1. What’s New in IPEDS

2. Agenda 2005-06 data collection 2006-07 data collection Current projects of interest IPEDS data use tools – New COOL (!!!) Influences on the future

3. Update on 2005-06 collection

4. Hurricane Schools 41 institutions identified in early Sept that might have difficulty reporting 2005-06 IPEDS data 9 were able to report all components Flagged in data collection system Not included in followup prompting Nonresponse for these institutions will NOT be a compliance issue

5. Hurricane School Response No DataPartial Data CompleteN/A or child IC21218 C201 HR13226 EF GR SFA F

6. New HR format Respondents generally favorable about new format Easier to ensure consistency across sections, but…. – Did experience a couple of editing glitches

7. Finance in winter Almost a third of total Finance surveys were completed during Winter collection

8. Spring collection Email sent to KHs 10 days before institution close – Suggested folks not wait until last few days to enter data – Due to high volume and ED firewall issue

9. Noncompliance Update

10. Noncompliance Number of Noncompliant Institutions IPEDS Fall Collection Component 2002-032003-042004-052005-06* Institutional Characteristics 757310 Completions19912 13 * Preliminary

11. Noncompliance Number of Noncompliant Institutions IPEDS Winter Collection Component2002-032003-042004-052005-06* Human Resources ---1 Employees by Assigned Position 79713- Salaries5095- Fall StaffN/A11N/A- * Preliminary

12. Noncompliance Number of Noncompliant Institutions IPEDS Spring Collection Component2002-032003-042004-052005-06* Enrollment6885 Graduation Rates 1042916 Student Financial Aid 1343415 Finance1843532 * Preliminary

13. Noncompliance FSA Noncompliance Actions Number of institutions fined, warned 2002-032003-042004-05 Fined 78 $1,241,000 39 $370,000 39 $175,500 Warned~3503012 Total~4286951

14. IPEDS Data Collection New for 2006–07

15. Preliminary Early Estimate of Fall Enrollment 8 numbers – on IC – FT, PT enrollment Undergraduate First-time undergraduate Graduate First-professional Clearly identified as early estimates, so data can be different from what will be reported on EF

16. Preliminary Early Estimate of Fall Enrollment Level of Student Full timePart timeTotal UndergradRRCV First-time undergrad RRCV GraduateRRCV First-professional RRCV Grand total estimated Fall 2006 enrollmentCV R = reported value CV = calculated value. Totals will be generated from the detail provided by the institution.

17. System affiliation Write-in item to capture affiliation with institutional system added to IC Relocated from Finance Will be pulled forward in subsequent years Will be used in project to aggregate IPEDS data to system level

18. Price of attendance For institutions that report price data by program – Allow reporting of program length in credit hours or contact hours – Collect average number of months it takes to complete the largest program – Clarification for IPEDS COOL

19. Fall Enrollment Degree-granting institutions New column – Transfers into the institution (first-time at institution) Full time and part time

20. Fall Enrollment – Transfers In Full-time undergraduate students Degree/certificate-seeking Non- degree/ non- certif- seeking Total First- time Trans- fers in Other Total R/E RRRCVR Total CV R = reported value; CV = calculated value

21. Human Resources 4-yr degree-granting institutions – Add tenure status of instructional staff back to SA section Institutions with <15 full-time employees – Would do short Fall Staff section (collects data by primary occupational activity, by race/ethnicity and gender)

22. Race/Ethnicity YES SOON Not in 2006-07 Depends on OMB clearance – check Federal Register

23. Collection Schedule 2006–07

24. Registration Registration opensAugust 2 UserIDs to KHsAugust 2 Surveys, etc postedAugust 2 Status of registration takenAugust 30 Letters to CEO – KH not regSeptember 1

25. Fall Collection Surveys Institutional Characteristics Completions Collection open September 6 Institution close October 18 Coordinator close November 1

26. Winter Collection Surveys Human Resources Enrollment (available) Finance (available) Collection openDecember 6 Institution closeJanuary 24 Coordinator closeFebruary 7

27. Spring Collection Surveys Enrollment Finance Student Financial Aid Graduation Rates Collection openMarch 7 Institution closeApril 18 Coordinator closeMay 2

28. Followup Schedule Email to KH (collection open) Open Letter to CEO (no reg KH) Close – 4wks Email to KH (no data) Close – 4wks Phone to CEO (no reg KH) Close – 3wks Phone to CEO/KH (no data) Close – 2wks Email to KH (no data) Close – 2wks Email to KH (not locked) Close – 2wks Email to KH (no data) Close – 1wk Email to KH (not locked) Close – 1wk

29. Current projects of interest

30. First-professional degree classification Technical Review Panel met in Dec 2005 TRP suggestions posted, comments invited Revising suggestions Will be posted at http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/whatsnew.asp

31. Comments on TRP Proposal General agreement with TRP suggestions to eliminate first-professional but still distinguish graduate degree programs designed for research and scholarly careers from those designed for professional practice. Requests for further guidance in how to categorize certain degrees; either refinement of TRP proposed definitions or lists as guidance (for example, Survey of Earned Doctorate’s list of research doctorates)

