2016/20 Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B:16/20) Full-Scale Study
OMB # 1850-0926 v.9
Appendixes A and B
Technical Review Panel (TRP) Members
Confidentiality for Administrative Record Matching
Submitted by
National Center for Education Statistics
U.S. Department of Education
December 2019
Given that B&B:16/20 will be based on study designs and survey items from B&B:16/17 and B&B:08/18, NCES does not anticipate holding a TRP meeting for the design of B&B:16/20.
The following lists of TRP members are from the most recent meeting for the B&B:16 cohort—the B&B:16/17 full-scale meeting in December 2016 and from the most recent meeting for the B&B:08 cohort—the B&B:08/18 full-scale meeting in December 2017 (B&B:08/18 data collection ended in March 2019).
Members of the B&B:16/17 Full-scale Technical Review Panel Meeting in December 2016
(affliations are as of the December 2016 TRP Meeting)
Kevin Bastian
Director, Teacher Quality Research Initiative
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
504 East 63rd Street, Apartment 18S
New York, NY 10065
Phone: (919) 698-6658
E-mail: [email protected]
Margaret Cahalan
Vice President for Research COE & Director, Pell Institute
Council for Opportunity in Education COE
1025 Vermont Avenue NW
9th Floor Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 347-7430
E-mail: [email protected]
Ben Castleman
Assistant Professor of Education and Public Policy
University of Virginia, Curry School of Education
P.O. Box 400879
Charlottesville, VA 22904
Phone: (434) 243-5419
E-mail: [email protected]
Charlotte Etier
Research Analyst
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators 1101 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 785-6943
E-mail: [email protected]
Donald Heller
Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs University of San Francisco
2130 Fulton St San Francisco, CA 94117
Phone: (415) 422-6136
E-mail: [email protected]
Gary Henry
Professor, Department of Leadership, Policy and Organization
Peabody College Vanderbilt University
230 Appleton Place
PMB #414
Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: (615) 322-0249
E-mail: [email protected]
Brad Hershbein
Economist
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
300 South Westnedge Avenue
Kalamazoo, MI 49007
Phone: (269) 385-0437
E-mail: [email protected]
Robert Kelchen
Assistant Professor
Seton Hall University, 413 Jubilee Hall
400 South Orange Avenue
South Orange, NJ 07079
Phone: (973) 761-9106
E-mail: [email protected]
Patrick Kelly
Senior Associate and Director
National Center for Higher Education Management Systems
3035 Center Green Drive
Suite 150
Boulder, CO 80301
Phone: (720) 987-3391
E-mail: [email protected]
Sarah Leibrandt
Research Analyst
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education 3035 Center Green Drive
Boulder, CO 80301
Phone: (303) 541-0221
E-mail: [email protected]
Alexander McCormick
Associate Professor & NSSE Director
Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research
1900 East 10th Street
Suite 419
Bloomington, IN 47406
Phone: (812) 856-4435
E-mail: [email protected]
Christopher Nellum
Policy Director
Young Invincibles
1411 K Street
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (760) 562-3320
E-mail: [email protected]
Hironao Okahana
Assistant Vice President, Research & Policy Analysis Council of Graduate Schools
One Dupont Circle NW
Suite 230
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 696-1560
E-mail: [email protected]
Kent Phillippe
Associate Vice President, Research & Student Success American Association of Community Colleges
One Dupont Circle NW
Suite 410
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 416-4505
E-mail: [email protected]
Jason Ramirez
Director of Research and Policy Analysis
National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
1025 Connecticut Ave NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 835-0003
E-mail: [email protected]
Jamey Rorison
Senior Research Analyst
Institute for Higher Education Policy
1825 K Street NW
Suite 720
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: (202) 861-8244
E-mail: [email protected]
Hal Salzman
Professor
Rutgers University
30 Livingston Avenue
Room 207
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Phone: (848) 932-1037
E-mail: [email protected]
Nicole Smith
Chief Economist
Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce
3300 Whitehaven Street NW
Suite 5000
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: (202) 687-8226
E-mail: [email protected]
Matthew Soldner
Senior Researcher, Education Program
American Institutes for Research
