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Abstract: 

The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) is the federal government’s core postsecondary data collection program. This GAO report was submitted in August 2010 in response to the need of policymakers to increase accountability in higher education. A natural byproduct of this is the increased complexity of questions on the IPEDS surveys. The GAO was mandated to examine: • The time and cost burden for schools completing the IPEDS surveys; • Options for reducing this burden; and • The potential benefits and challenges of collecting additional graduation rate data. To do this, the GAO interviewed staff from 22 postsecondary schools, reviewed existing estimates of the IPEDS time and cost burden, interviewed officials at the Department of Education (DOE) and the Office of Management and Budget, and interviewed higher education software providers.

Keywords: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS); Student Rightto- Know and Campus Security Act of 1990 (Pub. L. No. 101-542);

Affiliations:  1: CSSD Editor; 2: CSSD Editor.