National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC) - Products

• Developing a Single Student Outcome Survey Component: Merging IPEDS Graduation Rates, Graduation Rates 200, and Outcome Measures. (PDF, 612 KB)
• Understanding and Improving the Usage of the Outcome Measures Survey Component. (PDF, 397 KB)
• Aligning Certificates, Diplomas, Degrees, and Emerging Forms of Credentials: Macro, Micro, and Maintenance Credentials. (PDF, 648 KB)

• The History and Origins of Survey Items (PDF, 2.86 MB)
• Improving the IPEDS Student Average Net Price to be More Relevant for Consumers (PDF, 1.92 MB)
• Unlocking Potential: Recommendations for Improving the College Navigator Tool for the Future of Higher Education (PDF, 2.68 KB)

• Noncredit Enrollment and Related Activities (PDF, 1.53 MB)
• Updating and Aligning the IPEDS Institutional Characteristics Survey Component (PDF, 531 KB)
• Examining Current Institutional Outsourcing Practices and the IPEDS Human Resources Survey Component (PDF, 587 KB)
• Improving and Expanding the IPEDS Admissions Survey Component (PDF, 1.24 MB)

• The History and Origins of Survey Items for the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (2016–17 Update) (PDF, 4.19 MB)
• Assessing the Capacity of IPEDS to Collect Transfer Student Data (PDF, 1 MB)
• Making the IPEDS Students Financial Aid Survey Data Meaningful (PDF, 0.54 MB)
• Suggestions for Improving the IPEDS Collection of Graduate Students Data (PDF, 0.70 MB)

• Suggestions for Improving IPEDS Distance Education Data Collection (PDF, 2.06 MB)
• Improving IPEDS Data Collection on High School Students Enrolled in College Courses (PDF, 1.53 MB)
• Identifying New Metrics using IPEDS Finance Data (PDF, 1.01 MB)

• Collecting and Disseminating Data on Certificate Awards (NPEC, 2012-835) (PDF, 2.08MB)
• Supplement Tables (XLS, 0.35 MB)

• Improving the IPEDS Finance Component (PDF, 0.56 MB)
• IPEDS Program Reporters: An Overview of Institutional Characteristics and Suggestions for Improving Survey Materials (PDF, 1.18 MB)

• Clarifying How Study Abroad Students are Reported in IPEDS (PDF, 0.35 MB)

• Defining and Reporting Subbaccalaureate Certificates in IPEDS (NPEC 2012-835, PDF, 1.96 MB)
• Implementation of New Race/Ethnicity Categories in IPEDS (PDF, 0.99 MB)
• Systems of Postsecondary Education Institutions Reported in the IPEDS Institutional Characteristics Component (PDF, 0.53 MB)
• Student and Guidance Counselor Feedback on the College Navigator Website (PDF, 0.13 MB)

• Suggestions for Improvements to the Student-to-Faculty Ratio in IPEDS(PDF, 0.26 MB)
• Full Time Equivalent (FTE) for Graduate and Doctor’s-Professional Practice Students (PDF, 0.33 MB)
• IPEDS Data for Graduate-Only Institutions (PDF, 0.42 MB)
• Calculating Placement Rates Under Gainful Employment Regulations (PDF, 0.26 MB)
• Information Required to Be Disclosed Under the Higher Education Act of 1965: Suggestions for Dissemination – A Supplemental Report (NPEC 2012-831, PDF, 1.81 MB)
• Suggestions for Improvements to the Collection and Dissemination of Federal Financial Aid Data (NPEC 2012-834, PDF, 1.20 MB)
• The History and Origins of Survey Items for the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (NPEC 2012-833, PDF, 2.26 MB)
• Suggestions for Improving the IPEDS Graduation Rate Survey Data Collection and Reporting

• Information Required to Be Disclosed Under the Higher Education Act of 1965: Suggestions for Dissemination (NPEC 2010-831REV, PDF, 2.07 MB)

• Deciding on Postsecondary Education (NCES 2008-850, PDF, 0.77 MB)

• Symposium Final Agenda (PDF, 0.27 MB)

Information Center for State Level Indicators

NPEC provided support to the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) to develop a HigherEdInfo.org , a tool that generates state-based reports on postsecondary indicators.

State Postsecondary Education Consumer Website Pilot Project

NPEC supported three states in the development of better online college-information tools for prospective students and their families. The purpose is to provide examples of those interested in advancing the information provided to postsecondary consumers.

• Florida - https://www.floridashines.org (formerly www.facts.org)
  
• Kentucky - http://www.knowhow2goky.org
  
• Minnesota - https://careerwise.minnstate.edu (formerly www.iseek.org)