Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange

1700 Asp Ave.
Norman, OK 73072

Phone: 405-325-2158
Fax: 405-325-7309
csrde@ou.edu

The Frozen Files System as a Data Source for Retention Studies
presented by Rob Stirton, Schoolcraft College

Date of webinar: August 13, 2008

*Materials for this webinar are not currently available.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION
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Abstract

Datatel Colleague, SunGuard SCT Banner, PeopleSoft, etc. represent a college’s ‘transactional’ database; it maintains all the data relevant to college functions and student academic records. As such, it is constantly updated with new data. Thus, it is not designed to recreate history. Frozen Files capture a ‘snapshot’ of specific data elements in select files across each and every semester. As the name implies, Frozen Files are stored outside of transactional databases. They allow institutions to study student intent (admission/prospect) to performance (end-of-semester) each and every semester. The system narrows the concept of retention from fall to fall to within a semester. This presentation will provide a complete example system including files, data elements, reports, and how it is being used to improve campus projects, processes, policies, and procedures.

The Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange at the University of Oklahoma is a consortium of two-year and four-year institutions dedicated to achieving the highest levels of student success through collaboratively sharing data, knowledge, and innovation.

CSRDE is a sponsored activity of the Center for Institutional Data Exchange and Analysis at