Reporting with the New Race/Ethnicity Categories Datamasters’ Brown Bag 9/29/09

1. Reporting with the New Race/Ethnicity Categories Datamasters’ Brown Bag 9/29/09

2. Copies of these powerpoints and the handouts are available at dmi.illinois.edu/banneraids

3. Topics • Review new r/e groups • List Reporting options • Crosswalk old new • Other considerations • Timing

4. Internationals The race/ethnicity groups are intended for US citizens and permanent residents only. In general, never include international students, faculty, or staff in race/ethnicity breakouts.

5. Internationals … unless the job requires it!!

6. Two Ethnicity Groups • Hispanic/Latino • Non-Hispanic/Latino

7. Five Racial Groups • American Indian or Alaskan Native (includes S. & Central American tribes) • Black or African American • White • Asian • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander

8. Reporting Options IPEDS (Federal) Count in each group checked IPEDS Plus 2 IPEDS Plus 1

9. 1. Federal (IPEDS) R/E Categories • International • Hispanic • Non-Hispanic single race by race (5) • Non-Hispanic multi-race (1) • Non-Hispanic unknown race (1) • Nine total categories

10. 2. Count in Each Group Checked • Useful if you need to report # who self-identify as a particular r/e • Example: If a person selected Hispanic and Asian, count him/her in both groups • 8 groups, counting unknown • Totals will contain duplicates

11. 3. IPEDS Plus 2 • 9 IPEDS categories • Two additional columns for anyone who checked : • Black/African American • Native American/Alaskan Native • Confusing to the reader

12. 4. IPEDS Plus 1 • 9 IPEDS categories plus one additional column labeled “Underrepresented Minority” for anyone who checked any group considered underrepresented: • Hispanic/Latino • Black/African American • Native American/Alaskan Native • Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander ?

13. 6. Other? Suggestions from the floor ?

14. Crosswalking • For longitudinal studies r/e will not be consistently collected • Will need to crosswalk old categories to new or new to old • Do this any way you want, but please document!

15. Crosswalk Old to New • Hispanic  Hispanic ethnicity, unknown race • Asian/Pacific Islander  Asian, not Hispanic • Native American  American Indian/Alaskan Native, not Hispanic • White, African American  no change

16. Crosswalk New to Old • Hispanic ethnicity  Hispanic race • Asian or Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, not Hispanic  Asian/Pacific Islander • American Indian/Alaskan Native, not Hispanic  Native American

17. Crosswalk New to Old • Multiple races, not Hispanic  choose at random from the races selected, • or choose Native American, African American, Asian, White in that order

18. Other considerations: Local DB • Local database structures or flat file extracts will need to be modified. • Suggestion: Any table/file with a person-record and r/e info in one column now ideally will have 6 columns plus the IPEDS group • You may also want to keep the old r/e code on the record as well.

19. Other considerations - Subgroups • Subgroups will be collected for faculty & staff only • All subgroups map up to one of the standard race/ethnicity groups • Databases or flat files: will you store both characters or just one?

20. Other considerations: what will we count as underrepresented or minority? • Anyone who checked any of the groups historically considered underrepresented • What about Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander?

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

22. Timing Issues • Admission applications starting now • Enrollments as of Summer, 2010 • Faculty/Staff in Fall, 2010

23. Discussion