Data Not Publicly Available At Emory-Lack of transparency?
While doing my research for this project, I was quite disturbed that the data was not publicly available for emory, no matter where I searched, when they were available for many other colleges I searched up on the website, I'm First, from Georgia State to Harvard and Yale. They gave the percentage of first-generation students on their campuses , yet when I searched for Emory, there was a disturbing N/A for their data. So I emailed the Office of Undergraduate Admission, thinking that they must have collected the data during the application process, yet I was not not satisfied with their reply, being directed to the Office of Institutional Research to fill out the Institutional Data request form. So I filled out the form, only to receive no reply even after weeks. So I came to the conclusion that Emory had a lack of transparency due to the complicated process I had to go through for the data.
However, based on what I have found out from the interview with Adrienne Bryant, the reason why the data is not out in public is because the data is relatively young since Emory is a private college where students have traditionally been from families who could afford to pay out of pocket. Right now, she and Adrienne Slaughter, the director of the Office of Student Success Programs and Services, are currently collecting and sorting out the data. They have not pinpointed exactly how many first-generation students there are and who they are. Therefore, there's only 16 students in the 1915 Scholars program. But the program is still expanding and growing. In fact, there will be a new space at the new DUC for FLI students to hang out, eat, study, etc. It is still a work in progress as plans are being developed between the Office as well as FLIP. She does not feel comfortable posting the data out yet to the point that she did not show it to her graduate assistant, Marcus.
However, based on what I have found out from the interview with Adrienne Bryant, the reason why the data is not out in public is because the data is relatively young since Emory is a private college where students have traditionally been from families who could afford to pay out of pocket. Right now, she and Adrienne Slaughter, the director of the Office of Student Success Programs and Services, are currently collecting and sorting out the data. They have not pinpointed exactly how many first-generation students there are and who they are. Therefore, there's only 16 students in the 1915 Scholars program. But the program is still expanding and growing. In fact, there will be a new space at the new DUC for FLI students to hang out, eat, study, etc. It is still a work in progress as plans are being developed between the Office as well as FLIP. She does not feel comfortable posting the data out yet to the point that she did not show it to her graduate assistant, Marcus.