Overview[]
Since 1997 the AIR Alerts series has presented timely and substantive information concerning data policy.
Each Alert provides a concise briefing on an emerging issue in higher education, including a summary of the topic, the current status (and potential future developments), implications for institutions and institutional research, a timeline summarizing key historical developments and future deadlines, and resources relating to the subject.
List of Alerts[]
- Common Data Set (1 September 1997)
- Student Right-to-Know and IPEDS Graduation Rate Survey (1 October 1997)
- Update 1 (1 November 2000)
- National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (1 November 1998)
- Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 (1 February 1998)
- The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and Emerging Federal Regulations (1 February 1998)
- Update 1 (20 March 2001)
- New Federal Standards for Racial and Ethnic Data Collection and Reporting (1 April 1998)
- Electronic Data Interchange (1 May 1998)
- College Costs and Prices: Report of the National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education (1 July 1998)
- Redesign of IPEDS Surveys (1 October 1998)
- Update 1 (1 December 1998)
- Update 2 (1 February 1999)
- Update 3 (1 April 1999)
- Update 4 (1 June 1999)
- Update 5 (1 July 1999)
- Update 6 (1 July 1999)
- Update 7 (1 August 1999)
- Update 8 - Proposed Changes to IPEDS Staff and Salaries Surveys (23 November 1999)
- Update 9 (9 February 2000)
- Update 9a (1 November 1998)
- Higher Education Act Final Federal Regulations for Student Disclosure Requirements
- State and Institutional Reports on the Quality of Teacher Preparation (29 March 2000)
- 2001-2002 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and Beyond (24 July 2001)
- SEVM/SEVIS Reporting on International Students and Exchange Visitors (15 July 2002)
- Update on Federal Race and Ethnicity Reporting Changes (5 August 2002)
- Update 1 (5 August 2002)
- Update 2 (15 August 2006)
- Update 3 - Final U.S. Department of Education Guidance on Collecting, Maintaining and Reporting Data on Race and Ethnicity (29 October 2007)
- National Study of Faculty and Students (NSoFaS: 2004) (18 September 2002)
- Update 1 (24 March 2003)
- Changes in IPEDS for Institutions with Multiple Campuses (10 July 2003)
- Proposed Inclusion of 'Instruction Expenses per FTE Student' on IPEDS COOL (24 July 2003)
- Status of Proposed Inclusion of Instruction Expenses per FTE Student on IPEDS COOL
- H.R.3311 - The "Affordability in Higher Education Act of 2003" (12 November 2003)
- Use of Perturbation in IPEDS Data (8 March 2004)
- NCES Requests Comments Regarding Proposed IPEDS Changes (25 May 2004)
- Update 1 (1 October 2004)
- Update 2 (24 August 2005)
- Update 3 - NCES Requests Final Comments Regarding First-Professional Enrollment and Degree Reporting in IPEDS (22 February 2006)
- Update 4 (22 August 2006)
- Update 5 - NCES Announces Final Plan for New IPEDS Categories and Definitions for Classification of Masters, Doctor’s and First-Professional Degree Programs for Reporting Enrollment and Completions (1 December 2006)
- NCAA Division III Financial Aid Annual Electronic Reporting Requirement (2 August 2004)
- NPEC Data Feedback Project (6 August 2004)
- Update 1 (7 February 2005)
- Update 2 - NCES Seeks Comments on IPEDS Data Feedback Report (19 January 2006)
- Update 3 - NCES Provides Instructions for Creating Custom Comparison Groups for 2006 IPEDS Data Feedback Report (17 April 2006)
- Update 4 (7 November 2006)
- OMB Reporting Standards for IPEDS Student and Employee Racial and Ethnic Data Will Not Be Implemented in 2004-05 (19 August 2004)
- 2005 Revision of the Carnegie Classification (1 September 2004)
- Update 1 (3 February 2006)
- IPEDS Student Unit Record Data Feasibility Study (1 October 2004)
- NCES Seeks Comments on Proposal for Derived and Calculated Variables (1 November 2004)
- NCES Seeks Comments on IPEDS Human Resource Surveys (25 January 2005)
- NCES Technical Review Panel to Discuss Expansion of Report Templates in IPEDS Peer Analysis System (7 February 2005)
- NCAA Graduation Success Rate Data Collection (7 July 2005)
- Changes in IPEDS for 2005-06 (7 September 2005)
- IPEDS Guidelines for Reporting Students Displaced due to Hurricane Katrina (23 September 2005)
- NCES Seeks Comments on Proposal to Add New Institutional Classification Variable to Peer Analysis System (10 January 2006)
- National Research Council - Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs (4 May 2006)
- Comments Requested for Proposed IPEDS Changes (19 February 2007)
- Update 1 (30 May 2007)
- New Disclosure and IPEDS Reporting Requirements in the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (25 August 2008)
- Update 1 (18 May 2009)
- Proposed Changes for 2009-10 IPEDS (2 April 2009)
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