Data Glossary Home

Bowdoin College's Data Governance Committee has adopted the data definitions contained in this glossary for use across the College. Shared data definitions are intended to increase understanding and inform decisions at the College, while following standards to reduce confusion and inconsistency. (Click on the "Glossary" app on the bottom left to access the glossary.)

If you are looking for a term that is not in the Data Glossary and would like the Data Governance Committee to consider developing a shared data definition for it, please contact Peter Wiley. Peter is available to answer questions about the Data Glossary.

(If you are looking for the College's guidelines on the editorial style, grammar, and usage of particular terms, please see the Editorial Style Guidelines, available from the Office of Communications and Public Affairs.)