January 11, 2005
Educause Live!NCES Proposal on Student Unit
Record Data Collection
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Current Annual Institutional Surveys
Inst Characteristics Finance
Completions Faculty Salaries
Fall Enrollment Graduation Rates
Fall Staff Student Financial Aid
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
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Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
• Participation is required as condition of Title IV eligibility
• Approximately 9900 institutions participate
• Institutional data submitted via Web-based form or file upload› Keyholders
› State Coordination Structures
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• NPSAS/NSoFaS› Longitudinal Sample Surveys (Students &
Faculty)› Spin off additional surveys
• IRS 1098-T
• Crime Statistics
• Equity in Athletics Disclosure (EADA)
Additional Data Collections
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Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
Unit Record System Proposal Summary
Collect IPEDS student data through individual student unit records, in place of the current institutional
aggregate reports (enrollment, completions, graduation rates, and student financial aid). NCES will generate and report existing aggregate IPEDS
institutional data using unit records.
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Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
Unit Record System Proposal Process
• Three Technical Review Panel Meetings› States
› Institutions
› Stakeholders
• Feasibility Study
• Draft Legislation› Authorize
› Fund
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Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
Why redesign?
• Better data
• Fewer collections
• Accountability
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Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
Better data• Graduation Rate Survey
• Enrollment
• Net Price
• Time to Degree
• Loan verification
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Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
Fewer collections• Elimination of current surveys
› Enrollment› Completions› GRS› Financial Aid
• Campus aggregation
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Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
Accountability
• Fiscal Investment› $13.5 billion federal grant aid
› $57 billion federal loan volume
› $6 billion federal tax benefits
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Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
Accountability
• Government Performance and Results Act (GEPRA)
• Performance Assessment Rating Tool (PART)
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Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
Why NOT redesign?
• Privacy
• Burden
• Misuse of Data
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Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
What Next?
• Feasibility study (draft)› Could vs. Should
• Reauthorization of HEA› Congress› Administration
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