[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 106 (Monday, June 3, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25540-25541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-11451]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2019-ICCD-0041]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; 2016/20 Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B:16/20) Full-Scale Study 
Panel Maintenance

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 
July 3, 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-
0041. 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. 
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: 2016/20 Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B:16/20) 
Full-Scale Study Panel Maintenance.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0926.
    Type of Review: A revision of an existing information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 3,790.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 190.
    Abstract: This request is for the National Center for Education 
Statistics (NCES) to conduct the 2016/20 Baccalaureate and Beyond 
(B&B:16/20) full-scale study panel maintenance activities. The B&B 
studies of the education, work, financial, and personal experiences of 
individuals who have completed a bachelor's degree at a given point in 
time are a series of longitudinal studies. Every 8 years, students are 
identified as bachelor's degree recipients through the National 
Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS). B&B:16/20 is the second 
follow-up of a panel of baccalaureate degree recipients identified in 
the 2015-16 NPSAS, and part of the fourth cohort (B&B:16) of the B&B 
series. NPSA:16 is the base year for B&B:16 follow-up interviews in 
2017, 2020, and 2026 (anticipated). B&B cohorts prior to B&B:16 were 
approved under OMB #1850-0729. The B&B:16 cohort is

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submitted and reviewed under OMB #1850-0926. The primary purposes of 
the B&B studies are to describe the post-baccalaureate paths of new 
college graduates, with a focus on their experiences in the labor 
market and post-baccalaureate education, and their education-related 
debt. B&B also focuses on the continuing education paths of science, 
technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates, as well as 
the experiences of those who have begun careers in education of 
students through the 12th grade. Since graduating from college in 2014-
15 for the field test, and 2015-16 for the full-scale study, members of 
this B&B:16 cohort will begin moving into and out of the workforce, 
enrolling in additional undergraduate and graduate education, forming 
families, and repaying undergraduate education-related debt. 
Documenting these choices and pathways, along with individual, 
institutional, and employment characteristics that may be related to 
those choices, provides critical information on the costs and benefits 
of a bachelor's degree in today's workforce. B&B studies include both 
traditional-age and non-traditional-age college graduates, whose 
education options and choices often diverge considerably, and allow 
study of the paths taken by these different graduates. B&B:16/20 full-
scale study student interview data collection is scheduled to take 
place from July 2020 through March 2021, and the panel maintenance 
activity requested in this submission is scheduled to take place from 
October 2019 through February 2020.

    Dated: May 29, 2019.
Kate Mullan,
PRA Coordinator, Information Collection Clearance Program, Information 
Management Branch, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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