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IPEDS Workshop Agenda

• Staff Introductions• Notes from 2013-14 Data Collection• 2014-15 Data Collection Calendar• Changes for 2014-15 and 2015-16 Data Collection• Resources Reminder• News About Data Dissemination & Data Use Tools• Beyond collection and dissemination

Meet the IPEDS Team

Staff at NCES

• Ross Santy, Associate Commissioner, Administrative Data Division

• Richard Reeves, Branch Chief, Postsecondary Administrative Data Branch

• Samuel Barbett, Data Quality & Dissemination Team Lead

• Jan Plotczyk, Data Collection Team Lead

Staff at NCES

• Alison Deigan: Graduation Rates, Outcome Measures, Human Resources; Data Integration

• Gigi Jones: Student Financial Aid, Institutional Characteristics; Data Feedback Report; Data Integration

• Tara Lawley: Admissions; Research and Development; Training

• Bao Le: Finance, Fall Enrollment, Academic Libraries; Indicators, Publications

• Andrew Mary: Completions; CIP; Publications• Jie Sun: SAS programming• Peter Oldershaw (Temporary): Data tools consultant

IPEDS Contractor Staff

• RTI International– John Riccobono, Vice President, Education & Workforce Dev– Dan Pratt, Director, Center for Education Surveys– Janice Kelly-Reid, IPEDS Project Director– Jamie Isaac, Associate IPEDS Project Director, Help Desk Mgr

• Association for Institutional Research (AIR)– Randy Swing, Executive Director– Christopher Coogan, Chief of Staff– Eric Godin, Associate Director of Education

• IT Innovative Solutions Corp (INOVAS)– Mohamad Sakr, Vice President– Bongjun Lee, Collection Systems Manager

Notes from2013-14 Data Collection

Winter Collection Extended

• Winter Collection was extended this year due to inclement weather

Reporting Noncompliance

• As of 10/2012, the fine amount for IPEDS reporting noncompliance has increased

• The regulations permit a fine of up to $35,000 for each violation of any provision of Title IV, or any regulation or agreement implementing that Title

• Increased from $27,500• Remember, noncompliance encompasses both

timely and accurate reporting

Response Status

• Keyholder close date was last Wed, 4/9• Help Desk is now working with KHs who did

not lock on time– One Last Chance– Minor edit problems

• Coordinator close date is next Wed, 4/23• Sorry about the timing of this meeting

One Last Chance Policy

• Allows institutions one chance to submit data after the deadline

• After due date, Help Desk contacts institutions that have not already used OLC– They are given 2 weeks – Help Desk enters, edits, works w/ keyholder to get

data clean and locked

OLC

• Institutions that have used OLC are not contacted– If institution contacts Help Desk, they are given 24

hours to submit the data

• Most institutions using OLC are non-coordinated, so thanks!

IC and SFA changes

• Cost of Attendance (COA) data for prior years moved to the SFA component from IC– Moved to improve the calculation of average net

price of attendance– KHs can revise/verify COA data at the same time

they submit finaid data on SFA and see the net price calculation

– No revisions in Prior Year Revision System

Moved GR and GR200

• GR and GR200 joined the SFA component in the Winter data collection– Suggestions from TRP 20 (November 2007)

indicated that institutions should be able to report these data by early February

– Institutions were able to meet new due date– Allows NCES to provide graduation rates data to

legislators, policy makers, students, and data users earlier

HR

• 2012: New format + SOC = huge challenge• What we learned:

– SOC was not designed with postsecondary education in mind– KHs had many issues with interpreting screens, instructions

• What we did:– A quick NPEC project to make suggestions for improvement –

some great ideas which we implemented for 2013– Clarified screens, rewrote instructions, new FAQs

• Please note: there were NO changes in reporting for 2013-14; all work on instructions was done to provide CLARIFICATION

Postsecondary Teachers

• No more Postsecondary Teachers terminology – too confusing

• We’ve returned to the old terminology:– Instructional staff, includes:• Primarily instruction• Instruction combined with research, public service

– Research staff– Public Service staff

Renamed Some Categories• New: Community, Social Service, Legal, Arts, Design, Entertainment,