32. New institutional category variable Technical Review Panel met in Oct 2005 Addressed issue of sector bleed, degree creep TRP summary available at http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/trp13.asp Derived variable added to PAS Will be used to group institutions for tabulated data in addition to sector

33. instcat Degree-granting Baccalaureate or above 1 - Grad w/ no undergrad degrees 2 - Primarily bacc or above 3 - Other bacc granting 4 - Associate's + certificates Nondegree-granting 5 - Above bacc certificates 6 - Sub-bacc certificates

34. Data Feedback Report 2006 Will be sent to keyholders and CEOs in fall 2006 Keyholders can upload custom comparison groups for their 2006 report through June 30 in the data collection system Instructions are available at – http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/comp_gp.asp – http://airweb.org/ (click IPEDS Training)

35. Data Feedback Report 2007 Technical Review Panel for suggestions for design of 2007 report held March 27-28 in DC Look for report posted under What’s New in IPEDS

36. Combined data allocation Project to allocate combined IPEDS data among parent reporters and children recently completed Goal was to make IPEDS data more usable Keyholders were contacted for input Allocation factors for 2004 have been added to PAS (response status information)

37. 3 Data Quality & Validity Studies Compared original 2002-03 IPEDS data to revised 2002-03 data and non-IPEDS sources – http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2005175 Currently doing study comparing IPEDS Finance data with data reported by institutions to EZ Audit Next will compare IPEDS HR data with non-IPEDS sources

38. Training AIR & IPEDS developing new modularized training materials, delivery modes, to supplement workshop format – Webinars – Online courses – Tutorials Covering both data submission and data use

39. Webinars Currently available: – New Keyholders (3 versions) – Finance (3 versions) – Uploading custom comparison groups Done live, then posted to AIR website – http://airweb.org/ (click on IPEDS Training)

40. Web Resources Don’t forget to check IPEDS What’s New: http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/whatsnew.asp – Reports on recent TRPs – Reports on implementation of TRP suggestions – In-depth discussion of other timely issues – Links to other documents on the web

41. IPEDS Data Use Tools

42. IPEDS Tool News New COOL (!!!) IPEDS Peer Analysis System – Report Templates – New interface (!!!) IPEDS DAS – Tables Library

43. New COOL (!!!) http://collegesearch.nces.ed.gov

44. Background Revisions based on work of 2005 AIR/NCES Senior Fellow Purpose of project was to enhance the ongoing development and improvement of COOL Included: – Comparative review of COOL and other college search sites – Interviews/focus groups with high school students, parents, counselors

45. Recommendations Change URL – Old: http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/coolhttp://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool – New: http://collegesearch.nces.ed.govhttp://collegesearch.nces.ed.gov Improve search options, include: – Map of USA to search by location – Quick search function – Search by major/program

46. More Recommendations Modify language/terminology Revise page header to emphasize COOL Modify and relocate page navigation Incorporate compare function

49. Slide with graphs

50. Forms Facsimiles, Report Templates PAS Reports & Stats Forms Facsimiles – IC now available 2001-2005 Report Templates – Pre-formatted reports for focus institution and comparison group – TRP defined ~40 that will be added this spring on a flow basis

52. IPEDS DAS Table generator – Available now at http://nces.ed.gov/dasol/ – Create tables using 2002, 2003, 2004 IPEDS data – View and download output – Save and modify Table Parameter Files (TPFs)

53. Also IPEDS DAS Tables library – http://nces.ed.gov/das/library/ – Contains hundreds of tables (will be expanded to thousands) – Already created -- just click ED Tab tables Compendium tables State tables

54. New Peer Tool Interface TRP held in Nov 2005 Participants tried out the new interface and loved it – Variable search – Easily choose multiple years of same variable Suggested we deploy it ASAP

55. Influences on the Future

56. HEA Reauthorization Current HEA extended through September 2006 House and Senate bills differ but both focus on consumer info and accountability House bill: HR 609 – passed March 30 Senate bill: S1614 – rumored will be put on Senate calendar “soon” Then, House and Senate versions get reconciled

57. Commission on the Future of Higher Ed Attempt to answer questions such as: – What skills will students need to succeed in the 21st century? – How can we make sure America stays the world's leader in academic research? – And, how can we make sure opportunities for quality higher education and best jobs are open to all students?

58. Commission Preliminary Reports Preliminary papers posted to web, including Accountability/Consumer Information by Chair Charles Miller Report suggests that Commission will likely recommend changes to COOL as well as expansion of IPEDS data collection – Weighting and ranking on COOL – “Smaller slices” of data reported in IPEDS

59. Commission Final Report By mid- to late-September 2006 Will serve as a blueprint for a 21 st century higher education system Potential to have major implications for IPEDS For more info, see Commission web site: http://www.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/hiedfuture/index.html