Business Glossary
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GPA Overall
Created:
Jul 30, 2015 10:30 am
Status:
Accepted
A student's overall academic performance, which is calculated as a numerical average of grades earned in all courses. The GPA is determined on a 4.0 scale, and the overall looks at the total of the GPA.
Data Domain
Academics
Community
Degree Audit
Security Requirement
Restricted
Gradable Identifier
Created:
Sep 25, 2014 1:50 pm
Status:
Accepted
Y or N based on if the course/section is gradable.
Data Domain
Academics
Community
Student
Security Requirement
Public
% Graded
Created:
Mar 30, 2016 1:37 pm
Status:
Candidate
Shows the % of the student graded by the instructor
Data Domain
Academics
Community
Course Registration
Security Requirement
Public
Grade Mode Code
Created:
Sep 25, 2014 1:50 pm
Status:
Accepted
Grade code for the course
Data Domain
Academics
Community
Student
Security Requirement
Public
Grade Mode Desc
Created:
Apr 29, 2020 11:44 am
Status:
Accepted
Description of the grade mode for the course.
Data Domain
Academics
Community
Course Registration
Security Requirement
Restricted
Grade Outstanding?
Created:
Jul 03, 2014 12:41 pm
Status:
Accepted
The number of students that have not received a grade
Data Domain
Academics
Community
Office of the Registrar
Security Requirement
Restricted
Grade Point Average
Created:
Oct 23, 2014 4:12 pm
Status:
Accepted
The value of the total quality points divided by the Credit Hours for Grade Point Average.
Data Domain
Academics
Community
Office of Institutional Research and Planning
Security Requirement
Restricted
Grades Outstanding
Created:
Mar 30, 2016 1:37 pm
Status:
Accepted
Shows the count of the grade not being submitted
Data Domain
Academics
Community
Course Registration
Security Requirement
Public
Grades Submitted
Created:
Mar 30, 2016 1:37 pm
Status:
Accepted
Shows the count of the grades submitted
Data Domain
Academics
Community
Course Registration
Security Requirement
Public
Grade Submitted?
Created:
Jul 03, 2014 12:41 pm
Status:
Accepted
The number of students that have received a grade
Data Domain
Academics
Community
Office of the Registrar
Security Requirement
Restricted
Grad Term
Created:
Jan 07, 2015 3:19 pm
Status:
Accepted
Graduation Term
Data Domain
Academics
Community
Student Graduation
Security Requirement
Public
Graduate Assistant
Created:
Jul 20, 2015 10:33 am
Status:
Accepted
Graduate Assistants are graduate students hired for
primarily non-research activities such as teaching and administrative duties
related to their program of study. Graduate Assistants are paid a monthly
salary as compensation for their service to the university. Their duties may
include leading a discussion section, teaching a course or laboratory section,
writing proposals, or supporting the operation of a laboratory. In their role as Graduate Assistants, they do
not work on research projects that are designed to produce generalizable
knowledge.
Data Domain
Academics
Community
Enrollment Management
Security Requirement
Restricted
% Graduated
Created:
Jan 22, 2024 1:31 pm
Status:
Under Review
Percent of students who Graduated out of total students who were enrolled
Data Domain
Community
Enrollment Management
Security Requirement
Restricted
Graduated on Time
Created:
May 13, 2020 3:51 pm
Status:
Accepted
Indicates if a student graduated within the specified program time-to-completion. All "on-time" definitions are published in the SMHS time-to-complete tables
Data Domain
Academics
Community
School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS)
Security Requirement
Public
Graduated on Time Rate
Created:
May 13, 2020 3:51 pm
Status:
Accepted
Percentage of students that graduated within the specified time-to-completion
Data Domain
Academics
Community
School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS)
Security Requirement
Public
Graduated Y/N
Created:
Sep 20, 2019 3:45 pm
Status:
Accepted
It indicates if a student is graduated with the same level from the student educational planner
Data Domain
Academics
Community
Student Graduation
Security Requirement
Restricted
Graduate Fellow (GF)
Created:
Jul 20, 2015 10:33 am
Status:
Candidate
Graduate Fellows are graduate students in a
pure training role. Graduate fellowships may be funded by the university or an external grant making body. Graduate fellows receive educational assistance, such as tuition fellowships or stipends, as appropriate, to support their training. If their educational assistance is funded by an external entity, the funding instrument must allow for training experience and
not be specifically disallowed by the funding announcement, the funding agency,
or any other source. Graduate
fellows are not
expected to provide services to the university.
Data Domain
Academics
Community
Enrollment Management
Security Requirement
Restricted
Graduate Research Assistant
Created:
Jul 20, 2015 10:33 am
Status:
Candidate
Graduate Research Assistants are graduate students who are
employed by the university and are supported by internal or external funding sources.
Graduate Research Assistants are paid a monthly salary as compensation for the
work they perform and/or the products they produce for the Principal
Investigator of the project on which they are working. Their work on
research projects are designed to produce generalizable knowledge.
Data Domain
Academics
Community
Enrollment Management
Security Requirement
Restricted
Graduate Research Fellow (GRF)
Created:
Jul 20, 2015 10:33 am
Status:
Candidate
Graduate Research Fellows are graduate students who are supported by internal or external funding sources and who are engaged primarily in research training activities. Graduate research fellows receive educational assistance, such as tuition fellowships or stipends, as appropriate, to support their training. If their educational assistance is funded by an external entity, the funding instrument must
allow for training experience
and not be specifically disallowed by the funding announcement, the funding
agency, or any other source. As part of
their education, graduate research fellows may, but will not necessarily, engage in activities that benefit a university research project.
Data Domain
Academics
Community
Enrollment Management
Security Requirement
Restricted
Graduate Salary
Created:
Jul 20, 2015 10:33 am
Status:
Candidate
This term refers to monthly graduate salaries paid to GAs
and GRAs as payment for their services.
Data Domain
Academics
Community
Enrollment Management
Security Requirement
Restricted
Graduation Application
Created:
Jul 30, 2015 10:46 am
Status:
Accepted
Student's intent to complete program requirements in the application semester.
Data Domain
Academics
Community
Degree Audit
Security Requirement
Restricted
Graduation Authorize ID
Created:
Mar 08, 2021 10:59 am
Status:
Accepted
This field identifies the person who added or updated the graduation application.
Data Domain
Academics
Community
Student Graduation
Security Requirement
Restricted
Graduation College
Created:
Aug 09, 2016 10:33 am
Status:
Accepted
The GW college which the students graduated from.
Data Domain
Academics
Community
Office of Institutional Research and Planning
Security Requirement
Restricted
Graduation Date
Created:
Nov 12, 2019 1:52 pm
Status:
Accepted
Standardized month and day for each of the three graduation terms. Year reflects the graduation year.
Data Domain
Academics
Community
School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS)
Security Requirement
Public
Graduation Date
Created:
Sep 25, 2014 3:31 pm
Status:
Accepted
A student will be awarded the graduation date for the term in which degree requirements, including submission of supporting documents, have been met. Although course work may have been completed in a prior term, the degree will be awarded only for the term for which all academic and administrative requirements have been fulfilled.
Data Domain
Academics
Community
Student Graduation
Security Requirement
Restricted