The core 2008 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:08) data elements are presented as a list of approximately 300 items arranged by topic. Table 11 presents the data elements for NPSAS, and Table 12 presents the data elements for members of the Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B) cohort. Most of these data elements appeared in the previously approved NPSAS:04 and NPSAS: 2000 studies (the last NPSAS to include a B&B cohort). The data elements for the NPSAS:08 cover general topics that pertain to all students, such as financial aid, tuition, enrollment, and demographic characteristics. However, many items are only relevant to certain categories of students, including dependent undergraduates, 1st and 2nd year students, the B&B cohort of graduating seniors, graduate/first professional, or those working while enrolled. In this case, the particular category of student has been specified in the list of data elements.
Some of the additions to the NPSAS:08 study data elements were made at the suggestion of the Technical Review Panel (TRP). For example, data elements were added for the National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent (SMART) and Academic Competitiveness Grants (ACG) programs and for information received in loan counseling about repayment options. Data elements specific to students completing their Baccalaureate degrees in 2008 for the B&B longitudinal follow-up were also added.
NPSAS is a particularly complex survey because it uses a large variety of sources and several sources may be available for the same data element. These are indicated in the sources columns, generally in the order of priority, as follows:
ACT: Data from American College Testing service files on ACT college entrance examinations and student questionnaires.
CADE: Data from institutional records collected through a computer assisted data entry (CADE) system at the institutions or submitted in electronic data files. These include records from the registrar, bursar, and financial aid office.
CATI: Data from student interviews using either the web-based self-administered student interview or the computer assisted telephone interview (CATI).
FAFSA: Data from the Central Processing System (CPS) for Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), which includes student and parent demographic, income and asset information, and expected family contribution used in need analysis. The records are called Institutional Student Information Reports (ISIR).
IPEDS: Data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) which includes institutional characteristics and enrollment.
NSLDS: Data from the U.S. Department of Education's National Student Loan Data system (NSLDS), which has a record of all individual student loans ever borrowed and all Pell Grant payments since 1994.
SAT: Data from the College Board files of SAT college entrance examinations.
Table 11. NPSAS:08 data elements
Data elements |
Sources |
Applies to |
Purpose/issues |
||
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
|||
Institutional characteristics (NPSAS sample institution) |
|
|
|
|
Survey administration |
Name and address |
IPEDS |
CADE |
|
All |
Sample stratum |
Control (public/private not-for-profit/ private for profit) |
IPEDS |
CADE |
|
All |
|
Level (less than 2-year/2-3 year/4+year) |
IPEDS |
CADE |
|
All |
|
Highest degree offered (certificate/ associate/bachelor/master/doctoral/ first-professional) |
IPEDS |
CADE |
|
All |
|
Affiliation (religious) |
IPEDS |
CADE |
|
All |
Institution description |
Carnegie (2005) classifications |
IPEDS |
CADE |
|
All |
|
Selectivity of institution |
IPEDS |
|
|
All |
|
State/region |
IPEDS |
CADE |
|
All |
|
Enrollment size (undergraduate/ graduate) |
IPEDS |
CADE |
|
All |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Calendar system (semester/quarter/ trimester/other/continuous) |
IPEDS |
CADE |
|
All |
Enrollment measurement |
Name of term (fall/winter/spring/summer) |
CADE |
|
|
All |
|
Beginning and ending dates of terms (month, year) |
CADE |
|
|
All |
|
Clock/contact or credit hour |
IPEDS |
CADE |
|
All |
|
Total length of programs (terms/hours) |
CADE |
CATI |
|
All |
|
Do calendars, term dates, or credit hours vary by program? (specify) |
IPEDS |
CADE |
|
All |
|
Scale used for GPA |
CADE |
|
|
All |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NPSAS Study Eligibility Criteria |
|
|
|
|
Study eligibility |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Enrolled at any time between July 1 to June 30. |
CADE |
CATI |
|
All |
|
Enrolled in (a) an academic program |
CADE |
CATI |
|
All |
|
or (b) at least one course for credit toward an academic degree |
CADE |
CATI |
|
All |
|
or (c) vocational program that requires at least 3 months or 300 clock hrs |
CADE |
CATI |
|
All |
|
and (d) not concurrently enrolled in high school |
CADE |
CATI |
|
Undergraduates |
|
and (e) not enrolled solely in GED or high school completion program |
CADE |
CATI |
|
Undergraduates |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Program of study/class level/GPA |
|
|
|
|
Student classification |
Undergraduate degree program (certificate/ AA/AAS/BA/5-yr BA/ none) |
CADE |
CATI |
|
Undergraduates |
Academic programs |
Graduate/first-professional degree program (MBA, MEd, PhD, JD, MD, etc./none) |
CADE |
CATI |
|
Graduate/first-professional |
|
See notes at end of table.
