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New UW–Madison sustainability dashboard
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In the summer of 2025, UW–Madison earned its first Gold rating in a broad, higher education sustainability assessment, the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS). A new dashboard shows overall and category-level trends across academics, engagement, operations, and planning and administration. A comparison with Big Ten peers, a frequent stakeholder request, is also available.
Data highlights include:
- A score of 67.7% qualified UW–Madison for our Gold rating.
- A rank of 7th among Big Ten peers in academics and 4th in operations.
- A 16-percentage point gain in overall score from 51.7% in 2019 to 67.7%.
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Data and digital accessibility
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Digital Accessibility Program Manager Al Nemic with the Center for User Experience (CUE) joined us at February’s Badger Data Network to discuss data and digital accessibility. Explore how new federal accessibility requirements impact the way we share data at UW–Madison—and learn practical steps you can take to ensure your digital materials meet the standards.
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New data classification initiative
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DoIT and data governance have embarked on a new Data Classification Initiative to reduce confusion, strengthen compliance, and lower security risk by improving how data is classified.
The initiative strives to bring alignment between UW–Madison and the Universities of Wisconsin’s revised Data Classification Policy (SYS 1031).
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Institutional survey review process
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To ensure UW–Madison does not overburden students, faculty, and staff with too many surveys, a review, approval, and coordination process for institutional surveys is in place.
Review the process, including pre-survey considerations, to determine if your survey should be reviewed.
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A guide to working with student records
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Faculty and staff who work with student education records now have guidance on which productivity tools can be used with student data protected by the Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act (FERPA).
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Requesting help with Tableau visualizations
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DAPIR's BI Developers can help your school, college, division, or unit with Tableau visualization needs.
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Learn with us during our monthly Badger Data Network session
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In March, Julie Laundrie, Public Records Custodian, and Sarah Grimm, University Records and Compliance Manager, will share information about public records, including requests, and records management with the Badger Data Network. All are welcome to attend.
Meeting details
Date: Wednesday, March 18
Time: 10:00 to 10:50 am
Zoom passcode: WeLoveData
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