127 West 10th Street
Suite 803
Kansas City, MO 64105
Phone: (202) 403-5000
E-mail: [email protected]
Jeff Strohl
Director of Research
Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce
3300 White Haven Street
Suite 3200
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: (202) 687-4945
E-mail: [email protected]
Rob Toutkoushian
Professor
University of Georgia, Institute of Higher Education 106 Herty Drive
0114 Meigs Hall
Athens, GA 30602
Phone: (706) 542-0577
E-mail: [email protected]
Jonathan Turk
Senior Policy Research Analyst
American Council on Education
One Dupont Circle NW
Suite 1B
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 939-9321
E-mail: [email protected]
Mamie Voight
Vice President of Policy Research
Institute for Higher Education Policy
1825 K Street NW
Suite 720
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: (202) 587-4967
E-mail: [email protected]
Federal Panelists
Shane Ball
Operations Research Analyst
National Institute of Food and Agriculture,
United States Department of Agriculture
4401 Waterfront Centre
800 9th Street SW
Washington, DC 20024
Phone: (202) 720-1973
E-mail: [email protected]
Quentin Brummet
Chief, Experiments and Innovation Branch
Center for Administrative Records Research and Applications
U.S. Census Bureau
4600 Silver Hill Road
Suitland, MD 20746
Phone: (301) 763-5939
E-mail: [email protected]
Thomas Conkling
Economist
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
1275 1st Street NE
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 435-9468
E-mail: [email protected]
Jeffrey Groen
Director, National Longitudinal Surveys
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
2 Massachusetts Avenue NE
Suite 4945
Washington, DC 20212
Phone: (202) 691-7392
E-mail: [email protected]
Nirmala Kannankutty
Deputy Division Director, Division of Graduate Education
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 875
Arlington, VA 22230
Phone: (703) 292-7797
E-mail: [email protected]
Noah Mann
Office of Management and Budget
725 17th Street NW
Washington, DC 20503
Phone: (202) 395-3256
E-mail: [email protected]
Rochelle Martinez
Statistician
Office of Management and Budget
725 17th Street, NW
Room 10202 NEOB
Washington, DC 20503
Phone: (202) 395-3147
E-mail: [email protected]
Patrick McFadden
Education Business Analyst
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
810 Vermont Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20420
Phone: (202) 273-5400
E-mails: [email protected]
John Mingus
Assistant Director
U.S. Government Accountability Office
441 G Street NW
Washington, DC 20548
Phone: (202) 512-4987
E-mail: [email protected]
Daniel Pollard
Senior Advisor, Enterprise Data
U.S. Department of Education, FSA
Office of the Chief Operating Officer
830 First Street NE
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 377-3389
E-mail: [email protected]
Emilda Rivers
Director, Human Resources Statistics Program
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 965 S
Arlington, VA 22230
Phone: (703) 292-7773
E-mail: [email protected]
Robert Sivinski
Statistician
Office of Management and Budget
725 17th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20503
Phone: (202) 395-1205
E-mail: [email protected]
David Smole
Specialist in Education Policy
Congressional Research Service
101 Independence Avenue SE, Mailstop 7440
Washington, DC 20540
Phone: (202) 707-0624
E-mail: [email protected]
Chris Sutherland
Education Business Analyst
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
810 Vermont Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20420
Phone: (202) 273-5400
E-mails: [email protected]
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
Sharon Boivin
Senior Research and Policy Analyst
Commission on Evidence-based Policymaking (CEP)
U.S. Census Bureau
4600 Silver Hill Road
Suitland, MD 20746
Phone: (202) 579-7448
E-mail: [email protected]
Peggy Carr
Acting Commissioner
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), Room 4061
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 245-6168
E-mail: [email protected]
Chris Chapman
Associate Commissioner
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), Room 4054
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 245-7103
E-mail: [email protected]
Elise Christopher
Statistician
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), Room 4005
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 245-7098
E-mail: [email protected]
Tracy Hunt-White
Education Statistician
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), Room 4007
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 245-6507