Table 11. NPSAS:08 data elements—Continued
Data elements |
Sources |
Applies to |
Purpose/issues |
||
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
|||
Completed requirements for degree (y/n) |
CADE |
CATI |
FAFSA |
All |
Degree completion |
Date degree awarded or expected (month year) |
CADE |
CATI |
|
All |
B&B sample identification |
Major/ field of study (on line coding of CIP codes/ no major/undecided) |
CATI |
CADE |
FAFSA |
All |
|
Type of classes (list) |
CATI |
|
|
Non-degree |
|
Undergraduate
class level |
CADE |
CATI |
NSLDS |
Undergraduates |
Class level/years |
SMART Grants (eligibility/knowledge about/change of majors) |
CATI |
|
|
Undergraduates |
SMART grants |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Graduate/first-professional year (1-3, 4+) |
CADE |
CATI |
NSLDS |
Graduate/first-professional |
|
Cumulative GPA |
CADE |
CATI |
|
All |
Academic performance |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Enrollment /Attendance Status in NPSAS year |
|
|
|
|
Enrollment classification |
Terms or months enrolled |
CADE |
CATI |
|
All |
|
Attendance status for each term (full time/half time/less then half time) |
CADE |
CATI |
|
All |
|
Number of credits earned during term |
CADE |
|
|
All |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Attended other schools during NPSAS year (y/n) |
CATI |
|
|
All |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For each school attended during the year other than NPSAS school: |
CATI |
|
|
2+ institutions |
|
IPEDS code (on-line coding) |
CATI |
|
|
2+ institutions |
|
Name, city, state, level, control (on-line coding) |
CATI |
|
|
2+ institutions |
|
Attendance status (full time/ part time) |
CATI |
|
|
2+ institutions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Education goals |
CATI |
|
|
|
Educational goals |
Reasons for enrolling at this institution: – complete degree (certificate, AA, BA – earn credits for degree elsewhere – prepare for transfer to 4-year – gain job skills – prepare for job certification/license – personal interest/recreation |
CATI |
|
|
Undergraduates |
|
Main reason for enrolling at this institution |
CATI |
|
|
Undergraduates |
|
Highest degree expected at this institution |
CATI |
|
|
All |
|
Highest level of education expect to complete in next 5-10 years |
CATI |
|
|
All |
|
See notes at end of table.
Table 11. NPSAS:08 data elements—Continued
Data elements |
Sources |
Applies to |
Purpose/issues |
||
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
|||
Prior education |
|
|
|
|
Education background |
Type of high school diploma (diploma/ GED/certificate/foreign high school/none) |
CADE |
CATI |
|
Undergraduates |
|
Year high school diploma received |
CADE |
CATI |
|
Undergraduates |
|
Type of high school (public/private) |
CATI |
|
|
Undergraduates |
|
Admissions test scores |
ACT |
SAT |
|
Undergraduates under 30 |
|
High school math courses |
ACT |
SAT |
CATI |
Undergraduates under 30 |
|
High school GPA |
CADE |
CATI |
|
Undergraduates under 30 |
|
Earn credits at a college while in high school |
CATI |
|
|
Undergraduates under 30 |
|
Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG) (eligibility/knowledge about/course taking) |
CATI |
CADE |
|
1st & 2nd year undergraduates |
ACG grants |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Date began at NPSAS institution |
CATI |
CADE |
|
All |
|
Was NPSAS institution first school attended after high school (y/n) |
CATI |
CADE |
FAFSA |
Undergraduates |
|
Month and year first enrolled in first school |
CATI |
|
|
Undergraduates |
|
Received any previous degrees or certificates (specify) |
CATI |
|
|
All |
|
Ever taken courses at a community college (y/n) |
