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PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT

CHANGE WORKSHEET

Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B:08/12) Survey Items Deletion and Responsive Design Update Change Request

Agency/Subagency U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences		OMB Control Number 1850-0729 v.9
	Enter only items that change Current Record	New Record
Agency form number(s)	NA	NA
Annual reporting and record keeping hour burden
Number of respondent	13,822	13,822
Total annual responses	16,464	16,464
Percent of these responses collected electronically	73%	73%
Total annual hours	8,283	8,283
Difference		0
Explanation of difference
Program change		0
Adjustment		0
Annual reporting and record keeping cost burden (in thousands of dollars)
Total annualized capital/startup costs	NA	NA
Total annual costs (O&M)	NA	NA
Total annualized cost requested	NA	NA
Difference		NA
Explanation of difference
Program change		NA
Adjustment		NA
Other change** The second follow-up full scale data collection for the Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study of 2008/2012 (B&B:08/12) will take place from July 2012 through March 2013. The primary purpose of the B&B series of studies is to describe the various paths of recent college graduates into employment and additional education. Baseline data for the B&B:08 cohort were collected as part of the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:08). The first follow-up interview (B&B:08/09) collected information from respondents one year after they received their bachelor’s degree; the second follow-up (B&B:08/12) will collect data four years after bachelor’s degree receipt. Interview data will be supplemented with a variety of administrative data sources, including the Central Processing System (CPS), the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS), and the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC). This change requests is to remove certain items from the full scale survey to assure that the average respondent burden does not exceed 35 minutes, per last OMB clearance (OMB# 1850-0729 v.8). The attached change request memo also updates OMB on recent work done on the study’s responsive design.
Signature of Senior Official or designee:	Date: July 2, 2012	For OIRA Use _________________________________ _________________________________

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