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Subject: [E-air] Alert 35 - Comments Requested for Proposed IPEDS
Changes
Electronic AIR Volume 27, Number 2 (2/19/2007)
E-AIR ALERT 35 - Comments Requested for Proposed IPEDS Changes
http://www.airweb.org/page.asp?page=1157
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TITLE: Comments Requested for Proposed IPEDS Changes
PREPARED: February, 2007
Author: Carol Fuller
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SUMMARY
In a January 24, 2007, Federal Register notice, the U.S. Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) announced it is seeking comments on a set
of proposed changes to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data
System (IPEDS) for 2007-08 through 2009-10. Comments regarding burden
and/or the collection activity requirements should be electronically
mailed to [log in to unmask] by March 26, 2007. The proposed changes
include the previously announced new categories and definitions for
reporting on first-professional enrollment and completions, and for
race and ethnicity reporting for enrollment, completions, graduation
rates, and human resources. Additional changes include new data
requirements for enrollment, retention rates, and student financial
aid, and, for degree-granting institutions (excluding graduate-only),
undergraduate instructional expenses per undergraduate FTE. The
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is proposing to
collect institutional URLs (if available) for online admission
applications, transfer of credit policies, results of student learning
assessments, Fact Books, and graduation rates for students receiving
athletically-related aid (in lieu of providing the data to the NCES).
Institutions that report transfer-out data would be asked to report
how they verify those data. Other accountability measures used by an
institution would be collected by name of measure, the institution's
score on the measure, and the data year for the score.
Timing
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See the NCES notice at
http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/web2000/changes0708.asp for information about
the changes that, if approved, will be mandatory in 2007-08, and those
that will be optional in 2007-08 and required in 2008-09. Changes in
first-professional enrollment reporting will be optional in 2008-09
and mandatory in 2009-10; changes in first-professional completions
reporting will be optional in 2009-10 and mandatory in 2010-11. The
current race/ethnic categories for students and employees will
continue until the Education Department (ED) issues final guidance on
proposed changes to collecting, maintaining, and reporting IPEDS data
on race and ethnicity.
CURRENT STATUS
The materials submitted to the OMB indicate that the proposed changes
are based on IPEDS Technical Review Panel (TRP) discussions, the
report of the Spellings Commission (
http://www.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/hiedfuture/reports.html), and the
legislation enacting the Science and Mathematics Access to Retain
Talent (SMART) Grant program. Additional changes may be submitted
based on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA), the
Spellings Commission report, and TRP discussions about bridging the
gaps between the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the
Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Finance forms.
The January 24, 2007, _Federal Register_ notice states that "The
Department of Education is especially interested in public comment
addressing the following issues:(1) Is this collection necessary to
the proper functions of the Department; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden
accurate; (4) how might the Department enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5) how might the
Department minimize the burden of this collection on
the respondents, including through the use of information technology."
Address these issues by sending an e-mail to
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IMPLICATIONS FOR INSTITUTIONS
The proposed changes would affect every component of IPEDS reporting.
Individuals in ALL the institutional offices responsible for current
IPEDS reporting and any additional individuals who would be
responsible for new information should be notified of the proposed
changes. Institutions should consider coordinating any comments that
might be submitted to the OMB.
The estimated average total response burden for the 2006-07 IPEDS
cycle is 51 hours. The NCES estimates that the average burden would
be 56.4 hours in 2007-08, 50.3 hours in 2008-09, and 57.8 hours in
2009-10. For details by survey, see pages A 28-34 of
http://edicsweb.ed.gov/edics_files_web/03269/Att_IPEDS%2007%2010%20sup
p%20pkg%20section%20A.doc.
TIMELINE
*January 24, 2007* - Federal Register notice announcing request for
comments.
*March 26, 2007* - Deadline for comments
The NCES notice at http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/web2000/changes0708.asp
provides information about the changes that, if approved, would be
mandatory for the 2007-08 collection cycle, and those that would be
optional in 2007-08 and required in 2008-09.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Complete information about IPEDS is available at
http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds
The proposed changes for the 2007-08 IPEDS data collection are listed
at http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/web2000/changes0708.asp
The Clearance Package submitted by the NCES to the OMB is available at
http://edicsweb.ed.gov/browse/downldatt.cfm?pkg_serial_num=3269 The
description of the proposed changes is contained in Section A on pages
A-1 to A-8. (
http://edicsweb.ed.gov/edics_files_web/03269/Att_IPEDS%2007%2010%20sup
p%20pkg%20section%20A.doc). Information about estimated response
burden is on pages A-28 to A-34.
To obtain a paper copy of the Clearance Package see the instructions
included in the January 24, 2007 Federal Register notice available at
(
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.g
po.gov/2007/pdf/E7-968.pdf ).
_Summary of Responses to Proposed Inclusion of 'Instruction Expenses
per FTE Student' on COOL_ (April, 2004) is available at:
http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/costperfte.asp
A discussion of the differences between the GASB and FASB IPEDS
Finance forms is available at
http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/web2000/gasbfasb.asp
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