Identity Role Examples

Active Students: students who are enrolled and attending in learning activities at system institutions
Alumni: non-personnel who are either former students, graduates or former employees (in good standing) who may be granted some limited access to information resources
Faculty: personnel who act as instructors or assistants to instructors at system institutions
Financial Staff: personnel whose work role is to perform financial activities, such as accounting, bursar, budgeting, procurement, invoicing and disbursement activities
Guest: non-personnel who may or may not be affiliated with system institutions who have temporary and limited access to system information resources
Healthcare Professional: personnel who have access to HIPAA-related information in accordance with health-related work or research activities
HIPAA-access: this role is a sub-role that is usually combined with other roles which further define related attributes and is not a healthcare professional but has access to HIPAA-related information
Human Resources: personnel whose work activities include the ability to view or update personnel records, coordinate performance reviews, perform compensation management and view or manage HIPAA-related or insurance-related information related to personnel
Inactive Students: students who are not enrolled and are not attending in learning activities at a system institution
IT Security: personnel who perform cybersecurity activities for system institutions
IT Staff: information technology professionals and help desk or technical support staff who operate or support IT infrastructure or applications; this also includes programming and database activities
Law Enforcement: personnel who are a part of the system’s university police departments
Partner (Research): non-personnel who are affiliated with system institutions or activities but are not employees; they may be granted specific but limited access to system-related information resources and must be closely monitored
Physical Security: personnel whose work activities include the physical protection and monitoring of system facilities
Research Professional: personnel who work in officially sanctioned and recognized system research activities
Staff/Administrative/Service: personnel who participate in general administrative duties at system institutions
Student Workers: students who are enrolled and attending learning activities and are also performing officially recognized and sanctioned work activities on behalf of a system institution
Vendor/Service Provider: non-personnel who perform some service to system institutions that require access to specific and limited information resources for specified activities; their activities must be closely monitored
Visiting Professor: a person who is employed as a professor or instructor at another university institution that has been officially invited by the system to act as a professor and participate in teaching activities for some defined time; the visiting professor may be granted specific but limited access to system-related information resources and must be closely monitored
Visiting Research Professional: personnel who are not system employees, faculty or researchers, but who have an official system research sponsor who is either doing direct or assistive work with system research