CATI |
|
|
Undergraduates |
|
Ever taken courses at a 4-year college (y/n) |
CATI |
|
|
Undergraduates |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Month and year received bachelor's degree |
CATI |
CADE |
|
Graduate/first-professional |
|
Date began graduate enrollment in this program |
CATI |
|
|
Graduate/first-professional |
|
Enrolled mostly full-time or part-time in prior years |
CATI |
|
|
Graduate/first-professional |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financial aid applications |
|
|
|
|
Financial aid |
Applied for aid (y/n) |
FAFSA |
CATI |
|
All |
|
Date of application (YYYYMM) |
FAFSA |
|
|
All |
|
Reasons for not applying (multiple) |
CATI |
|
|
Non-applicants |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal aid amounts: |
|
|
|
|
Financial aid |
Pell Grant |
NSLDS |
CADE |
|
Undergraduates |
|
Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG) |
NSLDS |
CADE |
|
Undergraduates |
|
SMART Grants |
NSLDS |
CADE |
|
Undergraduates |
|
FSEOG (Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant) |
CADE |
|
|
Undergraduates |
|
Federal Work-Study |
CADE |
|
|
All |
|
Perkins Loan |
CADE |
NSLDS |
|
All |
|
Subsidized Stafford Loan (Direct/FFELP) |
NSLDS |
CADE |
|
All |
|
See notes at end of table.
Table 11. NPSAS:08 data elements—Continued
Data elements |
Sources |
Applies to |
Purpose/issues |
||
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
|||
Unsubsidized Stafford Loan (Direct/FFELP) |
NSLDS |
CADE |
|
All |
|
PLUS Loan |
NSLDS |
CADE |
|
All |
|
Other federal grants (list) |
CADE |
|
|
All |
|
Other federal loans (list) |
CADE |
|
|
All |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
State aid amounts: |
|
|
|
|
Financial aid |
(Names of major programs are listed for each state) |
|
|
|
|
|
State need-based grant |
CADE |
|
|
All |
|
State merit-only grant/scholarship |
CADE |
|
|
All |
|
State need and merit-based grant |
CADE |
|
|
All |
|
State work-study program |
CADE |
|
|
All |
|
State special-purpose (non-need) |
CADE |
|
|
All |
|
State vocational rehabilitation |
CADE |
|
|
All |
|
State loans |
CADE |
|
|
All |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Institutional aid amounts: |
|
|
|
|
Financial aid |
(Names of major programs are listed for each institution) |
|
|
|
|
|
Institutional grants-need-based |
CADE |
|
|
All |
|
Institutional grants-merit only |
CADE |
|
|
All |
|
Institutional athletic scholarship |
CADE |
|
|
Undergraduates |
|
Institutionally-sponsored work-study program |
CADE |
|
|
All |
|
Tuition waivers or discounts (non-employees) |
CADE |
|
|
All |
|
Tuition waivers or discounts (employees) |
CADE |
|
|
All |
|
Institutional loan |
CADE |
|
|
All |
|
Other Institutional aid (specify) |
CADE |
|
|
All |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Graduate student assistantships/fellowships |
|
|
|
|
|
Teaching assistantship |
CATI |
CADE |
|
Graduate/first-professional |
Financial aid |
Research assistantship |
CATI |
CADE |
|
Graduate/first-professional |
|
Graduate assistantship |
CATI |
CADE |
|
Graduate/first-professional |
|
Graduate Fellowship |
CATI |
CADE |
|
Graduate/first-professional |
|
Traineeship |
CATI |
CADE |
|
Graduate/first-professional |
|
Tuition paid with assistantship or by a research grant (y/n) |
CATI |
|
|
Graduate/first-professional |
|
Health insurance with assistantship (y/n) |
CATI |
|
|
Graduate/first-professional |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other aid amounts: |
|
|
|
|
Financial aid |
Aid from student’s employer |
CATI |
CADE |
|
All |
|
Aid from parents’ employer |
CATI |
CADE |
|
All |
|
Alternative (private) loans |
CATI |
CADE |
|
All |
|
See notes at end of table.
