Justification for Change (6/26/09)

1405-0158 Justification Document 6/26/2008

This collection seeks a no material and non-substantive change to an already approved generic collection with the addition of pre program, post program and follow-up surveys for ECA program participants, as well as a set of new questions for a new program evaluation.

Each survey with the exception of the Journalism and Media Evaluation survey uses questions from the pre-approved Question Bank. Due to the nature of this new evaluation (Journalism and Media), which was developed after the creation of the Question Bank, questions did not already exist within that database necessary to collect the data required. Therefore, new questions had to be used because of the specific nature of this evaluation. This new set of questions for approval has been compiled and submitted in a separate document.

The total burden for these surveys is 1,080 hours. 1,080 hours will be deducted from the generic collection total resulting in a new total of 10,866 hours, while 3,678 respondents will be deducted from the generic collection total resulting in a new total of 19,623 respondents.

Survey Number	Title of Survey	Type of Survey	Audience	Number of Participants	Estimated Response Rate	Minutes	Burden Hours
SV-2009-0014	NSLI-Youth Pre-Program Survey (’09)	Pre-Program	Domestic Students	375	100%	15	94
SV-2009-0015	NSLI Youth Post Program Survey (’09)	Post-Program	Domestic Students	375	100%	20	125
SV-2009-0016	JFDP Post-Program Survey (’08-’09)	Post-Program	Foreign Faculty	70	60%	25	29
SV-2009-0017	Global Undergraduate Exchange Post-Program Survey (’08-’09)	Post-Program	Foreign Students	140	60%	20	47
SV-2009-0018	Global Undergraduate Exchange Pre-Program Survey (’09-’10)	Pre-Program	Foreign Students	140	75%	20	47
SV-2009-0019	FLEX Pre Program Survey (’09-’10)	Pre-Program	Foreign Students	1,120	100%	20	373
SV-2009-0020	Journalism and Media Evaluation Survey	Evaluation	Foreign Participants	1,458	40%	15	365
TOTAL				3,678	76% avg.		1,080