Data Governance

Objectives:

• Establish a sustainable organizational framework with clearly defined roles and responsibilities for data management and strategy
• Develop a robust communication strategy that ensures inclusive representation and transparency
• Increase the overall trust in data through implementation of a data quality process
• Identify authoritative sources of truth for data integrity and reporting
• Develop and maintain a consistent definition of the data and its business rules
• Increase accessibility and usage of data through streamlined processes, documentation, and training
• Develop a robust security and usage model
• Eliminate redundant or conflicting processes and practices
• Establish a metadata process to ensure definitions, business rules, policies, documents, and updates are accessible and searchable
• Generate awareness around the appropriate use of data and the need for governance, compliance, documentation, and context
• Develop and maintain system architecture that aligns data sources and relationships

Guiding Principles:

• Data Governance will be facilitated centrally, executed “locally”
• Clear accountability and stewardship will be established for shared data
• Investment will be made in people, training, and practices to effectively govern and manage data
• Collaboration, communication, and transparency will be embraced across departments
• Data Governance objectives and outcomes will be monitored, measured, and reported
• Refining data architecture will be an enterprise-wide endeavor
• Data for reporting and analytics will originate from the appropriate source systems and be vetted by Institutional Effectiveness
• Data Governance practices will be prioritized and embedded within business and IT processes
• We will align to defined industry standards whenever possible
• Participation in Data Governance processes is mandatory
• Our decisions will be student and mission driven

Check back soon. Our policies are currently under development.

Lead by Institutional Effectiveness: Andrew Nguyen, Lindsay Graham, Kirsten Kortz

Executive Sponsors: Allison Dolan-Wilson (VP Institutional Advancement), Mike McCarthy (CFO, COO), Danny Rivera (CTO)

External Consultants: SAS

College Stakeholders:

• Mike Swiniarski (Institutional Effectiveness)
• Stella Vlahakis (Institutional Effectiveness)
• Shawna Lind (Registrar)
• Patty Gauron (HR)
• Marissa Elliott (CFO Office)
• Despina Lambropoulos (Financial Aid)
• Kirsten Kortz (Institutional Effectiveness)
• Joan Scionti (Student Affairs)
• Lindsay Graham (Institutional Effectiveness)
• Lori Smerdon (Institutional Advancement)
• KB Borruso (Management Information Systems)
• Danny Rivera (IT)
• Michelle Jackson (IT)