Table 11. NPSAS:08 data elements—Continued
Data elements |
Sources |
Applies to |
Purpose/issues |
||
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
|||
Grants & scholarships from other outside/private sources |
CATI |
CADE |
|
All |
|
Federal veteran's benefits |
CATI |
FAFSA |
CADE |
All |
|
Other (listed or specify) |
CADE |
|
|
All |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Student borrowing/debt (cumulative) |
|
|
|
|
Student debt |
Total borrowed for undergraduate education |
CATI |
NSLDS |
|
All |
|
Amount still owed on undergraduate loans |
CATI |
NSLDS |
|
Borrowers |
|
Total borrowed for graduate/first professional education |
CATI |
NSLDS |
|
Graduate/first-professional |
|
Amount still owed on graduate loans |
CATI |
NSLDS |
|
Borrowers |
|
Cumulative amount of undergraduate Stafford loans |
NSLDS |
|
|
Borrowers |
|
Cumulative amount of graduate Stafford loans |
NSLDS |
|
|
Borrowers |
|
Cumulative amount of Perkins loans |
NSLDS |
|
|
Borrowers |
|
Cumulative amount of PLUS loans |
NSLDS |
|
|
Borrowers (include graduate) |
|
Federal loan amount outstanding |
NSLDS |
|
|
Borrowers |
|
Loan counseling received (repayment options/future salaries in major) |
CATI |
|
|
Borrowers |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tuition and Student Budgets |
|
|
|
|
College costs |
Tuition and required fees charged |
CADE |
|
|
All |
|
Out-of-jurisdiction tuition charged (y/n) |
CADE |
CATI |
|
All |
|
Total student budget |
CADE |
|
|
Aid applicants |
|
Room and board |
CADE |
|
|
Aid applicants |
|
Books and supplies |
CADE |
|
|
Aid applicants |
|
Computer or special equipment |
CADE |
|
|
Aid applicants |
|
All other expenses |
CADE |
|
|
Aid applicants |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal Need Analysis (aid applicants) |
|
|
|
|
Need analysis |
Dependency status (dependent/independent) |
FAFSA |
CADE |
|
Aid applicants |
|
EFC formula type (dependent/ independent without dependents/ independent with dependents) |
FAFSA |
|
|
Aid applicants |
|
Expected Family Contribution (EFC) |
FAFSA |
CADE |
|
Aid applicants |
|
EFC: Parental Contribution (dependents only) |
FAFSA |
|
|
Aid applicants |
|
EFC: Student Contribution |
FAFSA |
|
|
Aid applicants |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Student employment and earnings while enrolled |
|
|
|
|
Student employment |
Type and amount of assistantship (research/ teaching/ other) |
CATI |
CADE |
|
Graduate/ first-professional |
|
See notes at end of table.
Table 11. NPSAS:08 data elements—Continued
Data elements |
Sources |
Applies to |
Purpose/issues |
||
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
|||
Teaching Assistantships: type of duties (discussion/grading/lab/office hours/ student e-mail teaching) |
CATI |
|
|
Graduate teaching assistants |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of jobs for pay while enrolled |
CATI |
CADE |
|
All |
|
Type
of job |
CATI |
|
|
All |
|
Work-study for community service or tutoring (y/n)? |
CATI |
|
|
Work-study jobs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Job characteristics: |
|
|
|
|
|
Location (on/off campus) |
CATI |
|
|
Employed |
|
Type of employer (school/for-profit/ nonprofit/government/ military/self-employed) |
CATI |
|
|
Employed |
|
Related to major or coursework (y/n) |
CATI |
|
|
Employed |
|
Held same job before enrolling (y/n)? |
|
|
|
Employed |
|
Average hours per week worked while enrolled |
CATI |
|
|
Employed |
|
Amount earned while enrolled (per period) |
CATI |
|
|
Employed |
|
Number of weeks worked while enrolled (all/most/half/less than half) |
CATI |
|
|
Employed |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Primarily: (1) a student who works; (2) employee taking courses |
CATI |
|
|
Employed |
Effect of jobs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reasons for working (spending money/ tuition/job experience/expected by parents/send money home) |
CATI |
|
|
Undergraduates who work |
|
Afford to attend school without working (y/n)? |
CATI |
|
|
Undergraduates who work |
|
Employment during prior summer (y/n) |
CATI |
|
|
Undergraduates under 30 |
Source of funds |
Amount saved from summer job for educational expenses |
CATI |
|
|
Undergraduates under 30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effect of job (restrict choice of classes/ limit number of classes/limit class schedule/assist with coursework/ career preparation/limit access to campus facilities) |
CATI |
|
|
Students who work |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effect of job on grades (positive/negative/ none) |
CATI |
|
|
Students who work |
|
See notes at end of table.
