[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 20, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10302-10303]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05241]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No. ED-2019-ICCD-0028]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2019-20 through 
2021-22

AGENCY: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Department of 
Education (ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 
proposing a revision of an existing information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
May 20, 2019.

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the 
information collection listed in this notice, please use http://www.regulations.gov by searching the Docket ID number ED-2019-ICCD-
0028. Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted 
electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov by selecting the Docket ID number 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 include the docket ID 
number and the title of the information collection request when 
requesting documents or submitting comments. 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, 550 12th Street SW, PCP, Room 9089, 
Washington, DC 20202-0023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Kashka Kubzdela, 202-245-7377 or 
email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Education (ED), in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.

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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) 2019-20 through 2021-22.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0582.
    Type of Review: A revision of an existing information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 67,785.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 782,921.
    Abstract: The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) seeks 
authorization from OMB to make a change to the Integrated Postsecondary 
Education Data System (IPEDS) data collection. Current authorization 
expires February 29, 2020 (OMB# 1850-0582 v.20-23). NCES is requesting 
a new clearance for the 2019-20, 2020-21, and 2021-22 data collections 
to enable us to make a change to six of the IPEDS data collection 
components, clarify definitions and instructions throughout the 
components, and to continue the IPEDS collection of postsecondary data 
over the next three years. 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 rates, student outcomes, 
revenues and expenditures, faculty salaries, and staff employed. The 
IPEDS web-based data collection system was implemented in 2000-01. In 
2017-18, IPEDS collected data from 6,642 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; 
approximately 200 non-title IV institutions elect to respond each year. 
IPEDS data are available to the public through the College Navigator 
and IPEDS Data Center websites. This clearance package includes a 
number of proposed changes to the data collection. As part of the 
public comment period review, NCES requests that IPEDS data submitters 
and other stakeholders respond to the directed questions found in 
Appendix D of this submission.

    Dated: March 15, 2019.
Stephanie Valentine,
PRA Clearance Coordinator, Information Collection Clearance Program, 
Information Management Branch, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-05241 Filed 3-19-19; 8:45 am]
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