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Campbell, Corbin M.; Mata, Carolyn Sloane; Galloway, Fred – National Postsecondary Education Cooperative, 2017
In an effort to improve the relevancy of National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) postsecondary survey data to current higher education data needs, this paper examines the ways in which the postsecondary landscape has changed since the inception of the first NCES longitudinal survey. It reviews the sociocultural and historical context…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Objectives, National Surveys, Longitudinal Studies
Topper, Amelia M.; Howard, Melissa – National Postsecondary Education Cooperative, 2017
Issues of postsecondary education access and attainment have a direct impact on individuals' social and economic mobility, the labor market, and the nation's ability to stay globally competitive. Sample surveys--cross-sectional or longitudinal surveys of a subpopulation of individuals--on precollege experiences and preparation, postsecondary…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Postsecondary Education, Alignment (Education), Educational Policy
Miller, Abby; Erwin, Mason; Richardson, Samantha; Arntz, Monika – National Postsecondary Education Cooperative, 2016
The National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC) of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) commissioned this research paper to examine the postsecondary certificate program landscape and to extend the 2012 NPEC report, "Defining and Reporting Subbaccalaureate Certificates in IPEDS", which clearly identified…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Information Dissemination, Educational Certificates, Educational Trends
Sykes, Andrea – National Postsecondary Education Cooperative, 2012
Subbaccalaureate certificates, postsecondary awards conferred as the result of successful completion of a formal program of study below the baccalaureate level, have become more prominent in higher education over the last decade. Institutions of all sectors offer subbaccalaureate certificates, which can range in length from a few months to more…
Descriptors: Educational Certificates, Postsecondary Education, Definitions, Data Collection
Erwin, Dary – National Postsecondary Education Cooperative, 2012
This paper, commissioned by [National Postsecondary Education Cooperative] NPEC--Sample Surveys, considers issues important to any effort in which the [National Center for Education Statistics] NCES chose to engage the higher education community in a deliberative process that explores the development of data on student learning through a…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Outcomes of Education, National Surveys, Student Surveys
MacAllum, Keith; Glover, Denise – National Postsecondary Education Cooperative, 2012
College Navigator was developed by NCES and released in September 2007 as the U.S. Department of Education's primary source for comparing postsecondary institutions that participate in federal student financial aid programs. The site is designed to help students, parents, and high school guidance counselors search for and compare information on…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, School Counseling, School Counselors
Borden, Victor M. H. – National Postsecondary Education Cooperative, 2011
One of the many pieces of "consumer information" that the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) requires the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) to post on its College Navigator website is a student-to-faculty ratio for institutions in the IPEDS universe with undergraduate programs. NCES added the collection of this measure…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Ratio, Higher Education, College Faculty, Undergraduate Students
Borden, Victor M. H. – National Postsecondary Education Cooperative, 2011
The student full-time equivalent (FTE) measure has a long history in U.S. postsecondary education. Credit hours, contact hours, and their derivative FTE have been used as proxies for both student and faculty effort. FTE ultimately became a core measure for planning, evaluating and assessing human resource allocation within higher education.…
Descriptors: Full Time Equivalency, Graduate Students, Postdoctoral Education, Doctoral Programs