Show matriculation date for students

[russtuck]

It would be helpful to faculty to know when a student matriculated (first came to Gordon). This might go on the search results page (sort of like alumni year), and definitely on the profile page (perhaps as "student since ____").

Would this info also be helpful for students to see about other students? Before making it visible to students, this idea would need discussion with Chris Carlson.

[bennettforkner]

This is a great idea, sorry it got lost and disconnected from the project board! @ChrisImagineer what are your thoughts on making matriculation term/date visible to students (along with facstaff)?

[ChrisImagineer]

Two ideas -

1. Expected grad date; this would be helpful for a personal student view, and could be displayed publicly (option private) as "Class of..." The "Class" field is just credit dependent, and not the best represenation of where a student actually is in their journey (frist year student w/40 credits would be a second-semester class of Sophomore, but their grad date would better reflect their Class cohort. I propose we swap "class" on Profile for "Class of..." Please spec out how this one might work.

2 ) I'm curious about why faculty might want to know a matriculation date, so I'll follow-up with Russ. I suspect this might be what he means. So a start date of 08/2022 would be a traditional first-time FY student, even if they came with advanced credits (sophomore), but then it breaks down if the student is a Transfer and arrives in 08/2022. I'll check with Russ and update this item

[russtuck]

I think the "expected graduation" date would be great. Since not all students will fill it in, the matriculation date gives a universal clue. It does have caveats, and adding an indication for a transfer student would be a good addition if possible. I can find it in MyGordon for my own advisees, but it's hard to figure out for other students in my classes, and sometimes it would be helpful to know.

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[Luke-W-Hart]

As of right now the expected graduation date (labelled as "Planned Graduation Year") is automatically public once a student sets it. @ChrisImagineer would you rather students be able to set it as private?

[ChrisImagineer]

If its easy to make it a toggle to make public/private that is a bonus. Chris