[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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