[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 153 (Thursday, August 8, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48430-48431]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-19107]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2013-ICCD-0029]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2013-
2016

AGENCY: Department of Education (ED), Institute of Education Sciences/
National Center for Education Statistics (IES).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a revision of an existing 
information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
September 9, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in response to this notice should be 
submitted electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 
http://www.regulations.gov by selecting Docket ID number ED-2013-ICCD-
0029 or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. Please 
note that comments submitted by fax or email and those submitted after 
the comment period will not be accepted. Written requests for 
information or comments submitted by postal mail or delivery should be 
addressed to the Director of the Information Collection Clearance 
Division, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, 
Room 2E103, Washington, DC 20202-4537.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Electronically mail 
[email protected]. Please do not send comments here.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Education (ED), in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with 
an opportunity to comment on proposed, revised, and continuing 
collections of information. This helps the Department assess the impact 
of its information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand the Department's 
information collection requirements and provide the requested data in 
the desired format. ED is soliciting comments on the proposed 
information collection request (ICR) that is described below. The 
Department of Education is especially interested in public comment 
addressing the following issues: (1) Is this collection necessary to 
the proper functions of the Department; (2) will this information be 
processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden 
accurate; (4) how might the Department enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5) how might the 
Department minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents, 
including through the use of information technology. Please note that 
written comments received in response to this notice will be considered 
public records.
    Title of Collection: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 
(IPEDS) 2013-2016.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0582.
    Type of Review: Revision of an existing collection of information.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 71,867.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 929,530.
    Abstract: The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 
(IPEDS) is a web-based data collection system designed to collect basic 
data from all postsecondary institutions in the United States and the 
other jurisdictions. IPEDS enables NCES to report on key dimensions of 
postsecondary education such as enrollments, degrees and other awards 
earned, tuition and fees, average net price, student financial aid, 
graduation

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rates, revenues and expenditures, faculty salaries, and staff employed. 
The IPEDS web-based data collection system was implemented in 2000-01, 
and it collects basic data from approximately 7,500 postsecondary 
institutions in the United States and the other jurisdictions that are 
eligible to participate in Title IV Federal financial aid programs. All 
Title IV institutions are required to respond to IPEDS (Section 490 of 
the Higher Education Amendments of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-325)). IPEDS 
allows other (non-title IV) institutions to participate on a voluntary 
basis. About 200 elect to respond. IPEDS data are available to the 
public through the College Navigator and IPEDS Data Center Web sites. 
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) seeks authorization 
to continue its IPEDS data collection. Current authorization expires 6/
30/2014 (OMB No. 1850-0582). We are requesting a new clearance for the 
2014-15 and 2015-16 data collections now in order to provide 
institutions advanced notice of changes to the current data collection. 
Because the already approved 2013-14 IPEDS data collection has not yet 
taken place, we are carrying over the documentation and estimated 
burden associated with the 2013-14 data collection.

Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
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