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Graduation - UDM v3.1

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Jan 23, 2019

The Graduation domain model represents graduation requirements such as credits and coursework required for graduation, and student outcomes after graduation such as enrollment in college.

Key Entities

This domain contains:

  • A GraduationPlan entity, which represents either a generic graduation plan for all or many students or an individualized graduation plan. The GraduationPlan entity supports several levels of detail, from overall credit requirements and credits by subject area to specific courses to be taken.
  • A PostSecondaryEvent entity, which represents significant postsecondary education information, such as college applications, remedial course enrollment, acceptances, and detailed postsecondary institution information.
  • A Diploma element, which represents graduation certificate information with associated honors and other recognitions as part of the StudentAcademicRecord entity.

Key Concepts

The key concepts include the following:

  • Graduation plans may be defined at a general level for an entire education organization or may be personalized to a specific student or group of students.

  • A student may have more than one plan, but all plans are associated through an enrollment record (e.g., the StudentSchoolAssociation entity).

Model Reference

This section contains reference information for the Graduation domain model. 

Graduation Model Entities

Name

Description

EducationOrganization

This entity represents any public or private institution, organization, or agency that provides instructional or support services to students or staff at any level.

GraduationPlanThis entity is a plan outlining the required credits, credits by subject, credits by course, and other criteria required for graduation. A graduation plan may be one or more standard plans defined by an education organization and/or individual plans for some or all students.
PostSecondaryEvent

This entity captures significant postsecondary events during a student's high school tenure (e.g., FAFSA application or college application, acceptance, and enrollment) or during a student's enrollment at a post-secondary institution.

PostSecondaryInstitutionThis entity represents an educational organization that provides programs for individuals who have completed or otherwise left educational programs in secondary school(s).
SchoolThis entity represents an educational organization that includes staff and students who participate in classes and educational activity groups.
StudentThis entity represents an individual for whom instruction, services, and/or care are provided in an early childhood, elementary, or secondary educational program under the jurisdiction of a school, education agency or other institution or program. A student is a person who has been enrolled in a school or other educational institution.
StudentAcademicRecordThis educational entity represents the cumulative record of academic achievement for a student.
StudentSchoolAssociationThis association represents the School in which a student is enrolled. The semantics of enrollment may differ slightly by state. Non-enrollment relationships between a student and an education organization may be described using the StudentEducationOrganizationAssociation.

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