G.V. “SONNY” MONTGOMERY CENTER FOR AMERICA’S VETERANS MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY

How Many Veterans, Service-members And Dependents Do You Have On Your Campus – Tracking This Student Population Through The “Banner System”

Development Of Attributes & Codes  Worked with IT Department and Registrar’s Office to develop attributes and codes  Developed attributes that could be self reported and/or entered by school certifying official  Attributes that are self reported are done through the admissions application process

Student Attributes  ARA – Students who are active duty to include national guard and reserve  ARV – Students who are veterans  ARS – Students who are dependents or spouses  VTA – Students receiving some from of tuition assistance  VET – Students receiving some from of GI Bill ® benefits

GI Bill ® Codes  1 – Chapter 30  2 – Chapter 31 (Voc Rehab)  3 – Chapter 35  4 – Chapter 1606  A – Chapter 1607  B – Chapter 33  C – Chapter 33 (Transfer of Entitlement)  D – Chapter 33 (Yellow Ribbon)

Capturing Attributes  Captured in 2 different manners.  ARA / ARV / ARS  Can be self-reported during the admissions application process  Entered by the School Certifying Official  VET / VTA  Entered by the School Certifying Official only  Administrative Banner – Additional Student Information Form  SZASADD

Where Are Attributes Entered

Capturing GI Bill ® Codes  Entered only by the School Certifying Official  Administrative Banner – General Student (Under Veteran Tab)  SGASTDN

Where Are GI Bill ® Codes Entered

What Data Can Be Tracked & Reported  You can track  Total number of veterans, service- members and dependents on your campus whether they are using GI Bill ® benefits or not.  Track data by each attribute  Track any information that is already captured in the “Banner System”  Number of students using each type of GI Bill ® benefit

Reports In Admin Banner System  Veterans By Attribute  SWFVETB  Veterans Drop/Audit Course  SWFVETD  Veterans Who Have Withdrawn  SWFVETW  Veterans Schedules  SWFVETS  Veterans GPA For A Term  SWFVETG  Veterans By Chapter By Term  SWFVETC

Reports In Admin Banner System

Information In The Banner System

How This Data Can Be Used  As more and more student data is being required to track, this gives you the resources and flexibility to achieve this.  Examples  Breakdown of degrees by GI Bill ® chapter  Who is a in state or out of state student  How many you certify by chapter each semester  Student classification by chapter  Currently working on daily student activity  You are only limited to what is captured in “Banner”.

The attributes, codes and data that you develop and track is a continual work in progress. You can add to or take away as you develop how and what you want to track.

Questions

OFFICE CONTACT Ronnie White Center for America’s Veterans P.O. Box 6283 Mississippi State University Web Site: