The Exchange has a data standard (version 1.0 is here) that defines how scholarship program data should be entered in the scholarship database. It also defines the language used relating to the scholarship.

A few examples of these lists are below. The full list of Data definitions lives here and includes scholarship program elements like Academic Criteria, Fields of Study, and Affiliations.

• Citizenship Status

• Demographics

Citizenship Status

U.S Citizenship Statuses

• U.S. Citizen

• U.S. National

• Permanent Resident

• Conditional Permanent Resident

• Current DACA Status

• Pending DACA Application

• FAFSA-Eligible Non-Citizen

• Not a U.S. Citizen

• Asylum-Seeker or Asylee

• Cuban or Haitian Entrant

• Humanitarian Parolee

• Refugee

• California AB 540

Canadian Citizenship Statuses

• Canadian Citizen

• Refugee or Asylum Seeker

• Temporary Resident

• Not a Citizen

Demographics

The Exchange has a standard for Race, Ethnicity, and LGBTQIA+ values.

• Male

• Female

• LGBTQIA+

• Asexual

• Bisexual

• Intersex

• Gay

• Nonbinary

• Genderqueer

• Lesbian

• LGBTQ Ally

• Transgender

• Transgender Male to Female

• Transgender Female to Male

• Two-Spirit

• Prefer to Self-Identify

• American Indian or Alaska Native

• Alaska Native

• American Indian

• Asian

• Black or African American

• Black

• African American

• Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

• Native Hawaiian

• Native Pacific Islander

• White

Some of this data was developed in partnership with the Exchange Data Standards Committee.