[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 2, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60864-60865]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24041]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No. ED-2013-ICCD-0128]


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

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 
November 1, 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-
0128 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: For questions related to collection 
activities or burden, please call Katrina Ingalls, 703-620-3655 or 
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: 933,777.
    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 the National Center for Education 
Statistics (NCES) to report on key dimensions of

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postsecondary education such as enrollments, degrees and other awards 
earned, tuition and fees, average net price, student financial aid, 
graduation 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. NCES seeks authorization to continue its 
IPEDS data collection. Current authorization expires 6/30/2014 (OMB No. 
1850-0582). Clearance is also sought for the 2014-15 and 2015-16 data 
collections 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. The 30-day public comment period for this collection 
concluded on September 9, 2013. In response to the public comments, two 
revisions have been made to the proposed IPEDS 2013-2016 collection: 
(1) The item ``Serial Titles'' was deleted from the Academic Libraries 
component because it had been deleted from the 2012 Academic Libraries 
Survey between the Technical Review Panel meeting and the submission of 
the clearance package, and (2) a cohort status report at 6 years was 
added for all institutions to the Outcome Measures component to 
accommodate the measurement of awards in a timeframe that will align 
with proposed policy changes related to federal student loan limits and 
to provide a second point in time measure to assist students and their 
parents in the college selection process. Award information will now be 
reported at both the 6 year and 8 year timeframe, 8 years after the 
cohort enters the institution. As a result of these changes, NCES is 
opening another 30-day public comment period.

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