OMB strongly
encourages NCES to continue its efforts to collaborate with other
areas within the Department, including the Office of Postsecondary
Education and Federal Student Aid, to better integrate, use, and
disseminate postsecondary data collected by the different offices,
and will require that a progress report on these efforts be
included in the next IPEDS clearance package.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
01/31/2012
36 Months From Approved
07/31/2011
58,090
0
52,040
173,803
0
162,943
0
0
0
The National Center for Education
Statistic (NCES) is requesting an amendment to its three-year
clearance for the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
(IPEDS) to run for the 2008-09,2009-10, and 2010-2011 web-based
collections. Current authorization for IPEDS expires July 31, 2011
(OMB No.1850-0582). The Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA),
which became law on August 14, 2008, after OMB had already granted
IPEDS a three-year clearance, has several implications for the
IPEDS annual web-based data collection. The law requires the
immediate implementation of several new institutional reporting
requirements so that the data may be made avaialbale on the College
Navigator website by August 2009. A change memo was sent to OMB on
August 19, 2008, that included a small number of non-substantive
changes to the 2008-09 data collection based on the new
requirements; OMB provided clearance for those changes in a notice
on August 26, 2008. NCES now request in this document a limited
number of additional substantive changes to spring cycle of the
2008-09 IPEDS web-based data collection, which opens on March 4,
2009, in order to implement HEOA requirements. These changes are
to:(1) make previously approved changes to financial aid reporting
required, rather than optional, in spring 2009; (2)collect
additional financial aid data; (3)collect data on students with
disabilities; and (4)collect additional graduation rate
data.
There were two additional IC's
added as well as various changes to existing IC's to implement the
HEOA requirements. See Supporting statement for breakdown.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Att_IPEDS v 7 Response to Public Comment.doc
IPEDScollectionhome.pdf
Spring Supplement less than 4 year institutions