[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 102 (Friday, May 24, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45870-45871]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11405]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

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


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; 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 
June 24, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for proposed 
information collection requests should be submitted within 30 days of 
publication of this notice. Click on this link www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/

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PRAMain to access the site. Find this information collection request 
(ICR) by selecting ``Department of Education'' under ``Currently Under 
Review,'' then check the ``Only Show ICR for Public Comment'' checkbox. 
Reginfo.gov provides two links to view documents related to this 
information collection request. Information collection forms and 
instructions may be found by clicking on the ``View Information 
Collection (IC) List'' link. Supporting statements and other supporting 
documentation may be found by clicking on the ``View Supporting 
Statement and Other Documents'' link.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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: 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 30D public comment period review, NCES has added an 
Appendix E, containing NCES responses to 60D public comments. Further, 
NCES requests that IPEDS data submitters and other stakeholders respond 
to the directed questions found in Appendix D of this submission.

    Dated: May 20, 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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