[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 38 (Friday, February 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10777-10778]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04043]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2022-SCC-0026]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Through 
2024-25

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences (IES), 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 a currently approved information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
April 26, 2022.

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-2022-SCC-0026. 
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 PRA 
Coordinator of the Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and 
Strategy Division, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, 
LBJ, Room 6W208B, Washington, DC 20202-8240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Carrie Clarady, (202) 245-6347.

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) 2022-23 through 2024-25.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0582.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Private Sector.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 62,970.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 760,351.
    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 August 31, 2022 (OMB# 1850-0582 v.24-29). NCES is requesting a 
new clearance for the 2022-23, 2023-24, and 2024-25 data collections to 
enable us to make changes to 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 2020-21, IPEDS 
collected data from 6,063 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 300 
non-title IV institutions elect to respond each year. Institution 
closures and mergers have led to a decrease in the number of 
institutions in the IPEDS universe over the past few years. Due to 
these fluctuations, combined with the addition of new institutions, 
NCES uses rounded estimates for the number of institutions in the 
respondent burden calculations for the upcoming years (estimated 6,100 
Title IV institutions plus 300 non-title IV institutions for a total of 
6,400 institutions estimated to submit IPEDS data during the 2022-23 
through 2024-25 IPEDS data collections). 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: February 22, 2022.
Stephanie Valentine,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and 
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, 
Evaluation and Policy Development.
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