 IPEDS categories plus one 9 IPEDS categories plus one additional column labeled additional column labeled “Underrepresented Minority” “Underrepresented Minority” for anyone who checked any for anyone who checked any group considered group considered underrepresented:underrepresented:

•Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino

•Black/African American Black/African American

•Native American/Alaskan NativeNative American/Alaskan Native

•Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander ?Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander ?

4. IPEDS Plus 14. IPEDS Plus 1

Suggestions from the Suggestions from the floor ? floor ?

6. Other?6. Other?

• For longitudinal studies r/e For longitudinal studies r/e will not be consistently will not be consistently collectedcollected

• Will need to crosswalk old Will need to crosswalk old categories to new or new to oldcategories to new or new to old

• Do this any way you want, but Do this any way you want, but please document!please document!

CrosswalkingCrosswalking

• Hispanic Hispanic Hispanic ethnicity, Hispanic ethnicity, unknown raceunknown race

• Asian/Pacific Islander Asian/Pacific Islander Asian, not HispanicAsian, not Hispanic

• Native American Native American American American Indian/Alaskan Native, not Indian/Alaskan Native, not HispanicHispanic

• White, African American White, African American no no changechange

Crosswalk Old to NewCrosswalk Old to New

•Hispanic ethnicity Hispanic ethnicity Hispanic Hispanic racerace

•Asian or Native Asian or Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, not Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, not Hispanic Hispanic Asian/Pacific Asian/Pacific IslanderIslander

•American Indian/Alaskan American Indian/Alaskan Native, not Hispanic Native, not Hispanic Native Native American American

Crosswalk New to OldCrosswalk New to Old

•Multiple races, not Hispanic Multiple races, not Hispanic choose at random from the choose at random from the races selected, races selected,

or choose Native American, or choose Native American, African American, Asian, White African American, Asian, White in that orderin that order

Crosswalk New to OldCrosswalk New to Old

Local database structures or flat Local database structures or flat file extracts will need to be file extracts will need to be modified. modified.

Suggestion: Any table/file with a Suggestion: Any table/file with a person-record and r/e info in person-record and r/e info in one column now ideally will one column now ideally will have 6 columns plus the IPEDS have 6 columns plus the IPEDS groupgroup

You may also want to keep the You may also want to keep the old r/e code on the record as old r/e code on the record as well.well.

Other considerations: Local Other considerations: Local DBDB

•Subgroups will be collected for Subgroups will be collected for faculty & staff only faculty & staff only

•All subgroups map up to one All subgroups map up to one of the standard race/ethnicity of the standard race/ethnicity groupsgroups

•Databases or flat files: will you Databases or flat files: will you store both characters or just store both characters or just one?one?

Other considerations - Subgroups

•Anyone who checked any of the Anyone who checked any of the groups historically considered groups historically considered underrepresentedunderrepresented

•What about Native Hawaiian & What about Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander?Pacific Islander?

Other considerations: what Other considerations: what will we count as will we count as

underrepresented or underrepresented or minority?minority?

Reports using an expression Reports using an expression like “Self-identified like “Self-identified Race/Ethnicity” probably should Race/Ethnicity” probably should be changed since faculty/staff be changed since faculty/staff who refuse to submit R/E info who refuse to submit R/E info will have their R/E information will have their R/E information entered by them based on visual entered by them based on visual identification. identification.

Other considerations: Other considerations: ““Self-identified” labelSelf-identified” label

• Admission applications Admission applications starting nowstarting now

• Enrollments as of Summer, Enrollments as of Summer, 20102010

• Faculty/Staff in Fall, 2010Faculty/Staff in Fall, 2010

Timing IssuesTiming Issues

DiscussionDiscussion