The National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES) seeks authorization from OMB to make a change to
the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) data
collection. Current authorization expires February 29, 2020 (OMB#
1850-0582 v.20-23). NCES is requesting a new clearance for the
2019-20, 2020-21, and 2021-22 data collections to enable us to make
a change to six of the IPEDS data collection components, clarify
definitions and instructions throughout the components, and to
continue the IPEDS collection of postsecondary data over the next
three years. IPEDS is a web-based data collection system designed
to collect basic data from all postsecondary institutions in the
United States and the other jurisdictions. IPEDS enables NCES to
report on key dimensions of postsecondary education such as
enrollments, degrees and other awards earned, tuition and fees,
average net price, student financial aid, graduation rates, student
outcomes, revenues and expenditures, faculty salaries, and staff
employed. The IPEDS web-based data collection system was
implemented in 2000-01. In 2017-18, IPEDS collected data from 6,642
postsecondary institutions in the United States and the other
jurisdictions that are eligible to participate in Title IV Federal
financial aid programs. All Title IV institutions are required to
respond to IPEDS (Section 490 of the Higher Education Amendments of
1992 [P.L. 102-325]). IPEDS allows other (non-title IV)
institutions to participate on a voluntary basis; approximately 200
non-title IV institutions elect to respond each year. IPEDS data
are available to the public through the College Navigator and IPEDS
Data Center websites. This clearance package includes a number of
proposed changes to the data collection. As part of the public
comment period review, NCES requests that IPEDS data submitters and
other stakeholders respond to the directed questions found in
Appendix D of this submission.
The changes to a subset of
survey components proposed in this submission result in a modest
burden time increase per institution. However, due to the decrease
in the number of Title IV institutions and revisions to the burden
time estimates per institution based on the voluntary reporting of
response burden collected from IPEDS respondents in 2017-18, the
overall estimated annual respondent burden time for this collection
has decreased.
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.
IPEDS 2019-2022 Changes Since 30-day Public Comment Period.docx
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2019-20 through 2021-22