National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC)

The History and Origins of Survey Items (PDF, 2.86 MB)

2019

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)

2018

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)

2017

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)

2016

Collecting and Disseminating Data on Certificate Awards (NPEC, 2012-835) (PDF, 2.08MB)

Supplement Tables (XLS, 0.35 MB)

2015

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)

2013

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

2012

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)

2011

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

2009

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

2007

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

National Symposium on Postsecondary Student Success

Symposium Final Agenda (PDF, 0.27 MB)

Commissioned Papers

Respondent Papers

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)