E-mail: [email protected]
Kashka Kubzdela
OMB Liaison
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP)
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 245-7377
E-mail: [email protected]
Gail Mulligan
Longitudinal Surveys Branch Chief
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), Room 4178
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 245-8413
E-mail: [email protected]
Richard Reeves
Program Director
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), Room 4134
Washington, D.C. 20202
Phone: (202) 245-7690
E-mail: [email protected]
David Richards
BPS Project Officer
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), Room 4037
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 245-6202
E-mail: [email protected]
Marilyn Seastrom
Chief Statistician
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), Room 4063
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 245-7766
E-mail: [email protected]
Sean Simone
Statistician
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP)
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 245-7631
E-mail: [email protected]
Ted Socha
Mathematical Statistician
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), Room 4004
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 245-7071
E-mail: [email protected]
RTI International
Jennifer Cooney
Statistician
RTI International
3040 East Cornwallis Road
P.O. Box 12194
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: (919) 485-5570
E-mail: [email protected]
Erin Dunlop-Velez
Research Education Analyst
RTI International
701 13th Street NW
Suite 750
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 974-7879
E-mail: [email protected]
Harper Haynes
Education Analyst
RTI International
3040 Cornwallis Road P.O. Box 12194
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: (919) 541-6205
E-mail: [email protected]
Laura Knapp
Director, Education Research
RTI International
3040 East Cornwallis Road
P.O. Box 12194
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: (919) 541-7014
E-mail: [email protected]
T. Austin Lacy
Research Education Analyst
RTI International
3040 East Cornwallis Road
P.O. Box 12194
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: (919) 990-8386
E-mail: [email protected]
Emilia Peytcheva
Research Survey Methodologist
RTI International
3005 Boardwalk Street
Suite 105
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
Phone: (734) 213-6159
E-mail: [email protected]
Nicole Tate
Research Education Analyst
RTI International
3040 East Cornwallis Road
P.O. Box 12194
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: (919) 316-3357
E-mail: [email protected]
Jennifer Wine
Senior Director, Program in Education Survey Design
RTI International
3040 East Cornwallis Road
P.O. Box 12194
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: (919) 541-6870
E-mail: [email protected]
Members of the B&B:08/18 Full-scale Technical Review Panel Meeting in December 2017
(affliations are as of the December 2017 TRP Meeting)
Michael
Bates
Assistant Professor of Economics
University of
California, Riverside
3135 Sproul Hall
Riverside, CA
92521
Phone: (951) 827-1585
Email: [email protected]
Maggie Cahalan
Vice President for Research COE & Director, Pell Institute
Council for Opportunity in Education
1025 Vermont Avenue NW, 9th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Phone:
(202) 347-7430
Email: [email protected]
Diane Cheng
Associate Research Director
The Institute for College Access and Success
405 14th Street, Suite 1100
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone:
(510) 318-7900
Email: [email protected]
Bradley Curs
Associate Professor
University of Missouri
202 Hill Hall
Columbia, MO 65211
Phone:
(573) 882-2759
Email: [email protected]
Thurston
Domina
Associate Professor
University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill
119 Peabody Hall
Campus Box 3500
Chapel
Hill, NC 27705
Phone: (919) 962-9197
Email:
[email protected]
Li
Feng
Associate Professor
Texas State University
601
University Drive
McCoy
551
San Marcos, TX 78666
Phone: (512) 245-8462
Email:
[email protected]
Michael
Lovenheim
Associate Professor
Cornell University
102
Martha Van Rensselaer Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone: (607)
255-0705
Email: [email protected]
Hironao Okahana
Assistant Vice President, Research & Policy Analysis
Council of Graduate Schools
One Dupont Circle NW
Suite 230
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 696-1560
Email: [email protected]
Cecilia Rios-Aguilar
Associate Professor/Director HERI
University of California, Los Angeles
