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Administrator Guide
Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Concept: Special Student Populations

Concept: Special Student Populations

You can identify, track, and act on special populations, such as international students, in Workday. These populations are a special type of student cohort.
Tracking special populations in Workday enables you to:
  • Improve individual student experience.
  • Ensure student success.
  • Meet regulatory requirements.
You can:
  • Use current data and analytics to gain valuable insights.
  • Recruit a diverse student population based on insights you gather.
  • Identify the needs of special student populations.
  • Assign special advisor roles along with traditional ones to special student populations, such as Coach or Designated School Official (DSO).
  • Create special programs and policies for supporting student success.
  • Identify successful students and their characteristics to project future success.
You can use
Example
Custom reports to track special student population data.
An
International Students at Risk of Losing Status
report with these columns:
  • Student.
  • Program of Study.
  • Cumulative GPA.
  • Class Standing.
  • Academic Standing.
  • Email Address.
Custom dashboards and worklets for quick navigation and action.
An
International Students
worklet with these reports:
  • International Students and Status
    .
  • Gender vs Grades
    .
  • International Students at Risk of Losing Status
    .
  • Birth Country vs Class Standing
    .
Student cohorts to group special student populations into subsets.
International students in the History Major undergraduate program or the program area of
STEM
.
Condition rules in business processes to route notifications to specific offices.
A condition rule on the
Student Course Registration Change Grade Event
business process. It sends a notification to the DSO when a student's grade falls below the requirement for international students.