Table 11. NPSAS:08 data elements—Continued
Data elements |
Sources |
Applies to |
Purpose/issues |
||
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
|||
Student Demographic Characteristics |
|
|
|
|
Student demographics |
Gender (female/male) |
CADE |
CATI |
FAFSA |
All |
|
Birth date or age |
CADE |
CATI |
FAFSA |
All |
|
Marital status (never married/married/ separated/divorced/widowed) |
CATI |
FAFSA |
CADE |
All |
|
US born (y/n) |
CATI |
|
|
All |
|
US citizenship (yes/resident alien/student visa) |
CADE |
CATI |
FAFSA |
All |
|
Country of origin |
CADE |
|
|
Student visas |
|
State of legal residence |
FAFSA |
CATI |
|
All |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ethnicity (Hispanic or Latino/ Not Hispanic or Latino) |
CATI |
CADE |
|
All |
|
Hispanic type (Mexican/Cuban/Puerto Rican/other) |
CATI |
|
|
Hispanics |
|
Race (American Indian or Alaska Native/ Asian/Black or African American/ Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander/White)—select one or more |
CATI |
CADE |
|
All |
|
Member of recognized tribe (y/n) |
CATI |
|
|
American Indians |
|
Language spoken in the home (English/ not English) |
CATI |
|
|
All except visa |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of dependent children |
CATI |
|
|
All |
|
Ages of dependent children |
CATI |
|
|
With dependents |
|
Number of children in daycare |
CATI |
|
|
With dependents |
|
Monthly expenses for daycare |
CATI |
|
|
With dependents |
|
Supporting any other dependents (y/n) |
CATI |
|
|
All |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Location and housing |
|
|
|
|
College costs |
Housing when enrolled (on campus/off campus/with parents) |
CATI |
CADE |
|
Undergraduates |
|
Distance school from home |
CATI |
|
|
Undergraduates |
|
Distance school from work |
CATI |
|
|
Employed |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Military or Veteran Status |
|
|
|
|
|
Veteran of U.S. forces (y/n) |
CATI |
FAFSA |
|
All |
|
Active duty or reserves of Armed Forces of U.S. (y/n) |
CATI |
FAFSA |
|
All |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Parents of dependent students |
|
|
|
|
Family background |
Parents' marital status |
FAFSA |
CATI |
|
Under 30 |
|
Number of people supported by parents |
FAFSA |
CATI |
|
Under 30 |
|
Number of other siblings in college |
FAFSA |
CATI |
|
Under 30 |
|
Siblings in college before respondent |
CATI |
|
|
Under 30 |
|
Parents taking college courses |
CATI |
|
|
Under 30 |
|
Parents born in US (y/n) |
CATI |
|
|
All except visa |
|
See notes at end of table.