3005C Moore Hall
405 Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone: (310) 825-1925
Email: [email protected]
Steven Rivkin
Professor
University of Illinois, Chicago
601 South Morgan Street
Chicago, IL 60607
Phone: (312) 413-2368
Email: [email protected]
Jamey Rorison
Director of Research and Policy
Institute for Higher Education Policy
1825 K Street NW
Suite 720
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: (202) 861-8244
Email: [email protected]
Jamin Speer
Assistant Professor
University of Memphis
Fogelman College of Business
Memphis, TN 38152
Phone:
(806) 535-5751
Email: [email protected]
Jeff
Strohl
Director of Research
Georgetown University Center
on Education and the Workforce
3300 White Haven Street
Suite
3200
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: (202) 687-4945
Email:
[email protected]
Marvin
Titus
Associate Professor, Higher Education
University of
Maryland
Benjamin Building, 3209
College Park, MD
20742
Phone: (301) 405-2220
Email: [email protected]
Jonathan
Turk
Senior Policy Research Analyst
American Council on
Education
One Dupont Circle NW
Washington, DC
20036
Phone: (202) 939-9321
Email: [email protected]
Lesley
Turner
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics
University
of Maryland
3114 Tydings Hall
College Park, MD
20742
Phone: (301) 405-3512
Email: [email protected]
Paul Umbach
Professor, Higher Education
Department of Leadership, Policy, Adult and Higher Education
North Carolina State University
300 Poe Hall
Box 7801
Raleigh, NC 27603
Phone: (919) 515-9366
Email: [email protected]
Federal Panelists
Elizabeth Ann Carson
OIRA Detailee
Office of Management and Budget
1800 G Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: (202) 395-2811
Email: [email protected]
Noah Mann
Office of Management and Budget
725 17th Street NW
Washington, DC 20503
Phone: (202) 395-3256
Email: [email protected]
Lynn Milan
Project Officer
National Science Foundation, NCSES
2415 Eisenhower Avenue
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: (703) 292-2275
Email: [email protected]
Daniel Pollard
Senior Advisor, Enterprise Data
U.S. Department of Education, FSA
Office of the Chief Operating Officer
830 First Street NE
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 377-3389
Email: [email protected]
Robert Sivinski
Statistician
Office of Management and Budget
725 17th Street NW
Washington, DC 20503
Phone: (202) 395-1205
Email: [email protected]
David
Smole
Specialist in Education Policy
Congressional
Research Service
101 Independence Avenue SE, Mailstop
7440
Washington, DC 20540
Phone: (202) 707-0624
Email:
[email protected]
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
Sharon
Boivin
Senior Advisor
U.S.
Department of Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac
Center Plaza (PCP)
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202)
245-6637
Email: [email protected]
Peggy
Carr
Acting Commissioner
U.S. Department of Education,
NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), Room
4061
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 245-6168
Email:
[email protected]
Chris
Chapman
Associate Commissioner
U.S. Department of
Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza
(PCP), Room 4054
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202)
245-7103
Email: [email protected]
Elise
Christopher
Statistician
U.S. Department of Education,
NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), Room
4005
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 245-7098
Email:
[email protected]
Tracy
Hunt-White
Education Statistician
U.S. Department of
Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza
(PCP), Room 4007
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202)
245-6507
Email: [email protected]
Kashka
Kubzdela
OMB Liaison
U.S. Department of Education,
NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza
(PCP)
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 245-7377
Email:
[email protected]
Gail
Mulligan
Longitudinal Surveys Branch Chief
U.S. Department
of Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza
(PCP), Room 4178
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202)
245-8413
Email: [email protected]
Cleo Redline
Senior Research Scientist
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), Room 4065
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 245-7695
Email: [email protected]
Richard Reeves
Branch Chief
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), Room 4037
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 245-7690
Email: [email protected]
David Richards
BPS Project Officer
U.S.
