2012 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS:12) Student Records Collection Data File Documentation: Research Data File Documentation

Title:	2012 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS:12) Student Records Collection Data File Documentation: Research Data File Documentation
Description:	This publication describes the methodology used in the 2012 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS:12) Student Records Collection research datafile, a release of exploratory administrative data that are made available only for research on institution response and imputation methodologies. As a result of low institutional response rates, population estimates are NOT advised. Specifically, these data should NOT be used to generate population estimates or analyze the postsecondary records of this BPS cohort. This release includes student-level data for a nationally representative sample of over 35,000 first-time beginning postsecondary students who began postsecondary education during the 2011-12 academic year. Efforts, albeit unsuccessful, were made to collect student level data on enrollment, student budget, and financial aid from postsecondary education institutions attended between the 2011–12 and 2016–17 academic years.
Online Availability:	Download, view and print the report as a pdf file. (1615KB)
Cover Date:	December 2020
Web Release:	June 21, 2021
Publication #:	NCES 2021524
Center/Program:	NCES
Associated Centers:	IES
Authors:	Kristin Dudley Samuel Austin Caperton Nichole Smith Ritchie
Type of Product:	User's Manual/Data File Documentation
Survey/Program Areas:	Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS) Postsecondary Education Transcript Collections (PETS)
Keywords:	Academic Persistence Bachelor's Degrees Beginning Students in Postsecondary Education Bias Analysis Community Colleges Cost of Higher Education Data Interpretation Data Use Degrees Earned Distance Education Educational Attainment Employment • during college Enrollment • full-time, higher education • higher education institutions • part-time, higher education Higher Education • community colleges • two-year colleges • undergraduates, characteristics of Longitudinal Studies Persistence to Completion of Students in Higher Education Postsecondary Education • attendance patterns • field of study • persistence and attainment • student characteristics
Questions:	For questions about the content of this User's Manual/Data File Documentation, please contact: David Richards.