OMB83C Change Sheet v21

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT
CHANGE WORKSHEET
2017–18 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study Administrative Collection (NPSAS:18-AC)
Change Request
Agency/Subagency

OMB Control Number

U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences
Enter only items that change
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

1850-0666 v.21

Current Record

New Record

NA

NA

3,072
10,804

3,095
10,883

72%

72%

63,335

63,792

+ 457

Difference
Explanation of difference
Program change

+ 457
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 2017–18 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study, Administrative Collection (NPSAS:18-AC) is conducted by the
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). NPSAS is a nationally representative study of how students and their
families finance education beyond high school. NPSAS provides the finance-related data along with comprehensive
descriptions of the undergraduate and graduate student populations in terms of their demographic characteristics,
academic programs undertaken, types of institutions attended, and attendance patterns. The 2018 administration of
NPSAS:18-AC will be the first NPSAS study to provide state-level estimates of undergraduate students for all 50 states,
the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. In order to allow for the larger sample of institutions participating in
NPSAS:18-AC that is required to produce the state estimates, NPSAS:18-AC will not include a student interview – it will
rely solely on the data available from postsecondary institutions and administrative sources. NPSAS:18-AC will also be
the first NPSAS study to be conducted at the midway point in a typical 4-year NPSAS cycle. Going forward, NPSAS will
be conducted every two years, with consecutive NPSAS administrations alternating between NPSAS-AC, characterized
by no student interviews and larger institutional samples needed for state estimates, and traditional NPSAS collections
that have smaller institutional samples, include student interviews, provide national but not state estimates, and serve
as the base-year data for either the Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS) or the Baccalaureate
and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B), alternating between the two every four years. The reduced time between
NPSAS collections, from every four to every two years, will meet the demand among policymakers and researchers for
more frequent and timely data on postsecondary education and student financial aid in the United States. The request
to conduct NPSAS:18-AC data collection was approved by OMB in November 2017 (OMB# 1850-0666 v.20). This
request is to modify the materials used for recruiting and collecting data from postsecondary institutions, including
modifying institution contact materials, the data collection instrument, introducing data feedback reports, and utilizing
instructional videos. Additionally, this request updates institution sample size and updates the list of endorsing
organizations.
Signature of Senior Official or designee:

Date:

For OIRA Use

January 17, 2018
**This form cannot be used to extend an expiration date
OMB 83-C

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