Department of Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac
Center Plaza (PCP), Room 4037
Washington, DC 20202
Phone:
(202) 245-6202
Email: [email protected]
Marilyn Seastrom
Chief Statistician
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), Room 4063
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 245-7766
Email: [email protected]
Sean
Simone
Statistician
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
550
12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP)
Washington,
DC 20202
Phone: (202) 245-7631
Email:
[email protected]
Ted
Socha
Mathematical Statistician
U.S. Department of
Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza
(PCP), Room 4004
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202)
245-7071
Email: [email protected]
Education Statistics Services Institute Network
Chris Cody
Senior Researcher
American Institutes for Research
1000 Thomas Jefferson Street NW
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: (202) 403-5000
Email: [email protected]
Aida Aliyeva
Researcher
American Institutes for Research
1000 Thomas Jefferson Street NW
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: (202) 403-5000
Email: [email protected]
Kathryn Low
Research Associate
American Institutes for Research
1000 Thomas Jefferson Street NW
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: (202) 403-5000
Email: [email protected]
RTI International
Melissa Cominole
Senior Research Education Analyst
RTI
International
3040 East Cornwallis Road
P.O. Box 12194
Research
Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: (919) 990-8456
Email:
[email protected]
Jennifer
Cooney
Research Statistician
RTI International
3040
East Cornwallis Road
P.O. Box 12194
Research
Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: (919) 485-5570
Email:
[email protected]
Erin Dunlop-Velez
Research Education Analyst
RTI International
701 13th Street NW, Suite 750
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 974-7879
Email: [email protected]
Harper Haynes
Education Analyst
RTI International
3040 East Cornwallis Road
P.O. Box 12194
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: (919) 541-6205
Email: [email protected]
Antje Kirchner
Research Survey Methodologist
RTI International
3040 East Cornwallis Road
P.O. Box 12194
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: (919) 316-3328
Email: [email protected]
Laura Knapp
Director, Education Research
RTI
International
3040 East Cornwallis Road
P.O. Box 12194
Research
Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: (919) 541-8027
Email:
[email protected]
Kimberly O’Malley
Senior Vice President, Education & Workforce Development
RTI
International
3040 East Cornwallis Road
P.O. Box 12194
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone:
(919) 316-3786
Email: [email protected]
Nichole Smith
Research Education Analyst
RTI International
3040 East Cornwallis Road
P.O. Box 12194
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: (919) 485-5735
Email: ndsmith@rti.org
Ashley Wilson
Education Analyst
RTI International
3040 East Cornwallis Road
P.O. Box 12194
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: (919) 541-7092
Email: [email protected]
Jennifer Wine
Senior Director, Education Survey Design
RTI International
3040 East Cornwallis Road
P.O. Box 12194
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: (919) 541-6870
Email: [email protected]
Linkages will be developed with existing data sources to supplement the 2016/20 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B:16/20) main study collection. NCES recognizes the value added to the B&B:16/20 data file with the addition of data from specific administrative data sources as certain data, such as specific financial aid amounts and associated dates, can only be accurately obtained from sources other than the student. Our postsecondary studies, including the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS) and the Beginning Postsecondary Students Study (BPS), have included file merges with many existing sources of valuable data, including the U.S. Department of Education’s Central Processing System (CPS) for Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) data, the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS), the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC), ACT, the College Board (SAT), and the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) data. For this study, we plan to perform file merges with the following datasets: CPS, NSLDS, NSC, and VBA.
As described in more detail in Section A.10 of the Supporting Statement Part A, which is a part of this request, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (34 CFR Part 99) allows the disclosure of information without prior consent for the purposes of B&B:16/20 according to 34 CFR §99.31.
Secure Data Transfers. ED’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES) has set up a secure data transfer system (https://transfer.ies.ed.gov/), which uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology. After FIPS 140-2 validated encryption on the files is performed before upload, the contractor will use this electronic system for submitting data. The data may contain potentially identifying information such as SSNs, names, and dates of birth of study sample members along with their survey ID (different from the ID used in the restricted-use data files).
Data will be received from the IES system as well. The system requires that one party to the transfer be a registered user of the NCES Members Site and that their Members Site privileges be set to allow use of the secure data transfer service as described above.
File merges will be performed by the data collection contractor with the CPS data containing federal student aid application information. The merge with CPS can occur at any time for any number of cases, provided that the cases have apparently valid SSNs associated with them. A file will be sent to CPS and, in return, a data file containing all matched students who applied for federal aid will be received. The data collection contractor has programs and procedures in place to prepare and submit files according to rigorous CPS standards, and to receive and process data obtained from CPS.
