Source Documentation

Group Members: Alex, Lucas, Jiao Jiao, Shalim, Jeremy

List of Sources

Carleton Common Data Set

Citation: Carleton. “Common Data Set (CDS)” Institutional Research and Assessment, 18 Apr. 2023, https://www.carleton.edu/ira/institutional-data/cds1/.

The Carletonian

Citation: The Carletonian, https://thecarletonian.com/.

Potential Links for Carletonian:

• Class of 2028 – https://thecarletonian.com/19046/news/admitting-the-class-of-2028-admissions-after-affirmative-action-and-legacy-preference/

Rothfeld, Ian. “Admitting the Class of 2028: Admissions after affirmative action and legacy preference.”  The Carletonian, 5 Apr. 2024, https://thecarletonian.com/19046/news/admitting-the-class-of-2028-admissions-after-affirmative-action-and-legacy-preference/.

• Class of 2027 – https://thecarletonian.com/17844/news/carleton-accepts-class-of-2027/

Culligan, Bea. “Carelton accepts class of 2027.”  The Carletonian, 20 Apr. 2023, https://thecarletonian.com/17844/news/carleton-accepts-class-of-2027/.

• Class of 2026 – https://thecarletonian.com/13144/news/carleton-2026-profile-lowest-acceptance-rate-to-date/

Polanco, Aldo. “Carelton 2026 profile: lowest acceptance rate to date.”  The Carletonian, 12 May. 2022, https://thecarletonian.com/13144/news/carleton-2026-profile-lowest-acceptance-rate-to-date/.

• Class of 2025 – https://thecarletonian.com/11275/news/class-of-2025-profile/

Quast, Sophia. “Class of 2025 Profile.”  The Carletonian, 3 Oct. 2021, https://thecarletonian.com/11275/news/class-of-2025-profile/.

• Class of 2024 – https://thecarletonian.com/8674/news/class-of-2024-sees-higher-acceptance-rate-larger-proportion-of-early-decision-admits/

Matican, Ross. “Class of 2024 sees higher acceptance rate, larger proportion of early decision admits.”  The Carletonian, 10 Apr. 2020, https://thecarletonian.com/8674/news/class-of-2024-sees-higher-acceptance-rate-larger-proportion-of-early-decision-admits/.

• Class of 2023 – https://thecarletonian.com/6181/news/class-of-2023-currently-over-enrolled-more-diverse-than-anticipated/

Matican, Ross. “Class of 2023 currently over-enrolled, more diverse than anticipated.”  The Carletonian, 18 May. 2019, https://thecarletonian.com/6181/news/class-of-2023-currently-over-enrolled-more-diverse-than-anticipated/.

• Class of 2022 – https://thecarletonian.com/5364/news/acceptance-rate-drops-to-19-4-for-class-of-2022/

Sutherland, Rachael. “Acceptance Rate Drops to 19.4% for Class of 2022.”  The Carletonian, 6 Apr. 2018, https://thecarletonian.com/5364/news/acceptance-rate-drops-to-19-4-for-class-of-2022/.

• Class of 2021 – https://thecarletonian.com/5035/news/low-acceptance-rate-for-class-of-2021/

Stein, Perrin. “Low acceptance rate for class of 2021.”  The Carletonian, 7 Apr. 2017, https://thecarletonian.com/5035/news/low-acceptance-rate-for-class-of-2021/.

• Class of 2020 – https://thecarletonian.com/4789/news/class-of-2020-yield-largest-in-carleton-history/

Miller, Julia. “Class of 2020 yeild largest in Carleton history.”  The Carletonian, 27 May. 2016, https://thecarletonian.com/4789/news/class-of-2020-yield-largest-in-carleton-history/.

The US News and World Reports

This source would be used to analyze more national trends in admissions and acceptance rates, and we would then see how Carleton specifically fits in with those trends.

Citation:

US News. “U.S. News & World Report: News, Rankings and Analysis on Politics, Education, Healthcare and More.” Usnews.com, 2024, www.usnews.com/.

Format

• The Carleton Common Data Set contains various pdf files, and we would like the data we work with to be in csv format. We can either transfer all the data by hand onto Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets, or we can use Python to extract the data from the pdf files.
• The Carletonian is a newspaper which we will use to find responsible factors to unusual trends in admission and acceptance rates.
• The US World and News Report is a news resource. We do not need to manipulate the data, we would just be using it to look up articles pertaining to certain years.

Rights

• Carleton owns all the Common Data Sets and are all available on the Carleton website for the public
• The Carletonian is a public newspaper written by Carleton students whose works are available to public viewing
• US World and News Report: “All materials published on or in the U.S. News Services are protected by copyright laws, and may not be reproduced, republished, distributed, transmitted, resold, displayed, broadcast, or otherwise exploited in any manner without the express written permission of either U.S. News or, in the case of content licensed by U.S. News from third parties, the entity that is credited as the copyright holder of such licensed content. You may download freely accessible material (one copy per page) from this U.S. News Services for your personal and noncommercial use only, without altering or removing any trademark, copyright, or other notice from such material; you must pay a fee to access that content which requires a fee for access. To request use of U.S. News Services content – other than personal, non-commercial use as described above – contact permissions@usnews.com to request specific, written authorization, which may require payment of a fee and may be granted or denied in the sole discretion of U.S. News.”

Privacy/Ethics

• In the Carleton Common Data Set, the entire student body is depicted in the various datasets. All the sensitive information has been removed prior to publication. There are no ethical considerations with the data. It simply reports empirical statistics of the school and student body.
• Each article contains the name of the student who wrote it, and there could be some questionable content published.
• There shouldn’t be any sensitive information published for the public to see. There could be some content that raises ethical concerns.