This Week In IPEDS (TWII)

See the Federal Register posting [Federal Register Volume 84, Number 118, Pages 28542-28543] opening the 30-day public comment period on the request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for changes to the IPEDS Collection years 2019-20 through 2021-22. Details on the proposed changes can be found in the Supporting Documents posted on the regulations.gov website at: https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=ED-2019-ICCD-0028.
A summary of the proposed changes can be found in Supporting Statement Part A available at: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=ED-2019-ICCD-0028-0062
Proposed survey component forms and instructions can be found at: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=ED-2019-ICCD-0028-0063
Comments should be submitted through the regulations.gov site linked above and are due by July 19, 2019.

Did you know that your institution's IPEDS Keyholder can create or update a custom comparison group for your annual Data Feedback Report (DFR)? Each fall, a DFR is emailed to the CEO/President and to the IPEDS Keyholder, and compares your institution's IPEDS data with your peer institutions' IPEDS data. While creating a custom comparison group is not required, a customized group may make the DFR more useful for your campus leaders. Please note that only the primary Keyholder can upload a new comparison group within the IPEDS collection system. The deadline for creating a comparison group is July 12, 2019.
There are two ways to create a custom comparison group: 1) by using the IPEDS Use The Data page (https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data) or 2) through the Data Collection System's Tool menu and scroll down to locate Comparison Group Edit/Upload (https://surveys.nces.ed.gov/IPEDS). Instructions for creating a custom comparison group are located under the Data Collection System's Help menu. Unsure about which institutions to include in your comparison group? Take advantage of the Association for Institutional Research's online tutorial and handout on suggested practices when creating comparison groups:
http://www.airweb.org/EducationAndEvents/IPEDSTraining/Tutorials/Pages/CreatingComparisonGroups.aspx