For department diversity planning, all department teams needed to download data from Tableau; this document provides instructions for how to access that data. However, please note that only TEAM CHAIRS would have access (department chairs and school directors should also already have access). There are multiple dashboards with student outcome data available for student sub-groups.

There is also data on the CSU Dashboard (log in with SDSUid):

Interested in gaps in specific courses? Click on Faculty Dashboard and look at Which Courses Have the Largest GPA Gaps?
Interested in gaps in graduation progress for majors? Click on Faculty Dashboard and look at Which Students Leave Before Graduating?
Interested in gaps in graduation progress (college level)? Click on Equity Gaps Dashboard and look at Do Students Achieve Junior Status at Equitable Rates? or Once Students Achieve Junior Status, Do They Graduate at Equitable Rates?

Note that the CSU Dashboard has many other outcome variables at the department level; however, not all are reported for different demographic groups. Similarly, when data are disaggregated, it tends to be only down to the college level (i.e., most of the sections in the Equity Gaps dashboard). It may still be worth exploring both of these options, to get a sense of where your students are overall, or what gaps look like in your college. [This slidedeck provides some additional explanation of the CSU Dashboard]

Who is disproportionately impacted?

Once you have your data, identify which groups are disproportionately impacted. There are different strategies for measuring this:

Percentage Point Gap Index = Sub-Group’s % on the Outcome – Overall % on the Outcome
- compares the difference in percentage points on an outcome between a sub-group (e.g., “Asian Students”) to the overall percentage for the entire population or cohort

80% Index = Sub-Group’s Success Rate ÷ Highest Performing Group’s Success Rate
– uses the highest performing group’s success rate as the point of comparison and defines disproportionately impacted groups as those that achieve less than 80% of the highest performing groups’ success

You should also look at multiple years of data, to ensure you are identifying real trends.

Some common concerns