Sports, and Media Occupations (21-0000 + 23-0000 + 27-0000) • Old: Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media Occupations

• New: Student and Academic Affairs and Other Education Services Occupations (25-2000 + 25-3000 + 25-9000)

• Old: Other Teaching and Instructional Support Occupations

• New: Library and Student and Academic Affairs and Other Education Services Occupations (25-4000 + 25-2000 + 25-3000 + 25-9000)

• Old: Library and Instructional Support Occupations

More Clarifications

• One contract type category has been expanded:– New: Multi-year or continuing or at-will contract – Old: Multi-year contract

• See the instructions for the NEW Key Reporting Concepts section -- basic reporting concepts that will assist you in completing the HR component

• SOC codes added to screens

How can you help?

• Please continue to let us know if you identify additional issues you are struggling with

• The SOC 2018 Revision process is underway! – NCES has proposed changes that will help better

align the SOC with postsecondary education, particularly in the areas of academic and student affairs

2018 SOC Revision

• How you can get involved:– Submit comments to the Federal Register notice

slated to be published in early 2014– Let your voices be heard and make suggestions

about how the SOC can be improved and updated to better reflect the occupations at postsecondary institutions

Important Concepts: SOC Occupational Hierarchy

• 23 Major occupational groups• 97 Minor occupational groups• 461 broad occupations• 840 detailed occupations

– For example:• Major Group 25-0000 Education, Training and Library Occupations

• Minor Group 25-1000 Postsecondary Teachers

• Broad Occupation 25-1060 Social Science Teachers, Postsecondary

• Detailed Occupation 25-1064 Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary

Important Concepts: Key SOC Classification Principles

• Principle 2: Classification is based on work performed– Occupations are classified based on work performed and, in some cases, on

the skills, education, and/or training needed to perform the work at a competent level.

• Principle 9: Collectability– The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the U.S. Census Bureau are charged

with collecting and reporting data on total U.S. employment across the full spectrum of SOC major groups.

– Thus, for a detailed occupation to be included in the SOC, either the Bureau of Labor Statistics or the Census Bureau must be able to collect and report data on that occupation.

Suggesting New or Revised Occupations

• Provide specific information on the nature of the work performed – this is the most important type of information!

• Include specific activities and tasks

• Indicate which activities and tasks are required of all workers in the occupation

Keep in Mind

–How the work performed is distinct from that of other detailed SOC occupations.– For example, why shouldn’t academic and student affairs

professionals be classified under 11-9099, Education Administrators, Other or 21-1012, Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors? What makes their duties and responsibilities distinct?

Resources

• SOC Website: www.bls.gov/SOC

• Stay tuned for updates in This Week in IPEDS

General System Notes

• Can now have 7 additional users; more in the future

• Adding Library Contact info this spring so we can communicate with those folks

A New Way for Us to Communicate

• Ticker tape banner messaging• Joins– Message Center– Pop-up boxes– Specialized emails– TWII

New Coordinator Tools, Reports

• Tools– Added ‘Fatal error export’ option to the ‘Export Caveats,

Edits, Etc.’ page• Reports– ‘New user and veteran user' selection in the 'New User

List' page under the reports menu– ‘Institution status of the reporting method' to the

existing 'Institution status per sector/State' page under the reports menu.

– ‘Institution Used One last chance' under the reports menu.

2014-15 Data Collection

Collection Calendar

2014-15 Data Collection Calendar

Registration Fall(6 wks)

Winter(9 wks)

Spring(17 wks)

Open date Aug 6 Sept 3 Dec 10 Dec 10Keyholder close date Oct 15 Feb 11 Apr 8

Coordinator close date Oct 29 Feb 25 Apr 22

IncludesRegistration

MappingInstitution ID

IC-H

ICC

E12

SFAGR

GR200ADM

EFF

HRAL

Registration Review Date

• Register by August 27 – coordinators, too! • If a keyholder has not registered as of this

date, a letter will be sent to the CEO requesting appointment of a new keyholder

• If coordinators don’t register, we have to hunt you down. Only registered coordinators are invited to this conference….

