What is IPEDS? The core postsecondary education data collection program for NCES Designed to collect data from ALL institutions whose primary purpose is.

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Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System A Primer IIPS Summer Conference July 26, 2006

What is IPEDS? The core postsecondary education data collection program for NCES Designed to collect data from ALL institutions whose primary purpose is to provide postsecondary education Is a comprehensive system of interrelated surveys that collects institution-level data

Who has to submit IPEDS? Institutions that have a Program Participation Agreement (PPA) with the US Dept of Ed to participate in federal student financial aid programs Section 487(a)(17) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 as amended (HEA), 20 USC 1094(a)(17) “… institutions will complete surveys conducted as part of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) … in a timely manner and to the satisfaction of the Secretary.”

X   IPEDS Surveys 9 7 Components General Information Student Surveys Institutional Characteristics Student Surveys Enrollment Completions Graduation Rates Student Financial Aid Resource Surveys Finance Human Resources  

Reporting Compliance Each year, NCES is required to provide a list to the Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) of institutions that do not submit IPEDS reports FSA sends out fine letters and warnings to noncompliant institutions Penalty for not submitting IPEDS can be as high as $27,500 per occurrence, or loss of Title IV eligibility

How Are IPEDS Data Used? National Research/Reporting COOL Higher Education Reauthorization Act Postsecondary Education Commission

System features Data are pulled forward from one section/component to another Totals, differences, percents, rates are calculated for you Prior year values are preloaded for comparison, editing

Security System is password protected UserID and password provided to KH KH can create up to 6 additional UserIDs, each with unique password Additional users Can usually enter data Cannot lock the data Contact HELP Desk for lost passwords 877-225-2568 or ipedshelp@rti.org

Disclosure Protection NCES is required by law to protect against disclosure of individually identifiable information collected by IPEDS Four IPEDS data files: Graduation Rates Student Financial Aid Salaries Fall Staff

Perturbation Random alteration of data in cells with small number of observations Occurs during migration of data from data collection system to Peer Analysis System

Imputation IPEDS data are imputed for total nonresponse and item nonresponse Various methods used such as prior year adjusted values; nearest neighbor; group means Imputation allows files to be used for national totals Imputed values on final data files

Keyholder Responsibilities Register, and keep contact information current Receive all email messages from ED Coordinate all aspects of data submission at the institution level Make sure all data are entered (step 1) Make sure all surveys are edited and clean (step 2) Lock the data for all surveys before the collection close date (step 3)

External Responsibilities Communicate with system and/or state coordinators about the timing of data submission Call the IPEDS Help Desk with any questions or concerns

Contact the Help Desk if… You have ANY questions You haven’t received your UserID and password You think your list of applicable surveys is not correct You think a survey status is not correct

Contact the Help Desk if… You have problems entering data You have problems resolving edit failures You have problems locking your data You have questions concerning ANY follow-up email you receive

Web-based Data Tools IPEDS COOL Executive Peer Tool IPEDS Peer Analysis System Peer tool Dataset cutting tool IPEDS DAS Table generator Tables library

Additional Resources Available at AIR Website www.airweb.org Training Web-based Tutorials Webinars

IPEDS Web Tools

IPEDS COOL Is a direct link to information on nearly 9,000 postsecondary institutions in the United States. COOL includes colleges, universities, and community colleges, as well as trade and technical schools. College Opportunities On-Line was authorized by Congress in 1998 to help college students, future students, and their parents understand the differences between colleges and how much it costs to attend college. Significantly revised in 2006 – now includes ability to make institutional comparisons

IPEDS COOL Designed to help college students, future students, and their families understand the differences between colleges and the price of attendance. Can be used by decision-makers to access data on comparison institutions.

Institution Search Enables a user to search for a particular school by name or for a group of schools using shared characteristics. Primary search: by Institution name; by geographic location (multiple states or region) by instructional program (major) More options include: Characteristics Enrollment levels Religious affiliation Distance from zip code

Available Information Once selected, the data available on the institution is divided into ten distinct categories. General Information Estimate Student Expenses Financial Aid Admission Enrollment Retention / Graduation Rates Awards / Degrees Accreditation Campus Security Federal Student Loan Default Rates.

Comparing Institutions Comparing institutions is a new feature added into the 2006 revised COOL site. You can select up to 4 institutions for side by side comparisons. Just like those car sales web sites! Two steps for creating comparisons: Select institutions for comparison List the IPEDS data

Summary and Benefits to Users The benefits and short-comings of COOL are discussed in terms of two potential target audiences: Prospective students and their parents and families. Academic planners and decision makers.

Students The major benefit to current and prospective students and their parents and families is information. IPEDS COOL provides information on more postsecondary institutions and more types of postsecondary institutions than any other source currently available. Plus, COOL provides three years of price information - more than any other source currently available. The addition of comparisons to COOL provides good consumer information. The major weakness is that the tool that it provides for comparisons without explanation. For example, three years of price information enables trend analysis comparing the price of attending the institution over the last 3 years. The student or a family member can determine if the cost of attendance has remained fairly constant or has the institution increased tuition over this time period. Help me here what is the weakness? Doesn’t provide context of why tuition changes?

Academic Planners & Decision Makers The major benefit of COOL to academic planners and decision makers is also information. IPEDS COOL provides valid and reliable information on comparison institutions. COOL can be thought of as being an on-line fact book that is publicly available on almost all institutions of higher education. The COOL consumer information tool now allows side-by-side comparisons of up to four institutions which allows decision makers preliminary access to direct comparisons.

