Iowa State EAB data request
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| Submitted | Dec. 7, 2020 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Todd Feathers
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Iowa Open Records Law, I hereby request the following records:
1) An up-to-date report from the university's Education Advisory Board (EAB) system documenting undergraduate students' predicted risk scores, broken down in aggregate by the following categories:
- Race
- Gender
- Major
- GPA Group
- Race AND Gender
- Race AND Major
- Race AND Gender AND Major
- Race AND GPA group
- Race AND Gender AND GPA group
This data is stored in the university's EAB system as part of the Student Success Collaborative tool and can easily be searched and compiled into reports, as demonstrated by the attached example document provided by the University of Houston in response to a similar public records request for data from its EAB system. Please note that I am not requesting any personally identifying information, but rather aggregate data for the aforementioned groups.
2) All predictive model reports and threshold reports provided to the university by EAB as part of the Student Success Collaborative product.
I ask that all fees be waived as I am a journalist and I intend to use the requested records to publish articles in the public interest and not for any commercial purpose
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter.
I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Todd Feathers
From: Iowa State University
Good morning,
We have received your public records request. Please note that MuckRock is using an outdated email address for requests. As indicated at https://www.ur.iastate.edu/records/, public records requests are to be directed to me at srippke@iastate.edu<mailto:srippke@iastate.edu?subject=Public%20Records%20Request>.
Our fee schedule may be found at http://www.ur.iastate.edu/records/#charges. Prior to incurring any charges, we will inform you of the estimated cost to provide records responsive to your request. Pre-payment is required and we do not waive fees.
Regards,
Sheryl
Sheryl Rippke, RP
Policy Administrator<http://www.policy.iastate.edu/> & Public Records Officer<http://www.ur.iastate.edu/records/>
ISU Office of University Counsel
3550 Beardshear Hall
Iowa State University
515-294-1385
From: Iowa State University
Good afternoon,
We do not have up-to-date data and will not have it until May/June because we have to 1) build a new model and 2) have IT upload the input information. Our model is currently out of date and we have not had the time to update it due to the loss of some of our EAB personnel. You may wish to check back in February for a better estimate of when the information you seek might be available.
Regards,
Sheryl Rippke
From: Todd Feathers
Hi Sheryl,
Thank you very much for the update. I'll happily accept the most recent data you have via EAB in lieu of current data.
Best,
Todd
From: Iowa State University
Good afternoon,
Attached is an invoice for the estimated work required to provide the records you have requested. Your pre-payment is required before the records will be assembled. Upon completion of the work,
* If actual charges are less than the pre‐paid estimate, the difference will be refunded.
* If actual charges exceed the pre‐paid estimate, the difference will be billed to you.
The only form of payment we can accept is a check. Please remit your check as indicated on the invoice. Upon receipt, we will proceed with fulfilling your request.
Regards,
Sheryl
Sheryl Rippke, RP
Policy Administrator<http://www.policy.iastate.edu/> & Public Records Officer<http://www.ur.iastate.edu/records/>
ISU Office of University Counsel
3550 Beardshear Hall
Iowa State University
515-294-1385
From: Todd Feathers
To Whom It May Concern:
Please find enclosed a check for $120.00 to satisfy the fee associated with the attached public records request.
Thank you.
Iowa State University
Public Records Office
1350 Beardshear Hall
515 Morrill Road
Ames, IA 50011
From: Iowa State University
Good morning,
Attached are the records you requested. No additional charge or refund applies.
De-identified data may be disclosed without individualized consent required by FERPA (34 CFR §99.30 and 34 CFR §99.31(b)(1)). In order for data to be considered de-identified all personally identifiable information (PII) must be removed, including, but not limited to, any information that, alone or in combination is linkable to a specific student that a reasonable person could use to identify a student with reasonable certainty. Under this standard, PII includes not only direct identifiers, such as names, IDs, etc., but also any other sensitive and non-sensitive information that, alone or combined with other information that is linked or linkable to a specific student, would allow identification. When making a determination as to whether data has been sufficiently de-identified, it is necessary to take into consideration cumulative re-identification risk from all previous data releases and other reasonably available information, including publicly-available directory information and de-identified data releases from education records as well as other sources. Given the limited number of students of particular races within particular majors, this data cannot be sufficiently de-identified.
Regards,
Sheryl
Sheryl Rippke, RP
Policy Administrator<http://www.policy.iastate.edu/> & Public Records Officer<http://www.ur.iastate.edu/records/>
ISU Office of University Counsel
3550 Beardshear Hall
Iowa State University
515-294-1385
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Fall 2020 Degree Seeking Students 12-11-20_redacted
From: Todd Feathers
Hello Sheryl,
A belated thank you for providing this data, I really appreciate it!
Could you please also provide the EAB predictive model report (for the model used during the period covered by this data) in response to part two of my request?
Best,
Todd
From: Iowa State University
Your email to srippke@iastate.edu was NOT delivered.
Sheryl Rippke is no longer associated with Iowa State University.
For ISU business, please contact alelis@iastate.edu
For personal matters, no email address has been supplied
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