Prior Year Revision (PYR) System

• Survey components will be open for revision during their regular data collection period

• EXCEPT: Fall components will open on 9/10 instead of 9/3

• Revise cost of attendance data on IC or any SFA data through current year SFA, NOT in PYR

• For next year only, revise Admissions data through IC in both Fall and Winter

Other Important Dates

• Update Registration Contact information– 8/6/14 – 7/17/15

• Update Institution Identification information– 8/6/14 – 6/1/15

• Upload Custom Comparison Group for 2015 Data Feedback Report– 1/5/15 – 7/17/15

Changes to Data Collection for 2014-15 and 2015-16

2014-15 and 2015-16 Changes

• Have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for implementation in 2014-15 and 2015-16

• The following information has been posted in Data Provider Center (DCS login screen) and DCS Help menu:– Description of changes– Screens and instructions (survey materials)

Origins of Changes

• TRP: Academic Libraries, 8/11• TRP: Data on Veterans, 11/11• TRP: Alternate Measures of Student Success,

2/12 & 10/12• TRP: Finance, For-profit Institutions, 8/12• TRP: Data Collection Calendar, 11/07• NCES, public comments

Preview Year

• Preview year for 2014-15 changes will be 2013-14

• Preview year for 2015-16 changes will be 2014-15, BUT the information is already posted

Changes for 2014-15

Add to IC – Veterans

• Which of the following are available to veterans, military service members, or their families?– Post-9/11 GI Bill, Yellow Ribbon Program– Credit for military training– Dedicated point of contact for support services for

veterans, military service members, and their families– Recognized student veteran organization– Member of Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges

• URL for tuition policies specifically related to veterans and military service members

IC - Veterans

Add to IC – SQ for AL

• Screening question for academic libraries data:– What are your annual total library expenditures?• If annual total library expenditures = 0 there is no

additional reporting• If annual total library expenditures >0, institution will

submit the new Academic Libraries component

AL Screening Question

Delete from IC – Early Fall Ests.

• Early Fall Enrollment Estimates– Full-time and part-time undergraduate students– First-time undergraduate students– Graduate students

• Why?– Data are not of particularly good quality– Source of confusion in Data Center– Evidence that they’re not widely used

Move from IC to ADM

• Delete the items that collect admissions information from IC, and create a separate small component in the Winter collection

• SQ will remain on IC (Do you have an open admissions policy?)

• New component will be collected only from institutions that do not have an open admission policy

• Moving these items to Winter will mean all institutions can report data for the most recent fall period

Add to SFA – Veterans

• Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits:– Number of undergraduate and graduate students

receiving benefits– Total dollar amount of tuition and fee benefits

awarded to them through the institution• DoD Tuition Assistance:– Number of undergraduate and graduate students

receiving – Total dollar amount of awarded to them through the

institution

SFA - Veterans

Admissions (ADM)

• Newly separated component in Winter• Admissions items from IC – nothing new

ADM – Admissions Requirements

• Admissions requirements (required, recommended, neither required nor recommended, don’t know):– Secondary school GPA– Secondary school rank– Secondary school record– Completion of college-preparatory program– Recommendations– Formal demonstration of competencies (e.g., portfolios, certificates

of mastery, assessment instruments)– Admission test scores

• SAT/ACT• Other test (ABT, Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)• TOEFL

ADM – Counts

• Number of first-time, degree/certificate-seeking students in the following categories. For each category, report men, women, and total as available– Number of applicants– Number of admissions– Number (of admitted) that enrolled full-time– Number (of admitted) that enrolled part-time

ADM – Counts

ADM – Test Scores

• If test scores are required for admission for first-time, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students, provide the number and percentage of enrolled students submitting SAT and/or ACT scores, and the 25th and 75th percentile scores for each test listed:– SAT Critical Reading, Math, Writing– ACT composite, English, Math, Writing

ADM – Test Scores

ADM – Test Scores

New Academic Libraries (AL)

• The Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) was collected by Census Bureau/NCES from degree-granting institutions every other year in even-numbered years, through 2012

• The Academic Libraries (AL) component of IPEDS will be collected from degree-granting institutions annually in the Spring collection, and will have fewer data elements– Collected only if total annual library expenditures > 0

• Questions about staff will be moved to the Human Resources component for the 2014-15 collection.

