OMB 83-C Change Form

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT CHANGE WORKSHEET
2016-17 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B:16/17) Field Test Informed
Consent Change Request
Agency/Subagency

OMB Control Number

U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences
Agency form number(s)
Annual reporting and record keeping
hour burden
Number of respondent
Total annual responses
Percent of these responses
collected electronically
Total annual hours

1850-0926 v.2

Current Record

New Record

NA

NA

4,417
4,417
88%

4,417
4,417
88%

977

977
0

Difference
Explanation of difference
Program change

0
0

Adjustment
Annual reporting and record keeping
cost burden (in thousands of dollars)
Total annualized capital/startup
costs
Total annual costs (O&M)
Total annualized cost requested

NA

NA

NA
NA

NA
NA
NA

Difference
Explanation of difference

NA
NA

Program change
Adjustment
Other change**

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) will conduct a field test of the 2016/17 Baccalaureate and
Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B:16/17), as was approved in May 2016 (OMB# 1850-0926). The B&B studies of
the education, work, financial, and personal experiences of individuals who have completed a bachelor’s degree at
a given point in time are a series of longitudinal studies. Every 8 years, students are identified as bachelor’s
degree recipients through the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS). B&B:16/17 is the first follow-up
of a panel of baccalaureate degree recipients identified in the 2015–16 NPSAS, and part of the fourth cohort
(B&B:16) of the B&B series. B&B cohorts prior to B&B:16 were approved under OMB# 1850-0729. The primary
purposes of the B&B studies are to describe the post-baccalaureate paths of new college graduates, with a focus
on their experiences in the labor market and post-baccalaureate education, and their education-related debt. B&B
also focuses on the continuing education paths of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
graduates, as well as the experiences of those who have begun careers in education of students through the 12th
grade. Since graduating from college in 2014-15 for the field test, and 2015-16 for the full-scale study, members of
this B&B:16 cohort will begin moving into and out of the workforce, enrolling in additional undergraduate and
graduate education, forming families, and repaying undergraduate education-related debt. Documenting these
choices and pathways, along with individual, institutional, and employment characteristics that may be related to
those choices, provides critical information on the costs and benefits of a bachelor’s degree in today’s workforce.
B&B studies include both traditional-age and non-traditional-age college graduates, whose education options and
choices often diverge considerably, and allow study of the paths taken by these different graduates. The results of
this field test will inform the B&B:16/17 full-scale data collection. This request is to amend the informed consent
statement located at the beginning of the student survey to clarify the total incentive amount offered to sample
members who are in the prepaid data collection incentive condition.
Signature of Senior Official or
designee:

Date:

For OIRA Use

June 13, 2016

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