Table 11. NPSAS:08 data elements—Continued
Data elements |
Sources |
Applies to |
Purpose/issues |
||
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Parental support |
|
|
|
|
Parental support |
Did parents help pay for: |
CATI |
|
|
Under 30 |
|
Tuition (y/n) |
CATI |
|
|
Under 30 |
|
Housing (y/n) |
CATI |
|
|
Under 30 |
|
Living expenses (y/n) |
CATI |
|
|
Under 30 |
|
Other education expenses (y/n) |
CATI |
|
|
Under 30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Parents’ education |
|
|
|
|
Family background |
Father's highest level of education |
CATI |
FAFSA |
|
All |
|
Mother's highest level of education |
CATI |
FAFSA |
|
All |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Parent Finances |
|
|
|
|
Family income |
Total income (ranges in CATI) |
FAFSA |
CATI |
|
Under 30 |
|
Adjusted Gross Income |
FAFSA |
|
|
Under 30 |
|
U.S. Income tax paid |
FAFSA |
|
|
Under 30 |
|
Own home (y/n) |
CATI |
|
|
Under 30 |
|
Business, farm or investments over $10,000 (y/n) |
FAFSA |
CATI |
|
Under 30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Student finances |
|
|
|
|
Family income |
Student’s own income in prior calendar year |
FAFSA |
CATI |
|
All |
|
Spouse income in prior calendar year |
FAFSA |
CATI |
|
Married |
|
Adjusted Gross Income (student and spouse) |
FAFSA |
|
|
All |
|
US income tax paid |
FAFSA |
|
|
All |
|
Receive any untaxed income (specify): (TANF/child support/worker's comp/ disability/social security/food stamps) |
CATI |
FAFSA |
|
All |
|
Own a home, (y/n) |
CATI |
|
|
24 and over |
|
Monthly mortgage or rent |
CATI |
|
|
All |
|
Own business, farm or investments over $10,000 (y/n) |
CATI |
|
|
24 and over |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Credit cards |
|
|
|
|
Student debt |
Number of credit cards in your own name |
CATI |
|
|
Under 30 |
|
Usually pay off balance most months? |
CATI |
|
|
Card holders |
|
Current amount outstanding |
CATI |
|
|
Card holders |
|
Use credit card to pay tuition bills (y/n) |
CATI |
|
|
Card holders |
|
Parents ever help pay (y/n) |
CATI |
|
|
Card holders |
|
See notes at end of table.
Table 11. NPSAS:08 data elements—Continued
Data elements |
Sources |
Applies to |
Purpose/issues |
||
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
|||
Remedial courses |
|
|
|
|
Academic preparation |
Ever taken any remedial or developmental courses (y/n) |
CATI |
|
|
Undergraduates |
|
Number of remedial courses this year |
CATI |
|
|
1st/2nd year undergraduates |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distance education |
CATI |
|
|
All |
Alternative instruction |
Type (internet/pre-recorded/live) |
CATI |
|
|
All |
|
Location |
CATI |
|
|
All |
|
Number of courses |
CATI |
|
|
All |
|
Entire program via distance education (y/n) |
CATI |
|
|
All |
|
Satisfaction |
CATI |
|
|
All |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Civic participation |
|
|
|
|
Student involvement |
Registered to vote? |
CATI |
|
|
Citizens |
|
Ever voted in any national, state, local election? |
CATI |
|
|
Citizens |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Community Service |
|
|
|
|
Student involvement |
Perform any community service/volunteer work during last year (y/n) |
CATI |
|
|
All |
|
Type of community service activity (specify from list) |
CATI |
|
|
Volunteers |
|
Number of hours/month |
CATI |
|
|
Volunteers |
|
Work required for graduation or part of classes (y/n) |
CATI |
|
|
Volunteers |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Student limitations or disabilities |
CATI |
|
|
All |
Disabilities |
Any long lasting sensory condition (y/n) |
CATI |
|
|
All |
|
Any condition that limits physical activity (y/n) |
CATI |
|
|
All |
|
Any other condition lasting 6 months or more (y/n) |
CATI |
|
|
All |
|
Main limiting condition (specify from list) |
CATI |
|
|
With disabilities |
|
NOTE: IPEDS = Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System; CADE = computer assisted data entry; CATI = computer assisted telephone interview; FAFSA = Free Application for Federal Student Aid; SMART = National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent grant; ACG = Academic Competitiveness Grants; NSLDS = National Student Loan Data System; FFEL = Federal Family Education Loan; PLUS = Parent Loan for Undergraduate Student; ETS = Educational Testing Service; B&B=Baccalaureate and Beyond.
