Annual Academic Summaries & Other Aggregate Reporting
The Annual Academic Summaries (AAS) dashboard collects aggregate information about students, faculty, instructors, and classes to provide University leadership, Department Chairs, and other support staff with a clear and comprehensive snapshot of their department, IDP, or school trends over the past 10 years. This includes aggregate data on class offerings, average class sizes, faculty headcounts, academic plans of students, and similar reports.
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Annual Academic Summaries Dashboard
Additional Aggregate User Reporting:
Teaching Activity by Instructor Group
Distributions of Units Taken by Cohort Year and Academic Plan
How can I get access to Annual Academic Summaries and other aggregate reporting?
When should I use the Annual Academic Summaries dashboard?
- You need a snapshot of an academic year(s), not current data.
For example, use AAS when you want to look at snapshot data for a specific academic year(s). Do not use AAS when you are answering a real time question such as, “how many students are enrolled in units for the current quarter, as of this week?”
- You need aggregate data, not row level data.
For example, use AAS when you want to look at aggregate trend data for an academic year(s), such as counts of appointed faculty in a department each year by professoriate level. Do not use AAS when you need a list of something, such as a list of all students enrolled in courses in your department for the current quarter.
- You need to share data with department leadership and/or faculty.
Access to AAS can be granted to a wider group of users, including faculty, leadership, and staff in other relevant roles (see access guidlines here). If you need to share aggregate trend data over time with department leadership and/or faculty, AAS is ideal because you simply send them a link to the dashboard via email, without any report manipulation or exporting.
Guidelines for appropriate use of Annual Academic Summaries:
- DO share with departmental faculty, academic administrative staff, and departmental instructors
- DO share within your department in relevant administrative contexts
- DO use these data for curriculum and department reviews
- DO consult with IR&DS if you have questions about using these data (irdsgeneral@lists.stanford.edu)
- DON’T publish these data on a departmental website
- DON’T share with student audiences, external audiences, or with the media
- DON’T send it to staff who do not need the data to perform departmental duties
- DON’T cite these data in academic research without prior consultation with IR&DS