This Week In IPEDS (TWII)

Guidance for Reporting Spring 2020 IPEDS Data:

The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are being felt throughout the higher education community, and NCES recognizes that the normal operations necessary for reporting congressionally-mandated Spring 2020 IPEDS data have been disrupted. While much is still uncertain about when institutions can regain access to their offices and/or their data, NCES is providing the following guidance related to the reporting of Spring 2020 IPEDS data:

1. The Spring 2020 data collection will close, as previously announced, on April 22, 2020 (for Keyholders) or May 6, 2020 (for Coordinators). Institutions are strongly urged to report as much data as possible under the circumstances, in situations where complete and accurate data are available and accessible without the need to violate any state-imposed stay-at-home requirements.

2. Institutions that can NOT provide the data by the time of the deadline noted above, but anticipate that they CAN provide data within the next few weeks, should contact the IPEDS Help Desk to make provisions for submitting the data in the near term.

3. For institutions that are unable to provide complete and accurate Spring 2020 data in the near term, an additional reporting opportunity will be made available during the Fall of 2020. Using the Prior Year Revision System, institutions will be able to provide any missing Spring 2020 data beginning in September, 2020 and continuing through a later date that will be determined as normal institutional operations are restored.