R Shiny Bren Student Data Exporer

Purpose

The Data Explorer is an interactive dashboard that showcases the Bren School admissions and career outcomes data of current students and recent alumni. It was developed with the intention of supporting:

• Prospective students in their decision-making as they explore the different degree programs at the Bren School
• Bren departments and staff with their reporting requirements
• All Bren communities and stakeholders from the past, present, and future by upholding data transparency and data integrity principles through an accessible application

What is here?

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├── r                              # fxns for building inputs & outputs
│   ├── admissions_plot.R                  
│   ├── age_plot .R    
│   ├── brenNet_stat_valuebox.R                  
│   ├── diversityDemographics_plot.R                  
│   ├── domesticPlacement_map.R                  
│   ├── employmentStatus_stat_valueBox.R                  
│   ├── geographicComparison_plot.R                  
│   ├── initialEmployers_table.R 
│   ├── initPlacementSatisfaction_stat_valueBox.R 
│   ├── internationalPlacement_table.R 
│   ├── internationalUniversities_table.R 
│   ├── ipedsBackgrounds_plot.R 
│   ├── ipedsCategories_plot.R 
│   ├── ipedsTrends_plot.R 
│   ├── jobSource_plot.R 
│   ├── origins_map.R 
│   ├── placementStatus_plot.R 
│   ├── program_radioButtons.R 
│   ├── programSize_valueBox.R 
│   ├── race_plot.R 
│   ├── residency_plot.R 
│   ├── salary_plot.R 
│   ├── salaryBySector_plot.R 
│   ├── salarySpecialization_plot.R 
│   ├── sectorSatisfaction_plot.R 
│   ├── sectorTrends_plot.R 
│   ├── sectorType_radioButtons.R 
│   ├── sex_plot.R 
│   ├── urmTrends_plot.R 
│   └── year_radioButtons.R             
├── text                           # markdown and html files that contain text to be included in app
│   ├── demo_about.md                  # introduces student demographic page
│   ├── footer.html                    # landing page footer
│   ├── ipeds_definition.md            # ipeds definition, used on demographics page
│   ├── ipeds_text.md                  # Race and Background Reporting Defintions (green box on demographics page)
│   ├── meds_career_about.md           # Welcome tab text on MEDS career page
│   ├── meds_career_data_info.md       # About the data tab text on MEDS career page
│   ├── meds_internationalPlacement.md # note about no MEDS international placements yet (takes place of table)
│   ├── mesm_career_about.md           # Welcome tab text on MESM career page
│   ├── mesm_career_data_info.md       # About the data tab text on MESM career page
│   ├── race_ethnicity_text.md         # not currently used anywhere in app (ipeds_text.md used instead in green box)
│   ├── sector_definitions.md          # sector definitions used as plot caption
│   ├── undergrad_map_caption.md       # caption for undergrad origin map
│   ├── urm_definition.md              # urm definition 
│   ├── welcome_data_text.md           # landing page info about the data used in the app and who created it 
│   └── welcome_what_text.md           # landing page info introducing the app
├── www                           # special directory in shiny for images and logos
│   ├── logos                        # hex png files
│   ├── images                       # jpg or png images used in app (e.g. banner image)
│   ├── .DS_Store                    
│   └── styles.css                   # CSS styles applied to app `tags$head(tags$link(rel = "stylesheet", type = "text/css", href = "styles.css"))`
├── global.R                      # data frames, variables, functions, and libraries that are used repeatedly in app
├── server.R                      # code needed to build visuals and overall app
├── ui.R                          # layout and appearance of app
├── shiny-dashboard.Rproj                 
├── .gitignore                    # files to ignore when committing project  
└── README.md

Contributors

This dashboard was first completed in September 2022 and was presented to the Bren Staff on 13 September 2022. This dashboard will be updated anually by Bren Staff and a MEDS Fellow.

• Halina Do-Linh (Bren R Shiny Developer Fellow 2022)
• Jamie Montgomery (MEDS Program Coordinator)
• Sam Csik (NCEAS Data Training Coordinator)
• Kristi Birney (Bren Career Team)
• Kristine Duarte (Bren Student Affairs Team)

Application Updates

• February 2023, updates by Sam Csik: refactored code base, added career data for MEDS and MESM graduating classes of 2022
• July 2024, updates by Sam Csik, Jamie Montgomery, & Kat Le: added career data for MEDS and MESM graduating classes of 2023, added admissions data for the 2023 entering classes, refactored code for maps ({tmap} > {leaflet} + removed data wrangling from server to improve loading speeds)
• October 2024, updates by Sam Csik: redesigned career plots so that they are a bit easier to interpret, added a secondary table of job titles, and continued refactoring code (i.e. simplifying and removing unncessary code)
• November 2024, updates by Sam Csik: updated demographics tab with 2024 incoming student data