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Producing uploadable txt files for IPEDS reporting, one submission at a time
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GR doesn't account for student who switch program-types #52

Closed AlisonLanski closed 2 years ago

AlisonLanski commented 2 years ago

The code assumes all students start and complete in the same program-type. If a student changes from a 4-yr to a 1-yr program, for example, it does not handle their data correctly

Students should be reported in the section related to their starting-cohort program-type. Within the correct section, their 150% completion should be reported for their actual program-type instead of their starting-program-type.

For example:

  1. Of those who start in our 2-4 program, those who finish the 48-hour program within 150% (3 years, in their case) get counted in Completed150 and should show up in column/line 12 of section III. If they change majors and complete one of our bachelor’s degrees instead, they remain in the other degree-seeking cohort, but are reported in column 18 of section III.
  2. Of those who start in the bachelor's degree-seeking cohort, those who finish their bacc degree in six years get reported in line/column 18, section II. Those who change majors to the pre-vet/pre-health programs and complete their 48 hours in 3 years get counted in line/column 12, section II.

This is not the behavior of the current package.

Issue reported by University of Nebraska - Lincoln by Jason Casey

AlisonLanski commented 2 years ago

this will also need a documentation/vignette update

AlisonLanski commented 2 years ago

should be fixed; will wait to close until Jason Casey confirms or I get tired of waiting

AlisonLanski commented 2 years ago

JC on vacation; local testing seemed fine. Can reopen if this is a continuing issue