This Week In IPEDS (TWII)

IPEDS at the 2023 AIR Forum

Please join your AIR colleagues at the following IPEDS sessions at the AIR Forum (https://www.airweb.org/forum/2023/home). We also hope that you will stop by the IPEDS booth in the exhibit hall.

Exhibit Hall hours:

Tuesday 05/30/2023, 4:45pm-6:45pm
Wednesday 05/31/2023, 10:00am-5:30pm
Thursday 06/01/2023, 8:00am-2:30pm

IPEDS Update session:

05/30/2023 (01:00 PM - 02:30 PM)
Aida Ali Akreyi, National Center for Education Statistics

This session provides a general update on the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), annual survey collected by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) of the U.S. Department of Education. The following information will be presented: changes to the upcoming 2023-24 and 2024-25 collections, a brief overview of Research and Development, and a brief overview of major updates to IPEDS Tools and the IPEDS website. Note: an abbreviated encore presentation will be featured in the regular concurrent session line-up, as well as a separate session which focuses on the tools.

IPEDS Update - Condensed Encore session:

05/31/2023 (11:15 AM – 12:00 PM)
Aida Ali Akreyi, National Center for Education Statistics

This is an encore session, which is a shorter session from the impact session presented earlier this week. However, this session provides an opportunity for those who missed the impact session to receive the general update on the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), annual survey collected by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) of the U.S. Department of Education. The following information will be presented: changes to the upcoming 2023-24 and 2024-25 collections and a brief overview of Research and Development.

Leveraging IPEDS data for insights and action session:

05/30/2023 (8:00 AM – 11:30 AM)
Aida Ali Akreyi, National Center for Education Statistics
Christopher Cody, American Institutes for Research
Roman Ruiz, American Institutes for Research

Understanding how to use IPEDS data tools is one way institutional researchers and others can create data reports about their institution(s), as well as compare their institution(s) to other institutions. This session is appropriate for anyone with a basic understanding of IPEDS and an interest in using the web-based data tools developed by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). IPEDS team members will demonstrate the functionality of IPEDS data tools using real-world higher education use cases. The presentation will focus specifically on newly improved tools including Summary Tables, Trend Generator, and others. In addition, participants will learn how to create, upload, and save institution groups and variables for future use, including how to take an existing institution group (e.g., custom comparison group) and incorporate it in IPEDS data tools. Participants will have a hands-on opportunity, under the direct support of IPEDS staff, to apply their learning about IPEDS data tools to investigate provided use cases or their own problems of practice specific to their institutions.

Additionally, several workshops and sessions about reporting to IPEDS, and/or using IPEDS data, are being presented, including the following:

Pre-Conference Workshops:

Best Practices for Reporting and Using IPEDS Data to Improve Office Efficiencies
05/29/2023 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Eric Atchison, Arkansas State University System
Nancy Dugan, Eastern Iowa Community College District
Sandra Kinney, Higher Education Consultant

Beyond Compliance: How to Use IPEDS Data to Examine Student and Institutional Success
05/29/2023 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Mary Ann Coughlin, Springfield College
John Ingram, La Roche University
Carrie Mata, North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities

IPEDS Data and Benchmarking: Supporting Decision Making and Institutional Effectiveness
05/30/2023 08:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Sandra Kinney, Higher Education Consultant
Raj Malhotra, Huron Consulting Group

IPEDS Student Financial Aid Training
05/30/2023 08:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Nancy Dugan, Eastern Iowa Community College District
John Ingram, La Roche University

Education Data in Federal Policy: A Look at 2023 and Beyond
05/30/2023 03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Diane Cheng, Institute for Higher Education Policy
Bryan Cook, Urban Institute
Jonathan Fansmith, American Council on Education
Christine Keller, Association for Institutional Research (AIR)

Speaker Sessions related to IPEDS:

2022 NCES Data Institute Research Reports
05/31/2023 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Samantha Greenwood, RSUNY University at Buffalo
Faye Jones, Florida State University
Kristen Lindsay, The University of Findlay
Shannon Tinney Lichtinger, University of Maryland - Baltimore County

Unlocking IPEDS Data to Understand Residence and Migration to College
05/31/2023 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Roman Ruiz, American Institutes for Research

Empowering Master’s Program Decisions With Strategic Analytics Dashboards
05/31/2023 01:45 PM - 02:30 PM
Melissa Baker, Carnegie Mellon University
Mark Chimel, Carnegie Mellon University

Market Research + Tableau = Improved New-Degree-Program-Proposal Process
05/31/2023 03:45 PM - 04:30 PM
Mari Dark, University of Colorado Boulder
Robert Stubbs, University of Colorado Boulder

The Student-Level Data Network: Lessons Learned From an Institutional Pilot
06/01/2023 09:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Eric Atchison, Arkansas State University System
Jamie Isaac, RTI International
Joshua Pretlow, RTI International
Ginger Otwell, Henderson State University

The First Three Years of CIP 2020: Updates and Future Directions
06/01/2023 09:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Allan Medwick, Ursidae Analytics, LLC

Using R to Automate and Reproduce IR Works
06/01/2023 02:30 PM - 03:15 PM
Linli Zhou, Lasell University

Retention Elasticity (The Relationship Between Cohort Size and Retention)
06/01/2023 03:30 PM - 04:15 PM
Mondrail Myrick, Bennett College

Liberate Your Time—Accelerate With R
06/02/2023 09:00 AM - 09:45 AM
Thomas Sharpe, College of Southern Idaho

Extract IPEDS Data for Strategic Program Decisions
06/02/2023 09:00 AM - 09:45 AM
Sarah Gallimore, York College of Pennsylvania

Discussion Group:
Ask the CIP Wizard: CIP2020 and Beyond
05/31/2023 03:45 PM - 04:30 PM
Allan Medwick, Ursidae Analytics, LLC

Poster Presentation:
Institutional Reporting: A Collaborative Approach
06/01/2023 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Kellie Delmonico, United States Military Academy
Brian Novoselich, United States Military Academy