In an effort to increase transparency surrounding student demographics and post-graduation career placement statistics, The Bren School hired R Shiny Developer Fellow, Halina Do-Linh in summer 2022. Halina designed and built v1.0 of the public-facing dashboard for exploring these data.
Since then, the proverbial torch was passed to me for continued maintenance and updates. I collaborate with the Bren Admissions and Career Services Teams, as well as MEDS Program Coordinator, Jamie Montgomery, to update data, modify visuals, and refactor the code, as needed, each year. My most significant contribution so far is the Spring 2025 refactor and development of comprehensive wiki documentation. This rewrite focused on establishing a consistent, organized code structure and workflow, and on clearly documenting a standard operating procedure to support future updates.
The Career Outcomes page of the Bren Student Data Explorer, accessible at https://shinyapps.bren.ucsb.edu/student-data-explorer/
The Bren Student Data Explorer wiki, which houses documentation and detailed instructions for updating and Maintaining the dashboard