For matching purposes, a file containing the SSN and the first two letters of the sample member’s last name (but no other information) will be uploaded to the FAFSA secure website. Access to the site for the upload is restricted to authorized users who are registered and provide identification/authentication information (username, password, and token security code) to the FAFSA data site. The file is retrieved by the Central Processing System or CPS (the FAFSA contractor data system) for linkage. The linked file, containing student aid applications for matched records, is then made available to us only through a secure connection (EdConnect) which also requires username, password, and token security code. All CPS files will be processed, edited, and documented for inclusion in the final restricted use file (RUF).
A file merge will be conducted with the NSLDS to collect federal loan and Pell grant data. The resulting file will contain cumulative amounts for each student’s entire postsecondary education enrollment. IES has set up a secure data transfer system (https://transfer.ies.ed.gov/), which uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology. The system requires that one party to the transfer be a registered user of the NCES Members Site and that their Members Site privileges be set to allow use of the secure data transfer service. These privileges are set up and carefully controlled by the IES’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), a service designed by IES specifically for the secure transfer of electronic files containing personally identifying information (i.e., data protected under the Privacy Act or otherwise posing risk of disclosure).This service can be used for NCES-to-Contractor; Contractor-to-Subcontractor; Subcontractor-to-Contractor; and Contractor-to-Other-Agency data transfers. The party uploading the information onto the secure server at NCES is responsible for deleting the file(s) after the successful transfer has been confirmed. Programs have been developed to create the files for the merge and also to read the data received. All matching processes are initiated by the data collection staff providing a file with one record per sample member to be merged.
There are two methods for obtaining NSLDS data. One is an automated process developed specifically for NCES studies. A file containing SSNs, names, and dates of births are uploaded through the same secure connection discussed in section C.2 for CPS which requires ID, password, and token key. The results file is transmitted back to the study contractor using the same system. In the second process for obtaining NSLDS data, the study contractor uploads a file of SSNs via IES File Transfer System. The file merge is performed using custom SQL queries and results files are downloaded through the same IES site.
The NSC will be used to purchase the Student Tracker data on institutions attended, enrollment dates, and degree completions for the B&B:16/20 sample. The data collection contractor will first set up an account with NSC which will enable sending and receiving of files securely over encrypted FTPS connections. The file containing personally identifiable information (PII), i.e. name, date of birth, and SSN, will be encrypted using FIPS 140-2 validated encryption tools and then submitted to the Clearinghouse using their secure FTP site. All files received by NSC will be securely stored using FIPS 140-2 validated AES encryption, the US federal encryption standard. Matched files, containing data on enrollment dates, institution names, and degrees completed, will be returned to the data collection contractor using the same encrypted FTPS site.
To identify veterans and their federal Veteran’s education benefits, a file merge will be performed with the VBA data. These data from the VBA contain reliable military service records of all applicable sample members, so that variables pertaining to military service can be derived. The data obtained from VBA also contain detailed information on veterans’ federal education benefit amounts, and the enrollment information associated with those benefits. Matching of sample members to VBA data uses PII to assist VBA staff in performing confirmatory data quality checks. The data collection contractor will initiate this process by providing a file containing sample member information to the VBA as a password-protected, encrypted file uploaded through the secure IES data transfer system for pick-up by the VBA. The VBA will process the data on their database and provide the matched data on the IES File Transfer system for secure download. NCES must establish a data use agreement prior to conducting this match. If NCES is unable to secure an agreement with the VBA, a change memo will be submitted to OMB by September 2020.
We will send files for matching during data collection, and we may need to match to a source (e.g., CPS or NSLDS) more than once during the main study.
The data from all of these sources, as allowed by the vendor, will be delivered for inclusion on the RUF and will be useful for creating derived variables. In addition to access via the RUF, the derived variables will be available on PowerStats and QuickStats (https://nces.ed.gov/datalab). Both direct-pull and derived variables will be documented thoroughly. Data from CPS will also be useful for purposes of locating the sample, as will the automated NSLDS match data.
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