AL – Collection, Circulation

• If expenditures > 0:– Is the library collection entirely electronic? (Y/N)– Library collections counts, physical and

digital/electronic, as applicable:• Books• Serial titles (deleted because it was deleted from 2012 ALS)• Databases• Media

– Circulation, physical and digital/electronic, as applicable

AL – Collections, Circulation

AL - Expenditures

• If expenditures > $100,000:– Number of branch and independent libraries—exclude

main or central library– Total salaries and wages– Are staff fringe benefits paid out of the library budget?

(Y/N)– Fringe benefit expenditures if paid by the library budget– One-time purchases of books, serial backfiles and other

materials– Ongoing commitments to subscriptions

AL – Expenditures, Interlibrary

• If expenditures > $100,000 (continued):– Other information resources– Preservation services– All other operations and maintenance expenditures– Total interlibrary loans and documents provided to

other libraries– Total interlibrary loans and documents received– Does your library support virtual reference services?

AL - Communications

• IPEDS team will upload current library contacts into the Data Collection System as Library Contacts– We will begin communicating with KHs,

coordinators, and Library Contacts this spring about next year’s AL collection

AL Resources

• We will develop an AL Resources website– Definitions

– FAQs

– Comparison chart for ALS and AL

Changes to Finance For-profit

• Made to increase comparability of private for-profit finance data with private not-for-profit finance data

• Much of the change involves parsing out items that used to be reported together

Changes to Finance For-profit

• Balance Sheet: Add the following new categories:– Long-term investments – Property, plant, and equipment, net of

accumulated depreciation – Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization – Debt related to property, plant, and equipment – Additional detail to align with financial statements

Changes to Finance For-profit

• Balance Sheet: Add the following new categories:– Land improvements – Buildings – Equipment—including art and library collections – Construction in progress – Other plant, property, and equipment – Total plant, property, and equipment – Accumulated depreciation

Changes to Finance For-profit

• Revenues– Separate federal appropriations, grants, and contracts

into two categories: • Federal appropriations• Federal grants and contracts

– Separate state and local government appropriations, grants, and contracts into four categories: • State appropriations• State grants and contracts• Local appropriations• Local grants and contracts

Changes to Finance For-profit

• Revenues, continued– Add private gifts to be reported with private

grants and contracts – Add the following revenue category, if applicable:• Hospital services

Changes to Finance For-profit

• Expenses– Separate research and public service into two categories:

• Research• Public service

– Separate academic support, student services, and institutional support into three categories:• Academic support• Student services• Institutional support

– Add the following new functional expense categories:• Operation and maintenance of plant• Hospital services

Changes to Finance For-profit

• Expenses, continued:– The following categories will be allocated across the

functional categories and will also be reported as a total amount following the expense matrix used by public and private nonprofit institutions:• Salaries and wages• Employee fringe benefits• Operations and maintenance • Interest• Depreciation• All other

Changes to Finance For-profit

• Expenses, continued:– Add a new screening question:• What is your business structure?

– Based on the information provided, institutions with the business structure of either C Corporations or LLC will subsequently be asked to report income tax expenses as follows:• Total Federal income tax expenditures• Total state and local income tax expenditures

Changes to Finance For-profit

• Scholarships & Fellowships– Separate state and local grants (government) into

two categories:• Grants by state government• Grants by local government

All Survey Components

• Voluntary item: 2014-15, every 3rd year• Time required to complete the component: – Review instructions– Query and search data sources– Complete and review the component – Submit the data through the Data Collection

System• Will be used in calculating future burden

estimates

Summary, 2014-15Fall Collection Winter Collection Spring Collection

• Institutional Characteristics

• Completions• 12-month

Enrollment

• Student Financial Aid

• Graduation Rates• 200% Graduation

Rates• Admissions

• Fall Enrollment• Human Resources• Finance• Academic

Libraries

Changes for 2015-16

New Outcome Measures (OM)

• New Winter component for degree-granting institutions

• Collect outcome measures data on 4 degree/certificate-seeking student cohorts – Full-time, first-time students– Part-time, first-time students– Full-time, non-first-time entering students– Part-time, non-first-time entering students

Why?

