[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 43 (Monday, March 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15558-15559]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04509]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2024-SCC-0040]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2024-25 Through 
2026-27

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 (PRA) of 1995, 
the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved 
information collection request (ICR).

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
May 3, 2024.

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the 
information collection listed in this notice, please use https://www.regulations.gov by searching the Docket ID number ED-2024-SCC-0040. 
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, the Department 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 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 Manager of the Strategic 
Collections and Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 4C210, 
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, 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.

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It also helps the public understand the Department's information 
collection requirements and provide the requested data in the desired 
format. The Department is soliciting comments on the proposed 
information collection request (ICR) that is described below. The 
Department 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) 2024-25 through 2026-27.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0582.
    Type of Review: A revision of a currently approved ICR.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Private Sector.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 65,536.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 636,660.
    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. 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. The IPEDS data collection enables the National Center 
for Education Statistics (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 2022-23, IPEDS collected data from 5,983 Title IV postsecondary 
institutions in the United States and the other jurisdictions. 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. 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 6,000 Title IV institutions plus 200 non-title IV 
institutions for a total of 6,200 institutions estimated to submit 
IPEDS data during the 2024-25 through 2026-27 IPEDS data collections). 
IPEDS data are available to the public through the College Navigator 
and IPEDS Use the Data websites.
    The current clearance covers the 2022-23 through 2024-25 
collections and is due to expire on August 31, 2025. We are requesting 
to make changes to multiple survey components and other updates to the 
identification, cross-cutting terminology, and the glossary. The 
largest changes in this package are (1) the addition of a new Cost 
(CST) survey component, which combines components taken from the 
Student Financial Aid (SFA) and Institutional Characteristics (IC) 
components and combines them with added questions to determine how and 
make publicly available more information about how postsecondary 
institutions ask for information above and beyond the FAFSA; and (2) 
the planned elimination of the Academic Libraries (AL) survey beginning 
in the 2025-26 administration.
    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 28, 2024.
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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