Data Definitions
| Data Domain | Glossary Name | Definition | Classfication | Synonyms |
| Academic Record | College Level English | A course that satisfies the requirement for composition. | College Internal | |
| Academic Record | College Level Math | College level Math is courses that satisfy a Quantitative Literacy requirement. | Public | College Math |
| Academic Record | College Ready English | Students who meet the testing requirements for placement into college-level English. | College Internal | |
| Academic Record | College Ready Math | A "College Ready Math Student" is one who meets the prerequisites for enrolling in a Quantitative Literacy (QL) course. | College Internal | |
| Academic Record | Completion Transfer | A student who earns a transfer award and enrolls at another institution within one year of graduating. | College Internal | |
| Academic Record | Early Transfer | A student who transfers to another institution within the 3rd academic year after starting without earning a credential at SLCC or SL Tech. | College Internal | |
| Academic Record | First Generation Student | A student who does not have a parent that had earned a bachelor degree. | College Internal | |
| Academic Record | First Time Student | A student who has no prior post-secondary experience (except as noted below) attending any institution for the first time at the undergraduate level (including tech courses). This includes students enrolled in academic or occupational programs. It also includes students enrolled in the fall term who attended college for the first time in the prior summer session, and students who entered with advanced standing (college credits or recognized post-secondary credential earned before graduation from high school). Students must be credential-seeking. | College Internal | |
| Learning Support | Hybrid Education | A blend of online and in-person instruction (online instruction is synchronous or asynchronous). | Public | |
| Learning Support | In Person Education | All instruction takes place in an in-person setting. | Public | |
| Curriculum | Major | A student's discipline of choice. | Public | |
| Academic Record | New Student | The first term a student attends SLCC after secondary education. Comprised of First-Time and New Transfer students. | College Internal | |
| Academic Record | New Transfer Student | A student who previously attended a post-secondary school after high school and is not a first-time student. | College Internal | |
| Learning Support | Online Education | All instruction & interaction is fully online (synchronous or asynchronous). | Public | |
| Curriculum | Program of Study | A combination of a major with a credential. | Public | Program |
| Academic Record | Timely Completion | Timely completion is a cohort measure of the rate at which students at an institution complete an academic program within the expected time to completion. It is measured by the percentage of a credential-seeking student cohort who began attending an institution in the cohort year relevant to the metric (measurement) year, less students excluded from the cohort allowable under federal IPEDS data definitions, who have completed an academic program by the end of the metric year. | Public |