Table 12. NPSAS:08 data elements for B&B sample members
Data elements |
Sources |
Applies to |
Purpose/issues |
||
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
|||
B&B Eligibility Criteria |
|
|
|
|
|
Completed or expect to complete bachelor's degree at NPSAS school between July 1 and June 30? |
CATI |
CADE? |
|
Undergraduates |
B&B eligibility determination |
Date received/expect to receive bachelor's degree (year month) |
CATI |
CADE? |
|
B&B |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employment plans |
|
|
|
|
Labor market outcomes |
Employment plans for after graduation (have a job or firm offer/actively seeking a job/ not looking) |
CATI |
|
|
B&B |
|
If planning work, description (continuing same employment from before graduation/ beginning of career in occupation or industry/ temporary job while planning or preparing/ just paying bills/ etc.) |
CATI |
|
|
B&B work planners |
|
If planning work, employment status (full-time or part-time) |
CATI |
|
|
B&B work planners |
|
If planning work, occupation (on-line coding) |
CATI |
|
|
B&B work planners |
Prospective teachers identification |
If planning work, type of job search activities |
CATI |
|
|
B&B work planners |
Transition to work |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ever taught at K-12 level in a school setting (y/n) (Do not count home-schooling of your own or others’ children.) |
CATI |
|
|
All B&B |
Pipeline definition |
If yes… types of teaching positions held (regular, substitute, teacher’s aide, support, itinerant, student teacher) Check all that apply. |
CATI |
|
|
B&B who have taught |
|
If yes to regular, support, or itinerant, year when first taught in any of those types of positions? |
CATI |
|
|
B&B who have taught |
|
Have you ever been certified to teach at the K-12 level (y/n) (Do not count emergency certificates or waivers.) |
CATI |
|
|
All B&B |
|
If y, when first certified to teach? |
CATI |
|
|
B&B ever certified |
|
If no, are you eligible to be certified or will you be eligible to be certified upon graduation? |
CATI |
|
|
B&B not ever certified |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Have you ever taken any of the following steps to prepare for a teaching career? Check all that apply. |
CATI |
|
|
B&B not ever certified and not eligible to be certified now or upon graduation |
|
Applied to teacher ed. program |
|
|
|
|
|
Taken Praxis or other examination to enter teacher education program |
|
|
|
|
|
Entered teacher ed. program |
|
|
|
|
|
Taken/taking courses toward teacher certification |
|
Transcripts |
|
|
|
Completed/completing student teaching assignment, internship, or practicum |
|
Transcripts |
|
|
|
See notes at end of table.
Table 12. NPSAS:08 data elements for B&B sample members—Continued
Data elements |
Sources |
Applies to |
Purpose/issues |
||
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
|||
Taken examination to receive teaching certificate/license |
|
|
|
|
|
Considering teaching at K-12 level (y/n) |
CATI |
|
|
B&B who have not taught, have never been certified, are not eligible and will not be eligible for certification upon graduation, have not taken any steps to prepare |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Graduate school plans |
|
|
|
|
Graduate education |
Taken/planning to take GRE or other graduate/first-professional entrance exams |
CATI |
|
|
B&B |
|
Applied/applying/intending to apply to graduate or professional schools for next academic year (be able to distinguish) |
CATI |
|
|
B&B |
|
Source(s) of information about graduate schools (advisor/faculty, other students, Internet, directly from institutions…) |
CATI |
|
|
B&B grad planners |
|
Intended degree program/field of study (on-line coding) |
CATI |
|
|
B&B grad planners |
|
Intend to enroll full-time (y/n) |
CATI |
|
|
B&B grad planners |
|
Do you plan to be working full-time, part-time, or not at all while you are enrolled? |
CATI |
|
|
B&B grad planners |
|
Number of schools applied/applying to |
CATI |
|
|
B&B grad planners |
|
Accepted at any graduate schools |
CATI |
|
|
B&B grad planners |
|
Reasons for pursuing graduate education (career goals/undecided about career/no job prospects/ academic interests/availability of aid/urged by parents/ etc.) |
CATI |
|
|
B&B grad planners |
|
Reasons for not applying to graduate school (financial/undergraduate debt/not required for career goals/ no academic interest/personal) |
CATI |
|
|
B&B NOT grad planners |
|
Plan to apply in the future (y/n); If yes, expected year to begin graduate study |
CATI |
|
|
B&B NOT grad planners |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selected Undergraduate Experiences |
|
|
|
|
|
Ever studied abroad? Where? How long? |
CATI |
Transcripts? |
|
B&B |
Undergrad preparation |
Ever taken language other than English? What? How long? |
CATI |
Transcripts? |
|
B&B |
|
Original intended major in a STEM field (y/n) |
CATI |
|
|
B&B |
|
Ever attempted to transfer any credits to NPSAS institution? How many attempted/accepted |
CATI |
Transcripts? |
|
B&B |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Locating Information |
CATI |
|
|
B&B |
Follow-up tracing |
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