• Improve the quality and availability of student success data

• Collect more comprehensive measures of student success for a broader group of students

Why?

• Feb 2012 TRP 37 suggested outcome information be collected for first-time, part-time students

• Oct 2012 TRP 40 suggested similar outcome information be collected for non-first-time students

• To expedite availability of OM data, TRP 40 also suggested that data be reported retrospectively– If a prospective reporting model were used, OM data

would not be available until 2023.

OM – 8 yrs• For each of the 4 cohorts, collect a status update 8

years after the cohort enters the institution using the following categories:– Received award– Did not receive award, still enrolled at reporting institution– Did not receive award, subsequently enrolled at another

institution– Did not receive award, subsequent enrollment status

unknown• A total of students who did not receive an award will be

calculated

OM – 6 yrs

• For each of the 4 cohorts, collect a status update 6 years after the cohort enters the institution using the following category:– Received award

OM

• Academic reporting institutions will report on Fall cohorts; program and hybrid reporters will report on full-year cohorts

• Outcome Measures data collection will begin in 2015-16 2014-15, with institutions reporting on their 2007 2006 cohorts

• Data will not be disaggregated by race, ethnicity, or gender

OM Resources

• We will develop an OM Resources website– Definitions– FAQs– Help with developing retrospective cohorts

Summary, 2015-16Fall Collection Winter Collection Spring Collection

• Institutional Characteristics

• Completions• 12-month

Enrollment

• Student Financial Aid

• Graduation Rates• 200% Graduation

Rates• Admissions• Outcome

Measures

• Fall Enrollment• Human Resources• Finance• Academic

Libraries

Resources Reminder

Help Desk

• RTI International manages the Help Desk• The Help Desk provides outstanding service• They are expert representatives, most with

years of IPEDS experience

• Data Collection Help Desk• Tools Help Desk

IPEDS Help Desk

Help Desk Activity 2013-14(through March 26, 2014)

Fall 2013 (includes

registration)Winter/Spring

2013-14 Total

Number of calls handled 11,236 11,703 22,939

Number of calls made 11,638 12,088 23,726

Number of e-mails received 4,288 5,567 9,855

Total 27,162 29,358 56,520

Training• Association for Institutional Research (AIR)– Holds the subcontract for IPEDS training– Provides training in a variety of modalities:• Face-to-Face Workshops• Online Video Tutorials• Online Keyholder Courses (new for 2014-15)

www.airweb.org/IPEDS

• 30 higher education professionals from around the country

• A subsection of this cohort helps develop AIR’s IPEDS resources (workshops, tutorials, and courses) and present IPEDS Workshops

• State coordinators make great IPEDS Trainers, contact Eric Godin at AIR for more information

AIR’s IPEDS Trainer Cohort

Face-to-Face Workshops

30 Workshops Annually

• Most co-hosted with other higher education organizations• Include instruction, videos, hands-on exercises, and discussions

Workshops Topics

• Keyholder Training• Best Practices for Reporting and Using IPEDS Data to Improve Efficiencies• IPEDS Data as the Public Face of an Institution• IPEDS Data and Benchmarking: Supporting Decision Making and Institutional

Effectiveness • IPEDS Finance Training for IR Professionals

2012-13 Workshop Locations• Over 1,000 participants, including over 600 keyholders and coordinators• 96% of attendees agreed or strongly agreed that the workshop improved

their knowledge of IPEDS

Online Video Tutorials

Component Overviews

• 10 tutorials, over 40 minutes of content

• Brief introduction to each component

Definitions and Concepts

• 30 tutorials, over 95 minutes of content

• Linked from data collection forms

Data Tools• Over 165

minutes of content

• Data Center, Trend Generator, etc.

IPEDS Related• Additional

tutorials related to IPEDS

• New Keyholder, Net Price Calculator, etc.

