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