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Resources for Implementing Changes to Race/Ethnicity Reporting in IPEDS
IPEDS will adopt new aggregate categories for reporting R/E data in accordance with the final guidance issued by the U.S. Department of Education on October 19, 2007. These changes are necessary to implement the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) 1997 Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity.

The resources available from this page are intended to assist institutions and state agencies with the transition to the new race and ethnicity categories.

Implementation Schedule for New Race and Ethnicity Categories
  IPEDS Component
Data Collection Cycle Fall Enrollment
Human Resources		 Completions
12-month Enrollment
Graduation Rates
2008–09
2009–10		 Optional Optional
2010–11 Required Optional
2011–12 Required Required

U.S. Department of Education guidance:

  • Final Guidance on Maintaining, Collecting, and Reporting Racial and Ethnic Data to the U.S. Department of Education, 10/19/07
    Federal Register, Volume 72, Number 202, pp. 59266-59279
  • Policy Questions on the Department of Education's 2007 Guidance on Collecting, Maintaining and Reporting Data by Race or Ethnicity
  • Letter from Bill Evers, Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation and Policy

Resources for implementation: Other Resources: Background information: Notices sent to IPEDS keyholders and coordinators:

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