The fabulous Kelli Sisler shared all of her data literacy course documents! You can find them in our December 5, 2025 journal club folder in the files section:

Thank you, Kelli!! @kelli.sisler

Abstract Limited resources hinder completion and exacerbate inequality in community colleges. Existing research identifies strategies that raise outcomes but leaves policymakers and campus leaders asking, “What do these interventions really cost—and can we afford it?” I answer these questions by presenting the first set of comparative cost analyses of community college success initiatives to date. I comprehensively document annual costs associated with six common strategies: basic needs supports, college success and career exploration courses, early alert systems, embedded tutoring, retention- and emergency-based financial aid programs, and first-year experience programming. I identify overall costs, the distribution of costs, and costs per student, as well as how costs are borne by various actors. I show costs can vary widely from roughly $79,900 per year to over $2.9 million—and range from as little as $570 per student to more than $1,320. I also show that more expensive programs do not necessarily serve more…

UBC Canvas API User Community: https://github.com/ubccapico

A great resource on collecting demographic data: https://www.nami.org/getmedia/5adbaa46-26ff-4704-b9ac-f5c01ad3f8ed/Core-Demographic-Questions-Explainer-Field

And one from Harvard: https://cdn1.sph.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2102/2020/04/ORARC-Tip-Sheet-Inclusive-Demographic-Data-Collection.pdf