Academic Planners & Decision Makers The short-comings of COOL from the administrative perspective is that: This tool provides only limited access to variables that are available within IPEDS, and The ability to make comparisons across institutions is limited (to four institutions). As a result, academic planners and decision makers need a more advanced tool that provides access to more IPEDS data and enables direct comparisons across multiple institutions. NCES provides such a tool for IPEDS data in the Peer Analysis System.

Demonstration http://collegesearch.nces.ed.gov

Executive Peer Tool (ExPT) and IPEDS Data Feedback Reports The Executive Peer Tool was developed as part of the project that developed the IPEDS Data Feedback Reports. The Data Feedback Report. The report came from an NPEC project. NPEC is the National Post Secondary Education Collaborative. The report is designed to be useful to institutional executives for comparative purposes. These reports provide each institution a context for examining their IPEDS data based upon a comparison group. Part of the goal of the project was to help improve the quality and comparability of IPEDS data.

Executive Peer Tool (ExPT) How does ExPT work? ExPT leads the user through a simple, step-by-step process. The user must complete five steps: identify a focus institution, pick comparison institutions (up to 100 allowed), pick the data they want (up to 8 variables at a time), view a statistical report (summary data and graph); and view statistical data for all institutions in the comparison group.

Strengths & Limitations of ExPT ExPT does what it was designed to do: Provides access to executives in a straight forward manner. Provides data at institution level, Data are tied directly to the Data Feedback report, and ExPT does whet your appetite for more. . . Which leads us to some limitations of ExPT ExPT limits you to up to 100 schools at a time in your comparison group. You have limited options for picking peer schools Data are presented based on the Data Feedback Report chart structure. You may view data online only, eight variables at a time.

Demonstration http://nces.ed.gov/ipedspas

Peer Analysis System The Peer Analysis System is a web-based tool that is designed to enable a user to easily retrieve data on a group of postsecondary institutions of the user’s choice. In addition, the user can compare one institution to a group of comparison institutions. The comparison institutions are selected by the user. The system allows the user to generate reports or files using selected IPEDS variables of interest.

Peer Analysis System The Peer Analysis System include two additional tools, the Executive Peer Tool, and the Dataset Cutting Tool (DCT). The Dataset Cutting Tool allows: Allows dump of raw tables or Allows the user to quickly create customized datasets. This tool was designed for advanced users – additional advanced training is available.

Flow and Sequence of the Peer Tool To become proficient with the Peer Analysis System, you need to understand the flow and sequence of the Peer Analysis System. The flow and sequence of the Peer Analysis System is designed around the steps you need to complete while using the peer tool. The steps include: Select a level of access If necessary login to the peer tool Select the either the Peer Analysis System or the Dataset Cutting Tool Identify a LinchPin institution Construct a comparison group Prepare your analysis Let us look more closely at the flow of each of these steps…

Flow and Sequence of the Peer Analysis System Select the level of access that you desire to the Peer Analysis System. Three levels of access exist. Each level provides access to different years of data and as a result has different levels of security. If necessary login to the peer tool. Different login procedures are necessary for the varying levels of access. Choose the Peer Analysis System by identifying a LinchPin institution A Linch Pin Institution is the institution that you want to compare to other comparison institutions. In most instances, the Linch Pin is usually your own institution. Construct a comparison group Usually your predefined comparison group. Prepare your analysis Generate the reports or files.

Data Release Stages Pre-release: login at collection level Data are reviewed and perturbed Locked institutions are migrated to PAS Data available for peer comparisons only Early release: login at institution level All institutions are migrated to PAS Final release: login at guest level Data are imputed and fully adjudicated No restrictions on data use

Demonstration http://nces.ed.gov/ipedspas

Dataset Cutting Tool (DCT) Peer Analysis System (PAS) For one data year: download entire IPEDS data files Custom-build large datasets, selecting mix of schools, surveys, variables Download datasets for analysis off-line using Excel, SPSS, SAS, or STATA Peer Analysis System (PAS) With selected schools & variables: rank schools by variable calculate new variables create standard and custom reports View/download data, reports, graphs

PAS DCT Comparing Schools 4 – 1,200 No Limit Surveys 1 or more Variables 1 – 250 Years of Data 1 or more per survey 1 per session Analysis within Application Calculated variables, rankings, summary statistics, graphs, etc. None Analysis after Exiting Download in csv format for use with spreadsheet Download csv, SPSS, SAS or STATA data files

DCT Options Create a customized IPEDS dataset of selected variables from one or more survey components Download entire IPEDS survey data files Both options provide dictionary & syntax for importing data into SAS, SPSS, or STATA

3 Steps for Creating a Custom Dataset: Select the schools for which you want data Choose the year of data you need Select variables from one or more survey components

Downloading Custom Dataset Files Create Subdirectory/Folder to receive DCT output, e.g., “C:\DCT” (2) Select output from drop-down list, one at a time, and save in subdirectory (3) Use DCT Back Button to return to output page to get each file (4) Download data file, read program (syntax), & dictionary

Demonstration http://nces.ed.gov/ipedspas

DAS is not PAS!!! In PAS… The DAS… The rows are individual institutions User defines the columns by selecting other IPEDS variables The DAS… Is a table generator Which produces aggregated data The user creates or modifies table parameter files (TPFs) by tagging: Row variables Column variables and specifying Spanner variables, Filters, etc.

The DAS Web Site The vehicle for public access to education survey data collected by the U.S. Department of Education. Comprehensive source for tables, findings, and reports generated by NCES researchers. Data Analysis System On Line (DASOL) enables users to generate their own tables.

Demonstration http://nces.ed.gov/das