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- ANSWERS: A Web-Based Tool
Accessing National Surveys with Electronic Research Sources (ANSWERS) is a web-based tool that can lead you to sources of data on postsecondary education. ANSWERS provides data element definitions that are used in many postsecondary education surveys and identifies where common data element definitions are used across surveys. ANSWERS can assist a researcher to adopt common definitions, or, preferably to use existing data sources to reduce the data burden on institutions and minimize inconsistencies in published data. In addition to identifying sources of data, ANSWERS includes a matrix of data available in national surveys, a question bank, references for survey developers, specialized features for different audiences and an inventory of national surveys. ANSWERS was initiated in 1999 and funded for 5 years by NPEC. In January 2005, oversight and support of ANSWERS was transferred to Dr. John Milam, Managing Director of HigherEd.Org, Inc. The ANSWERS web-based tool can now be accessed at http://highered.org/answers/. Questions about ANSWERS or comments on the site should be addressed to Dr. Milam at jmilam@highered.org.
- Best
Practices for Data Collectors and Data Providers (1999)
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- Examination of the
Data Requirements of the Workforce Investment Act and the
Perkins Act of 1998 (1999) (89 KB)
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- Integrated
Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): An improved
system (1999) (229 KB)
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- Integrated Postsecondary
Education Data System (IPEDS) Finance—GASB Institutions
Form, Instructions, and Glossary
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- Technology
and Its Ramifications for Data Systems (1998)
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- Unit
Record Versus Aggregate Data: Perspectives on Postsecondary
Education Data Collection, Retention, and Release (1998)
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