New Online IPEDS Resources

IPEDS Keyholder Courses(courses are self-paced, mentor supported, and take 10-15 hours to complete)

• Course 1 – For keyholders with 0-9 months of experience, explains keyholder responsibilities, campus planning for IPEDS submission, key IPEDS concepts, and where IPEDS data appear in the public domain (available August 2014)

• Course 2 – For keyholders with 9-24 months of experience, covers how to improve IPEDS data quality, increase data submission efficiency, and access and use IPEDS data (available late Fall 2014)

Annual IPEDS Update

• Review of changes to collection process and survey components (available August 2014)

Listservs

• IPEDS listserv– >1500 subscribers– Very lively discussions– Biggest challenge: communicating to keyholders

when to contact Help Desk, and when to post on listserv

• Coordinator listserv– Available to all coordinators – Message Center– Dormant right now

This Week in IPEDS

• Important news – Data submission topics– Data releases, publication releases

IPEDS Resource Center

• Data release procedure Data tip sheets• Survey instrument archive; changes• Information Centers– HR/SOC– Race/Ethnicity– CIP– Net Price Calculator

• Net price FAQs

Coordinator Tools in DCS

Coordinator Tools in DCS

New! Fatal Error export option!

Coordinator Tools in DCS

See Coordinator Handbookfor more details

Data Dissemination and Data Use Tools

IPEDS Data Release Procedure

• 4 stages:– Collection Level– Preliminary – Provisional– Final

• Outlined in IPEDS Resource Center

Collection Level

• Data are locked• Then they are reviewed by the Help Desk • Then they are migrated to the Collection Level

Data Center (login available only through the Data Collection System)

• At Collection Level, any respondent whose data have already been migrated can see their own data, as well as the data for all of the other institutions that have already been migrated

Preliminary Data

• After an IPEDS data collection cycle closes:– A First Look publication based on preliminary data is

released – Preliminary data are made publicly available through

the IPEDS Data Center• Preliminary data have been edited but are subject

to further NCES quality control procedures • Imputed data for nonresponding institutions are

not included

Provisional Data

• After all quality control procedures are complete: – The First Look publication is reissued based on the

provisional data– Provisional data are made publicly available

through the IPEDS Data Center• Data have been imputed for non-responding

institutions

Final Data

• Institutions may submit revisions to data in the subsequent data collection year.

• After editing of these revised data is complete: – Final data are made public through the IPEDS Data

Center– The First Look publication is not reissued

Publications & Reports

Publication/Data Release Schedule

• Preliminary Data [data released and First Look published]:– Fall Survey Data (ICH, IC, E12, C): mid- to late-May following

the collection– Winter Survey Data (SFA, GR, GR200): early- to mid-September

following the collection– Spring Survey Data (HR, EF, F): early- to mid-October following

the collection

• Provisional Data [data released and First Look published]:– Approximately 4-6 weeks after the Preliminary data release

IPEDS First Looks

• What Is A First Look? A brief publication and set of tables that coincides with the release of IPEDS data files. Recent releases:– IPEDS Fall 2013-14 data collection (preliminary data)

• Soon!

– IPEDS Spring 2012-13 data collection (provisional data)• Pub #2013-183, 12/31/13

– IPEDS Winter 2012-13 data collection (provisional data)• Pub #2013-178, 10/21/13

– IPEDS Fall 2012-13 data collection (provisional data)• Pub #2013-289rev, 07/09/13

Topical Web Tables (State & Sector)

• State Report on Distance Education (2011-12)– Pub #2013-172, 04/15/13

2013 Data Feedback Report• Uses IPEDS data submitted in 2012-13

• Emailed to keyholders 01/07/14

• Mailings– About 60% mailed on 01/21/2014– The remaining 40% were damaged by a leaky pipe, and were reprinted and sent

02/07/2014

• Available in Data Center

• NOTE: Custom comparison group changes for 2014 report can be made thru 7/16/13

• Use Data Center for additional 2013 reports

Data Use Tools

Data Center

• Institution Profile Improvements– More data on student charges, net price, distance education

enrollment, enrollment by age and enrollment by residence.– New graphics visually describe the data

Data Center

• Statistics Report Improvements– Revamped the questions asked for the output to

make them clearer and more intuitive – and also put them on one page!

