The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) collects institution-level data from postsecondary institutions in the United States (50 states and the District of Columbia) and other U.S. jurisdictions (see appendix A for a list of other U.S. jurisdictions). This "First Look" presents findings from the provisional data of the IPEDS spring 2017 data collection, which included four survey components: (1) "Fall Enrollment"; (2) "Human Resources" at postsecondary institutions during fall 2016; (3) "Finance"; and (4)"Academic Libraries" for the 2016 fiscal year. Data for all components were collected through the IPEDS web-based data collection system. A brief summary of the spring 2017 survey components is included in this report. This "First Look" provides users with access to provisional IPEDS data that are fully reviewed, edited, and imputed. Final data, including revisions to the provisional data submitted by institutions after the close of data collection, will be available during the next collection year (2017-18). The purpose of this report is to introduce new data through tables containing descriptive information, such as totals, averages, and percentages. The findings presented here demonstrate the range of information available through IPEDS; they include only a sample of the information collected. A glossary of IPEDS terms is also provided. [For the 2015 version of this report, see ED572585.]