RNL enrollment and financial aid models

Todd Feathers filed this request with the Louisiana State University of Louisiana.

It is a clone of this request.

Submitted Jan. 28, 2022
Status
Completed

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From: Todd Feathers

Subject: Louisiana Public Records Law Request: RNL enrollment and financial aid models

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To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Louisiana Public Records Law, I hereby request the following records:

1) All contracts with Ruffalo, Noel, Levitz (RNL) since Jan. 1, 2018 for enrollment management and financial aid optimization services.

2) All reports provided to the university by RNL since Jan. 1, 2018 regarding the following RNL services:
- Historical Research & Competitor Benchmarking
- Econometric Modeling
- Annual Financial Aid Plan Development
- RNL Smart View Dashboards & Reporting for Insight-Driven Response
- Retention Analysis
- Revenue Optimization & Simulation
- Four-Year Enrollment & Net Revenue Projection Model
- Enrollment Likelihood and FinAid Receptivity Scoring

3) All validation studies, differential impact studies, or comparable studies supplied by RNL or done by the university or a third party on the university's behalf regarding the accuracy of RNL's predictive models.

4) De-identified copies of all enrollment and financial aid model training datasets supplied to/received from RNL for 2021-2022 school year applicants, containing:
- All non-identifiable variables for each applicant that the university supplies to RNL for the purpose of building and training its predictive models
AND
- All output data fields (i.e., receptivity scores, lead categories, etc.) generated by RNL's predictive models for each applicant.

With regards to item 4 of my request, please note that I am asking for a de-identified data set that does not include fields that could be used to identify an individual applicant (e.g., name, address, SSN). These fields can easily be redacted by deleting those columns from the responsive spreadsheet.

I ask that all fees be waived as intend to use the requested records to further public understanding of public agencies and not for any commercial purpose. In the event you choose to impose fees, I request a detailed breakdown of the fees, including the hourly wage of each employee involved and an explanation justifying the employee hours required to fulfill the request.

Should you choose to reject this request or redact portions of responsive documents, I ask that you provide a detailed breakdown of the statutory exemptions and associated case law underlying your decision to withhold each/any portions from public review.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 3 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Todd Feathers

From: Louisiana State University

Subject: PRR Feathers (MuckRock) - Enrollment/Financial Aid

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Dear Mr. Feathers -

Thank you for your Public Records Request. This response is the written confirmation that we have received your request, of which a copy is provided below for your records.

LSU is currently reviewing the request and will be back in communication after we have made an assessment. LSU takes seriously its obligation to the public and press and will do its best to comply with your request as soon as practicable and keep you informed of any status updates.

Please take a brief moment to acknowledge receipt of this response via email.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

[cid:image001.png@01D394FF.56EADC00]<http://www.lsu.edu/>

Tetyana Hoover
Paralegal
Office of Legal Affairs & General Counsel
Louisiana State University
124 University Administration Building
3810 West Lakeshore Dr.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808
Office: (225) 578-6772
thoover1@lsu.edu<mailto:thoover1@lsu.edu> | lsu.edu<http://www.lsu.edu/>

From: Louisiana State University

Subject: PRR Feathers (MuckRock) - Enrollment/Financial Aid (Partial Response)

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Dear Mr. Feathers -

This email is a partial response to your Public Records Request made in your e-mail, copied below, pursuant to Louisiana Public Records Law.

The LSU documents responsive to your request are available at https://lsu.box.com/s/0zaofnjnzwsxlyqwi0bq9wqn4e4jipbw.

This communication concludes LSU's partial response to your Public Records Request. Please take a brief moment to acknowledge receipt of this response via email.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

[cid:image001.png@01D394FF.56EADC00]<http://www.lsu.edu/>

Tetyana Hoover
Paralegal
Office of Legal Affairs & General Counsel
Louisiana State University
124 University Administration Building
3810 West Lakeshore Dr.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808
Office: (225) 578-6772
thoover1@lsu.edu<mailto:thoover1@lsu.edu> | lsu.edu<http://www.lsu.edu/>

From: Louisiana State University

Subject: PRR Feathers (MuckRock) - Enrollment/Financial Aid (Supplemental Response)

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Dear Mr. Feathers -

This email is a supplemental response to your Public Records Request made in your e-mail, copied below, pursuant to Louisiana Public Records Law.

The LSU documents responsive to your request are attached hereto.

This communication concludes LSU's supplemental response to your Public Records Request. Please take a brief moment to acknowledge receipt of this response via email.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

[cid:image001.png@01D394FF.56EADC00]<http://www.lsu.edu/>

Tetyana Hoover
Paralegal
Office of Legal Affairs & General Counsel
Louisiana State University
124 University Administration Building
3810 West Lakeshore Dr.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808
Office: (225) 578-6772
thoover1@lsu.edu<mailto:thoover1@lsu.edu> | lsu.edu<http://www.lsu.edu/>

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