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NCES Datasets Other than IPEDS

NCES Datasets Other than IPEDS. Presentation to Ohio Higher Education Information Users Conference March 23, 2001 Chris Doll. NCES Datasets. Universal IPEDS Collected from All Institutions Eligible for Title IV funding Tracks Data about: Enrollments Completions Finances

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NCES Datasets Other than IPEDS

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  1. NCES Datasets Other than IPEDS Presentation to Ohio Higher Education Information Users Conference March 23, 2001 Chris Doll

  2. NCES Datasets • Universal • IPEDS Collected from All Institutions Eligible for Title IV funding • Tracks Data about: • Enrollments • Completions • Finances • Faculty and Staff • Institutionally Based

  3. NCES Datasets • Longitudinal • Follows individuals over time regardless of enrollment and attendance patterns • Not confined to attendance at a single institution • Shows multiple attendance patterns • Shows transfer patterns • Shows degree completion or other outcome regardless of number of institutions attended • Shows interactions of education and work • Tracks changes in career and income

  4. Postsecondary Data Available • National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS) • Beginning Postsecondary Student Aid Study (BPS) • Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B) • National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF)

  5. NPSAS Survey Universe • All levels of postsecondary education institutions • vocational through doctorate-granting • public, private non-profit, private for-profit • Both aided and non-aided students • Full- and part-time students • Undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional students

  6. NPSAS Eligibility • To be eligible for NPSAS, an institution must offer: • programs for people who have completed secondary education • an academic, occupational, or vocational program • the program to people who are not employed by the institution • more than just correspondence courses • at least one program lasting 3 months or 300 clock hours or longer • Be located in the 50 states, DC , or Puerto Rico

  7. NPSAS Student Eligibility • To be eligible for NPSAS, a student must have been either: • Attending a NPSAS eligible institution AND • enrolled between July 1 - June 30 of the NPSAS survey year • taking courses for credit toward a degree or formal award OR • in a degree or formal award program of at least 3 months or • in an academic, occupational, or vocational program of at least 3 months or 300 clock hours

  8. NPSAS Research Questions • How do students and families pay for postsecondary education? • How have costs and financial aid packages changed over the years? • Why do some students receive more financial aid than other students from apparently similar backgrounds? • How much have students and families borrowed to pay for postsecondary education? • How do costs and financial aid influence students' choices of schools and majors? • Why do some students/families not apply for financial aid?

  9. NPSAS Results • Aid by Race • Aid and Grades • Aid by Region

  10. NPSAS Analytic Concerns • Read (carefully) the description of variables in the “description windows”--sometimes a variable may have a similar label but have a different meaning. • Price of attendance and Expected Family Contribution (EFC) are important variables to consider when comparing student financial aid awards • Check the standard error for a given estimate when making comparisons

  11. NPSAS Analytic Concerns Continued… • Be aware of the sampling differences across surveys • Read the “readme.txt” file that accompanies the CD • When your run an analysis and don’t believe the results, remember . . . • “Life is full of surprises!”

  12. Beginning Postsecondary Students(BPS) • Primary analytic features--Information on . . • progress, persistence, and completion of undergraduate programs • undergraduate indebtedness • career entry for vocational program & degree completers • employment/ unemployment patterns • civic participation • family formation

  13. BPS Analytic Objectives • Survey components • Education • First-year undergraduate college experiences (NPSAS) • Undergraduate costs/financing • Undergraduate enrollment patterns • Expectations and satisfaction with undergraduate experience • Change in major • Student integration and institutional climate • Institutional attendance patterns • Multiple institution attendance and transfer activity • Undergraduate Debt

  14. BPS Analytic objectives • Undergraduate persistence • Degree attainment • Employment outcomes • Access to graduate/first professional education

  15. Differences between NPSAS survey and BPS • BPS • adjusted sample to include more institutions most likely to have first-time beginners • oversampled students in institutions likely to have first-time beginners • includes family background data prior to PSE entry • includes institutional climate/satisfaction items

  16. BPS Research Questions • How is persistence related to transfer behavior of students between institutions? • How is persistence related to employment while enrolled, student financial assistance, and family formation? • At what rates are students attaining postsecondary certificates, associate’s degrees, and bachelor’s degrees? • How long does it take to attain a certificate or degree? • Are those who complete a postsecondary program able to obtain a job related to the field of study? How long does it take?

  17. BPS Results • Marital Status and Grades • Enrollment Intensity and Grades • Age at Time of Enrollment by Institution Type

  18. BPS Analytic Concerns • Time-censors bachelor’s degree attainment • Detailed financial information not available after first year - only self-reported in general later • Persistence/progress self-reported • Selection of appropriate weight • Sample size for some sub-groups of students

  19. Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B) • Primary design features • First time longitudinal study of only bachelor’s degree graduates • Based on cross-sectional NPSAS (National Postsecondary Student Aid Study) • Compatible with previous RCG (Recent College Graduate) series • Will continue for about 10 years after bachelor’s degree completion • Begins where BPS (beginning postsecondary students longitudinal studies) starts to loose power

  20. B&B Continued... • graduate school application, attendance, and progress • career development/ progress for bachelor’s degree completers • special emphasis on new teachers-entry into the profession and career path • undergraduate and graduate indebtedness • civic participation • family formation

  21. B&B Analytic Objectives • Analytic objectives • Undergraduate degree outcome assessment • Graduate/First Professional Program • Access and Choice • Persistence and Progress • Rate of return • Patterns of teaching careers

  22. B&B Research Questions • Are bachelor's degree recipients able to enter the work force or graduate school soon after acquiring the degree or within the time periods they expect? • Do bachelor's degree recipients enter jobs related to their major fields of undergraduate study? • How long does it take to obtain a job in an area related to the field of study? Does the required time differ by degree attained? Does it differ by field? • How long do bachelor's degree recipients take to complete the bachelor's degree? Does this vary by field of study, type of school, age of student, or time of first entry into a postsecondary program?

  23. B&B Research Questions (continued…) • Are people who want to enter graduate school immediately after completing the bachelor's degree able to do so? • Why do some graduates delay entry into graduate or professional study? Do these persons persist in seeking to enter and do they succeed in entering later?

  24. B&B Results • Employment in Major • Employment in Same Region as Baccalaureate • Time to Degree by Attendance at Two-Year Institution

  25. B&B Analytic Concerns • Graduate study progress self-reported • Time to completion for Ph.D. will be time censored • Small sample sizes for some post-baccalaureate degrees

  26. Which survey does what?? Issue NPSAS:96 BPS:90-94 B&B:93/94 Demographics A B A Undergraduate access F F N/A Undergraduate choice C C N/A Undergraduate student financial aid A B N/A Undergraduate persistence D A N/A Undergraduate progress F D N/A Undergraduate degree attainment D B N/A Time to bachelor's degrees D C A Labor force participation B B B Undergraduate debt A D A Graduate/1st professional access & choice D D B Graduate/1st professional persistence F F D Graduate/1st professional student financial aid A F D Graduate/1st professional degree attainment D F F

  27. Other Data Sources of Interest • High School and Beyond • National Education Longitudinal Study (88) • National Longitudinal Study (72) • National Household Education Survey • National Study of Postsecondary Faculty • Postsecondary Education Quick Information System

  28. Obtaining Data/Questions • NCES Web Page • www.nces.ed.gov • EdPubs • http://oeri4.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html • Obtaining Data Analysis System • http://nces.ed.gov/das

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