[OKAIRP] FW: [E-air] Electronic AIR, 5/4/04, AIR Alert 21
Tyree, Laura
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Wed May 5 10:00:47 CDT 2004
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http://www.airweb.org/page.asp?page=538
SUBJECT: NCES Requests Comments Regarding Proposed IPEDS Changes
PREPARED: May 2004 by Carol Fuller
TYPE: Request for feedback to the National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES)
NOTE: The AIR Higher Education Data Policy Committee recommends that
you share copies of this Alert with the individuals at your
institution who are responsible for the IPEDS Institutional
Characteristics, Employees by Assigned Position, Salaries, Fall
Staff, Graduation Rates, Finance, and Completion surveys, and the
IPEDS keyholder.
SUMMARY
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NCES has posted two documents containing proposed changes to IPEDS
at: http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/whatsnew.asp.
Comments and suggestions on the issues and changes included in the
document "Technical Review Panels #2, #3, and #5 - Recommend Changes
in IPEDS Survey Collection Instruments" are to be submitted by
May 20, 2004, mailto:Susan.Broyles at ed.gov. The email subject line
should read: Comments on TRP Suggestions for Changes to IPEDS.
Comments on the proposals in the second document, "Technical Review
Panel #7 - Recommends Changes in First-Professional Degree
Classification" are to be submitted to Jeff Weber at
mailto:jweber at cpe.state.in.us by May 15, 2004. The subject line should
read: First-professional TRP - Proposal comments. Copies of your email
should also be sent to Susan Broyles at mailto:Susan.Broyles at ed.gov.
CURRENT STATUS
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During 2003 and early 2004, NCES convened several Technical Review
Panel meetings to address various IPEDS issues. The panel participants
made a number of suggestions for changing the IPEDS survey forms and
for adding additional programs to the classification of
first-professional degrees.
The proposed changes for the Institutional Characteristics (IC) Survey
include revising the way information about accreditation is collected,
specifying the time period covered for applications data, removing the
threshold that determines whether institutions report SAT/ACT scores
(thus requiring this information from all institutions), and
eliminating most of the questions regarding special opportunities and
student services. The major change proposed for the IC Survey is to
add the collection of "early estimates" of fall enrollment data so
they will be available prior to the official count collected in the
spring.
It is suggested that NCES merge the Employees by Assigned Position,
Salaries, and Fall Staff surveys into one large survey with three
main sections. Additional changes to the employee data may include
expanding the category of medical schools in the EAP component to
include dental schools, veterinary schools, etc., and reinstating
reporting of tenure status by rank in the Salaries component.
Proposed changes to the Enrollment Survey include collecting
information on students who transfer into the institution, collecting
residence of first-time students only from degree-granting
institutions, and limiting the collection of information on the
Total Entering Class to those institutions that use a fall cohort
for reporting graduation rates and student financial aid.
It is suggested that less than 2-year institutions no longer report
transfers out or breakdowns by gender and race/ethnicity in the
Graduation Rate Survey (GRS), and that a line be added to the GRS to
collect data on the number of students in the cohort who are still
enrolled as of the status date.
The panels suggested making the Finance Survey available in the
Winter and the Spring collection and no longer requiring private
for-profit institutions to report Balance Sheet Information and
Statement of Changes in Equity.
TRP Panel #7 suggested that NCES revise the definition of
first-professional degree programs, and include additional degree
programs from the Classification of Instructional Programs. The new
definition would be:
An award that requires postsecondary study of the basic body of
knowledge and skills required to function as an entry-level
professional in certain fields specified for reporting purposes by
the U.S. Department of Education. These awards require the
completion of a program that meets all of the following criteria:
completion of the program provides the academic prerequisites
necessary for licensure in a recognized profession; the program
requires at least 3 years of postbaccalaureate study; and the degree
is awarded after a period of study such that the total registered
time to degree, including both pre-professional and professional
study, equals at least 6 full-time equivalent academic years.
Programs being considered for inclusion as first-professional include
audiology, physical therapy, architecture, professional engineering
(such as chemical, physical, electrical, and civil), occupational
therapy, naturopathic medicine, clinical psychology, social work,
acupuncture/traditional Chinese medicine, and certain business
professions (such as financial planning, master of accounting,
brokerage, actuary).
IMPLICATIONS FOR INSTITUTIONS
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The proposals include some changes that would decrease reporting
burden for at least a subset of the reporting institutions while
other changes may increase burden. These suggestions should be
carefully reviewed by the individuals responsible for each of the
IPEDS surveys. The IPEDS keyholder may wish to coordinate the
institution's responses to NCES.
TIMELINE
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Comments and suggestions on the issues and changes to IPEDS must be
submitted by May 20, 2004, mailto:Susan.Broyles at ed.gov. The email
subject line should read: Comments on TRP Suggestions for Changes
to IPEDS.
Comments on the proposals in the document, "Technical Review Panel #7
- Recommends Changes in First-Professional Degree Classification" are
to be submitted to Jeff Weber at mailto:jweber at cpe.state.in.us by
May 15, 2004. The subject line should read: First-professional TRP -
Proposal comments. Copies of your email should also be sent to
Susan Broyles at mailto:Susan.Broyles at ed.gov.
Implementation dates for the proposed changes to IPEDS have not been
specified. Pending receipt of comments from the higher education
community and concurrence with this proposal, NCES would like to
implement the new definition for reporting first-professional degree
and enrollment information with the Fall 2005 data collection. As with
all changes to IPEDS, the reporting in the first collection year would
be optional, but reporting in the second year would be mandatory.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
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Comprehensive information about IPEDS:
http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds
Proposed changes to IPEDS:
http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/whatsnew.asp
Minor changes implemented in 2004-05 IPEDS collection:
http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/pdf/webbase2003/changes0405.pdf
Coordinated by the Higher Education Data Policy Committee. All
opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the official
position of the Association for Institutional Research.
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