The 16-digit number found on BuckID cards has been reclassified from S3 to S4 institutional data. This means that it is now considered restricted data and requires stricter safeguards due to its various applications, including functionality as a debit card number, potentially increasing the risk of identity theft and financial loss if compromised.
Note that this change does not apply to the staff or student eight or nine-digit ID number, which is also printed on BuckID cards. This number remains at an S2 classification level.
Ohio State’s Data Governance team launched a new initiative in 2022 to standardize institutional definitions, partnering with colleagues across the university.
Our latest definition for "Learner" is ready for community review. The group is open to hearing from all faculty and staff from the university and Wexner Medical Center during the review period. Those interested in reviewing these definitions are asked to fill out this Qualtrics survey by Wednesday, May 8 .
The Data Governance team is ready to convene the working group for the next institutional definition session. The session to discuss the institutional definition for the term "Learner" will occur on Thursday, April 4.
Part of this group’s efforts in helping to standardize institutional definitions involves facilitating the development of working groups, consisting of university and medical center subject matter experts and data stewards. Read on to see how you can get involved.
The Data Governance team is ready to convene the working groups for the next two institutional definitions sessions. The session for University Class Ranking System (Rank 1, Rank 2, Rank 3, Rank 4) will occur on Friday, November 17. The session for Race and Ethnicity will occur on Tuesday, November 28.
Part of this group’s efforts in helping to standardize institutional definitions involves facilitating the development of working groups, consisting of university and medical center subject matter experts and data stewards. Read on to see how you can get involved.
The Data Governance team is ready to conduct the next working group for the Student Domain institutional definitions. Part of this group’s efforts in helping to standardize institutional definitions involves facilitating the development of working groups, consisting of university and medical center subject matter experts and data stewards. Read on to see how you can get involved.
The Data Governance team is ready to kick off the working group for Race and Ethnicity institutional definitions on Tuesday, July 11. Part of this group’s efforts in helping to standardize institutional definitions involves facilitating the development of working groups, consisting of university and medical center subject matter experts and data stewards. Read on to see how you can get involved.
Presently, there are no standard definitions for Pronouns and Legal Sex across the university and Wexner Medical Center as they pertain to institutional data. The Data Governance team works to help standardize institutional definitions by facilitating the development of working groups, comprised of university and medical center subject matter experts and data stewards. After the success of the earlier June session, the Data Governance team is planning a second Pronouns and Legal Sex Institutional Definitions working group session for Wednesday, June 21. Read more to learn how to get involved.
The Data Governance team facilitates the development of working groups, composed of faculty and staff from across the university and medical center, for the purpose of creating standardized institutional definitions.
The Data Governance team is now ready to kick off the working group for Pronouns and Legal Sex institutional definitions. To attend the upcoming session, check out the full post and use the registration information provided.
The OTDI Data Governance team is excited to announce the next four drafting sessions in our definitions initiative .
Check the full blog post for registration information to attend a drafting session from Friday, April 14 through Wednesday, May 31. Specific terms will be discussed during each session. Approved and finalized definitions can be found on the Approved Institutional Definitions webpage.
Feel free to share this information with team members who communicate about student data and may have interest in this project.
Late last year, Ohio State’s Data Governance team launched a new initiative to standardize institutional definitions, partnering with colleagues across the university.
The first batch of these definitions, including full-time student, part-time student, and student rank has been finalized and is posted on the approved institutional definitions webpage . University members are encouraged to review these definitions and keep them in mind when discussing and analyzing student-related data.
The second batch of student-related terms, including definitions for full-time, part-time, and half-time students, is ready for community review. The group is open to hearing from all faculty and staff from the university and Wexner Medical Center during the review period. Those interested in reviewing these definitions are asked to fill out this Qualtrics survey by Friday, February 10 .