– Reformatted format to reduce the number of blank/not applicable cells

– Download feature produces a zip file that will have both formats

– Improved speed

Data Center

• Custom Data Set– Easier to select lots of variables

Trend Generator

• Added more questions and subjects, allowing users to create trends from more IPEDS data than before

• Finally, the results can now be filtered so that trends will only include certain groups of institutions, allowing users more flexibility

NCES DataLab

• IPEDS Tables Library– Link from Data Center, home page– Sample survey tables available, too

• IPEDS Analytics: Delta Cost Project Database – 2010 update available– 2011 update in progress– http://nces.ed.gov/datalab/

Beyond collection and dissemination

NPEC: IPEDS R&DIPEDS Technical Review Panel

Data Integration

NPEC: IPEDS R&D

Role of NPEC

• National Postsecondary Education Cooperative• To promote the quality, comparability and

utility of postsecondary data and information that support policy development at the federal, state, and institution levels

• NCES has assigned NPEC the specific responsibility for developing a R&D agenda for IPEDS, in support of its mission

Role of NPEC

• In addition to core membership, members serve on/lead working groups to explore targeted R&D topics

• Members serve on the IPEDS Technical Review Panel

• http://nces.ed.gov/npec

Who Is NPEC?• 15 members:

– Six data representatives from ACE, NAICU, APLU, AASCU, APLU, and AACC– Nine representatives from:

• a non-profit college; • a for-profit college • a community college; • a public 4-year college;• a regional organization (e.g., SREB, WICHE); • a data user groups (e.g., TICAS, IHEP); • a state higher ed agency or system• a community college system• a state independent college association

• Staffed and supported by NCES: – Support for related contractual work including meeting logistics and R&D

work

Current MembersMary Ann Coughlin*Springfield College

Kent PhillippeAmerican Association of Community Colleges (AACC)

Alisa Cunningham*Institute for Higher Education Policy

Chris RasmussenMidwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC)

Christy England-SiegerdtWashington Student Achievement Council (WSAC)

Mikyung RyuAmerican Council on Education (ACE)

Gayle FinkBowie State University

Rajat ShahLincoln Educational Services

Tammy HalliganAssociation of Private Sector Colleges & Universities

Wendy Weiler National Assoc. of Independent Colleges & Univ. (NAICU)

Christine KellerAssociation of Public & Land-Grant Universities (APLU)

Christina WhitfieldKentucky Community and Technical College System

Carolyn MataGeorgia Independent College Association

TBDRepresentative from a community college

Emily ParkerAmerican Assoc. of State Colleges & Univ. (AASCU) * Term Ends June 30, 2014

Recent R&D Reports

• Completed since last conference– Clarifying the reporting and use of second major data

in IPEDS– Clarifying how study abroad students are reported in

IPEDS– Institutional grouping working group: Identification

of issues and recommendations

IPEDS Technical Review Panel

Janice Kelly-Reid, RTI International

What is the IPEDS TRP?

• Group of technical experts that meets ~3x/yr to:– Implement legislation and regulations into IPEDS– Address emerging areas of concern – Decrease reporting burden AND retain federal

data necessary for policy making and analysis• Meetings conducted by RTI International and

under the new contract will be held at Department of Education meeting space

Recent & Upcoming TRP MeetingsDate Held TRP Topic

Feb 2014 Defining an IPEDS Institution

Mar 2014 Defining an IPEDS Institution, Part 2

July 2014 Human Resources

TRP Website

• TRP Website, hosted by RTI– Summaries of meetings – Calls for comment and – Dates for upcoming meetings

• Available through the IPEDS Newsroom tab under Technical Review Panel Reports

• Contact Janice Kelly-Reid at jrk@rti.org if interested in serving

Data Integration and Other Inter-office and Inter-agency Work

Integration/other projects

• Crosswalk• Gainful employment• College Scorecard• Shopping Sheet• Net price calculator• Standard Occupational Codes (SOC) working

group

Questions?

Thank you!