# Data & Content License — MILOai College ROI This document covers the **data, derived computations, written documentation, and brand assets** published at [https://college-roi.net](https://college-roi.net). It is *not* a license for the source code in this repository (a separate software license may be added later; until then all rights to the code are reserved). We split the site's content into four buckets, each with its own terms. Read the bucket that applies to your use case. --- ## 1. Public-source data (no MILOai claim) The underlying raw figures come from public-sector datasets. These were not created by MILOai and are not claimed by MILOai: - U.S. Department of Education **College Scorecard**, including the *Most Recent Cohorts* bundle (school identity, program-level net price, median debt, 5-year earnings, published cost of attendance). - **NCES / IPEDS** (institutional characteristics). - **FRED** (St. Louis Fed) macro labor series. - **Bureau of Labor Statistics** (CPS via FRED). - **Federal Reserve Bank of New York** college labor / wage distribution workbook. - **World Economic Forum**, *Future of Jobs 2025* (the raw report). You may obtain these directly from their respective publishers under their original terms. Where MILOai redistributes a snapshot of public data inside this repo or via the API, that redistribution is informational; refer to the original source for authoritative copies and licenses. --- ## 2. MILOai computed per-record outputs — **CC BY 4.0** The following are produced by MILOai's models and code, derived from the public sources above: - Break-even years and lifetime-cost figures returned by the ROI calculator (per school × major × inputs). - 20-year modeled earnings curve (ramp + growth assumptions). - Dream-school comparison outputs ("cost of the dream"). - Macro-labor visualizations and the 4-month underemployment sparkline values. - The cleaned school-name and major-name labels used for display. These per-record outputs are released under the **[Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)** license, with the following clarifications: - **Attribution required**, in the form: > MILOai College ROI — https://college-roi.net > (Scorecard release ``, computed ``) - The `scorecard_version` value is returned in every `/api/*` JSON response. Use that exact string for the release version. - Per-record retrieval via the public API is the supported way to consume these outputs. Bulk mirroring is covered separately in §4 below. --- ## 3. Proprietary derived work — **all rights reserved** The following are MILOai's original creative work and are **not** licensed for redistribution: - **AI-outlook categorization by major.** The mapping of each major in our taxonomy to one of {Declining, At risk, Transitioning, Augmented, Growing} is MILOai's interpretive read of the WEF *Future of Jobs 2025* report. The taxonomy itself, the mapping table, and the per-major blurb prose are © MILOai. Disclosure of method: each blurb pairs a *factual citation* of a WEF ranking (e.g. "listed as #1 fastest-growing role", "+35M jobs by 2030") with MILOai's own explanatory writing about what the ranking means for a student choosing that major. Specific facts and rankings are WEF's; they are cited as facts (which are not subject to copyright under *Feist Publications v. Rural Telephone Service*, 499 U.S. 340). Descriptive WEF vocabulary ("fastest-declining", "growing band", "core skill") is used to refer to WEF's own categories. No WEF prose, charts, tables, or ranked lists are reproduced. The WEF report itself remains the property of the World Economic Forum. - **The 20-year earnings model** (the specific ramp + growth formulation, parameter choices, and calibration). The model *outputs* are CC BY 4.0 under §2; the *model definition* is proprietary. - **Methodology copy** ("Methodology (summary)" panel and any narrative explainers on the site). Quoting up to 280 characters with attribution is fine; reproducing in full is not. For licensing inquiries about any of these, see §6 below. --- ## 4. Bulk distribution / mirroring of MILOai data Bulk download, mirroring, or republishing the **MILOai per-record output dataset as a standalone artifact** requires written permission, even though the per-record outputs themselves are CC BY 4.0. The intent is to keep MILOai as the canonical source of record and to allow us to retire stale data when underlying sources update. If you need a bulk export — e.g. for academic research, journalism, or a partner integration — contact us. We're generally permissive for non-commercial / public-interest use with attribution. --- ## 5. Trademarks and brand **MILOai**, **MILO College ROI**, the pillar mark logo, and the visual identity of college-roi.net are unregistered trademarks of MILOai. Do not use the marks in a way that implies endorsement or affiliation. Reasonable nominative use ("the MILOai College ROI tool says X") is fine. --- ## 6. Contact For licensing questions, bulk-data requests, training-corpus inclusion, or partnership inquiries: **Contact:** [ilomilo1442@gmail.com](mailto:ilomilo1442@gmail.com) For AI-agent-specific terms (citation, training, mirroring), see also [`/.well-known/ai.txt`](https://college-roi.net/.well-known/ai.txt).