NSPA Exchange Data Dictionary

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Last updated: Jul 26, 2024
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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

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.

 

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