KSU Data Integrity Response Teams

Data Integrity Response Teams, affectionately known as DIRTs, are ad hoc task forces established and facilitated by the Director of Data Integrity Initiatives at the request of the CIO, a Data Trustee, a Metadata Steward, or a Data Steward to diagnose and devise proposed solutions for data integrity problems and issues. Conclusions and recommendations of these DIRT task forces will be shared with Data Stewards and be reviewed and approved by the Data Trustees Governance Council.

Request a New DIRT!

DIRT Issue Exploration Request Form (Please use this online form to submit requests for new DIRT committees).

Note: Data collected through this form will be reviewed each Friday. If your issue requires immediate attention, please send an email to Leigh Funk at lfunk@kennesaw.edu asking that the information submitted be reviewed more quickly.
DIRT Committee Documentation Record (Once a DIRT committee has been established, the team will complete this form to determine the objectives of the committee, document the milestones and to document the final actions & recommendations. The Metadata Steward who co-chairs the DIRT is typically responsible for leading the completion of this document.

Data Integrity Response Teams (DIRTs):

DIRT Title & Date Established	Purpose Statement	Co-Chairs	Status
Fee Waiver Audit July 2009	The purpose of this DIRT was to establish a business process that requires the systematic maintenance of the SORXREF crosswalk table and the A/R detail codes so they accurately translate to the BOR RDTDETC (Regents Standard Tuition Waiver Codes) during each Census period.	Donna Hutcheson & Leigh Funk	Completed
Federal Race Ethnicity Code Implementation November 2009	The purpose of this DIRT is to establish and document a business process and facilitate the clean-up of legacy enthnicity codes in banner so they accurately tranform according to BOR data mappings and initiate the collection of new enthicity codes starting in Fall 2009.	Kim West & Erik Bowe	Completed
Guaranteed Tuition Plan Attribute Implementation November 2009	The purpose of this DIRT was to examine the KSU policy and business practices surrounding the use of GTP attributes.	Cheryl Matson & Donna Hutcheson	Completed
New Nursing Admissions Codes November 2009	The purpose of this DIRT is to establish and document a business process and corresponding metadata coding structures to capture and track the admission application decision codes for nursing students via the Student Cohort on the Additional Student Information Form (SGASADD) as mandated by the BOR.	Kim West & Leigh Funk	Completed
Major Codes - Establishment of the Codes December 2009	The purpose of this DIRT is to establish and document guidelines and processes that will be used to create new major and/or concentration codes that fit within the university wide schema and that specifically match the BOR approved majors list.	Kim West & Leigh Funk	Completed
Major Codes - Catalog & Curriculum Issues December 2009	The purpose of this DIRT is to establish some curricular development expectations to guide programs in the development of new programs, degrees, majors, concentrations, minors etc. Additionally, the purpose of this DIRT is to determine how the Catalog descriptions for programs can be more accurately and consistently represented under the new catalog software vendor.	Val Whitlesey & Leigh Funk	Completed
Major Codes - Monitoring Processes December 2009	The purpse of this DIRT is to establish a business process to monitor and clean-up all major/concentration codes including undeclared majors and concentrations.	Kim West & Donna Hutcheson	Completed
Move On When Ready August 2010	The purpose of this DIRT is to establish and document a business process to implement the BOR mandated MOWR (Move On When Ready) program which is a dual enrollment program for high school students and transfers money from the DOE to the university. Implementation (from the student information system perspective) involves replacing current student type codes with a new code, new admit codes, and a new ‘flat fee’ charge for tuition, fees and materials. We must accept the flat fee (approximately $2500) as payment in full.	Susan Blake & Donna Hutcheson	Completed
AGS Requisition and Pre-encumbrance Close Outs August 2010	The purpose of this DIRT is to establish and document a business and corresponding metadata coding structures to ensure the proper closing of AGS requisitions once they have been processed and encumbered so that departmental budget free balances accurately reflect the remaining budget amount.	Michelle McGinty & Ken Bridges	Disbanded - issue resolved without DIRT intervention.
Missing Primary Instructor of Record in Banner October 2010	The purpose of this DIRT is to determine what business practices govern the insertion or deletion of instructor of record codes in Banner in an effort to identify the cause of data anomalies since Summer 2009 and to take corrective action going forward.	Erik Bowe	Completed
Miscoding of State/Country of Origin Codes in Census Data November 2010	This purpose of this DIRT is to determine the business practices that govern the coding of international students and to establish a verification process to ensure accurrate coding between the country state of origin and country of origin for international students	Erik Bowe & Susan Blake	Completed

Kennesaw State University Enterprise Information Management
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Questions? Contact Dr. Leigh Funk at lfunk@kennesaw.edu