MBA/Specialty Masters Outcome Data Formatting Guidelines

This is a unique formatting guideline set specific to our MBA Outcomes data module. uConnect needs the flat data and not the aggregated ones, one row/record for the data collected for each individual student. Identifiers (i.e. names, emails, student numbers, IDs) can be removed from the file before upload.

FILE FORMAT: Excel/CSV (.xls, .xlsx, .csv)

DATASHEET FORMAT:
The attributes below are the required core elements of career outcomes assessment based on the MBA-CSEA Standards and Protocols. Schools can include other attributes (e.g. employment quality) and we can look into visualizing them as well.

Data Header	Data Type/Format	Required?	Notes
Job Reporting Status	Text, one of the following values: Seeking Employment Company-Sponsored or Already Employed Continuing Education Postponing Job Search Starting a New Business Not Seeking Employment for Other Reasons No Recent Information	Yes	Separate multiple with semicolon
Job – Offer Status	Text, one of the following values: Received Accepted Not Reported	Yes	Required if ‘Job Reporting Status’ is ‘Seeking Employment’
Work Authorization	Text, one of the following values: Permanent Non-Permanent	Yes
Job – Function	Text	No	If you are including sub-categories, separate them with colon. Example: Consulting:Process Management
Job – Industry	Text	No	If you are including sub-categories, separate them with colon. Example: Manufacturing:Automotive
Job – Base Salary	Number/USD	No
Job – Signing Bonus	Number/USD	No
Job – Region	Text, one of the following values: North America Africa Asia Europe Latin America & the Caribbean Oceania	No	Separate sub-regions with colon (e.g. `North America:Midwest`) or put them under a separate column: ‘Job – Sub-region’. Alternatively, regions can be assigned using ‘Job – Country’ and ‘Job – State’
Job – Sub-region	Text, one of the second-level values from the following list: North America Bermuda Canada Greenland St. Pierre & Miquelon Mid-Atlantic Midwest Northeast South Southwest West Africa Eastern Africa Middle Africa Northern Africa Southern Africa Western Africa Asia Central Asia Eastern Asia Southern Asia South-Eastern Asia Western Asia Europe Eastern Europe Northern Europe Southern Europe Western Europe Latin America & the Caribbean Caribbean Central America South America Oceania Australia & New Zealand Melanesia Micronesia Polynesia	No	Only North America sub-regions are displayed on ODV, so you may ignore this for other regions.
Job – Country	Text	No	Ignore this if you have already provided location info under Job – Region and Job – Sub-region
Job – State	Text	No	Ignore this if you have already provided location info under Job – Region and Job – Sub-region
Professional Experience	Text, one of the following values: One year or less More than one year, up to three years More than three years, up to five years More than five years	No	If outcome is continuing education; If country is US
Job – Organization	Text	No
Job – Title	Text	No
Undergraduate Major	Text	No
Graduation Date	Number	Yes	Class year, e.g. 2019 Required only if you are providing multiple years of data in one sheet.
Timing of Job Acceptance	Text, one of the following values: First Offer Accepted by Graduation Accepted Job After Graduation and by Three Months After Graduation Have Not Reported Accepting a Job by Three Months After Graduation	No