Definitions

Data Governance is the practice of making strategic and effective decisions regarding UNCG’s institutional data.

Institutional data is defined as data elements that are relevant to the operations, plans, or management of a UNCG academic, financial or administrative unit, or used in reporting, decision-making, or administrative processes. Institutional data refers to data generated to support the academic and administrative functions of the university, including data that falls under external laws or regulations (ex. FERPA, HIPAA, etc.) and may be created at UNCG or imported through various processes into university data systems. Institutional data is exclusive to data elements that are in the possession of the university and does not refer to data in transit to the institution, such as research data or purchased data not yet received.