[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 164 (Tuesday, August 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 51543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20964]



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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2015-ICCD-0106]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Study 
of Enhanced College Advising in Upward Bound

AGENCY: 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 
October 26, 2015.

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-2015-ICCD-
0106 or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. If the 
regulations.gov site is not available to the public for any reason, ED 
will temporarily accept comments at [email protected]. Please note 
that comments submitted by fax or email and those submitted after the 
comment period will not be accepted; ED will ONLY accept comments 
during the comment period in this mailbox when the regulations.gov site 
is not available. 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, Mailstop L-OM-2-
2E319, Room 2E103, Washington, DC 20202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Marsha Silverberg, (202)208-7178.

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: Study of Enhanced College Advising in Upward 
Bound.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0912.
    Type of Review: A revision of an existing information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 2,836.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 885.
    Abstract: The Study of Enhanced College Advising in Upward Bound 
will test the effectiveness of providing Upward Bound projects with a 
professional development package and tools to provide semi-customized 
college advising to students participating in Upward Bound. Upward 
Bound projects were invited to volunteer for the demonstration, and 
approximately 200 projects that volunteered for the demonstration are 
included. Volunteer projects will be randomly assigned so that half 
receive the staff training, materials, tools, and resources in the 
first wave (spring 2015), and the other half will receive the staff 
training, materials, tools, and resources in the second wave (summer 
and fall 2016). The study will follow students who participate in both 
groups of projects as 11th graders in the 2014-2015 school year. The 
study will examine the impact of the demonstration on key outcomes 
including college application behavior, college acceptance and 
matriculation, and receipt of financial aid. The first of two ICRs for 
the study requested approval for the overall evaluation design, to 
collect 11th grade student rosters at each participating project and to 
administer the student baseline survey; the first ICR was approved on 
8/8/2014. This is the second of two ICRs and requests approval for the 
remaining data collection activities, including a project survey, a 
follow-up student survey, and administrative records. Three reports 
will be produced, with one (expected 2017) reporting on the outcomes 
measures prior to high school graduation; a second (expected 2018) 
reporting on the results regarding actual college enrollment, college 
selectivity and use of Federal financial aid; and a third (expected 
2020) reporting results regarding college persistence. The analyses 
will be both descriptive (distributions and means) and causal (using 
standard regression analyses to estimate impacts).

    Dated: August 20, 2015.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2015-20964 Filed 8-24-15; 8:45 am]
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