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Postsecondary Education Sample Studies and Data Tools

Postsecondary Education Sample Studies and Data Tools. Susan Aud, Ph.D. National Center for Education Statistics Institute of Education Sciences U.S. Department of Education May 18, 2014. Postsecondary Sample Survey Data Our Research Agenda .

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Postsecondary Education Sample Studies and Data Tools

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  1. Postsecondary Education Sample Studies and Data Tools Susan Aud, Ph.D. National Center for Education Statistics Institute of Education Sciences U.S. Department of Education May 18, 2014

  2. Postsecondary Sample Survey DataOur Research Agenda Generating a nationally representative descriptive portrait of students enrolled in postsecondary education. • Who are these students? • Where are they enrolling? • How are they paying for college? Student, institutional, and federal financing • What are they experiencing in the postsecondary “environment?”

  3. Postsecondary Sample Survey DataOur Research Agenda • What outcomes are they attaining? Educational awards Labor market outcomes Further education and training

  4. Postsecondary Sample Survey DataHow We Achieve Our Goals Cross-Sectional • The National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS) Longitudinal • The Beginning Postsecondary Students Study (BPS) • The Baccalaureate and Beyond Study (B&B) • The Postsecondary Education Transcript Study (PETS)

  5. Postsecondary Sample Survey DataA Chronology of the Surveys NPSAS:87 NPSAS:90 BPS:90/92 BPS:90/94 NPSAS:93 B&B:93/94 B&B:93/97 B&B:93/03 Limited PETS NPSAS:96 BPS:96/98 BPS:96/01 NPSAS:00 B&B:00/01 NPSAS:04 BPS:04/06 BPS:04/09 PETS:09 NPSAS:08 B&B:08/09 B&B:08/12 PETS:09 NPSAS:12 BPS:12/14 BPS:12/17 BPS:12/19 PETS

  6. Overview

  7. Overview

  8. NPSAS OverviewPurpose of the Study • Legislatively mandated data collection to make sense of the federal government’s $180B per year investment in financing students’ postsecondary educations • Heavily used by policymakers, analysts, and researchers to understand programs like the Pell Grant and the Stafford Loan

  9. NPSAS OverviewPurpose of the Study Purpose: To examine how students and their families pay for college. Secondarily: To examine the characteristics of students enrolled in all levels of postsecondary education.

  10. NPSAS OverviewSample Target Population Undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in Title IV participating institutions by institution sector. • Students enrolled in all types of institutions. • Students with and without financial aid. • Students in all attendance statuses (e.g., full- and part-time)

  11. NPSAS OverviewSample • Samples sizes for recent studies include approximately 120k students (100k undergraduates / 20k graduates) • In NPSAS:12, the sample represents 25 million undergraduate and 4 million graduate students

  12. NPSAS OverviewKey Data Elements • Student demographic characteristics • Pre-college characteristics • Institutional characteristics • Enrollment histories • Detailed information on college financing • Collegiate experiences

  13. Overview

  14. B&B:08/12 OverviewPurpose of the Study • Purpose:First and foremost, to better understand the early labor market and graduate school experiences of students graduating with a baccalaureate degree • Secondarily: To better understand the early career experiences of teachers

  15. B&B:08/12 OverviewSampling Strategy • Subsample NPSAS:08 respondents who are identified as graduating seniors. • Some practical overlap with NCES’s elementary/secondary longitudinal studies, but different population and longer follow-up. • Some practical overlap with NSF’s Recent College Graduates survey, but longitudinal and includes non-STEM graduates. • About 15,000 respondents

  16. B&B:08/12 OverviewKey Data Elements

  17. B&B:08/12 OverviewKey Data Elements • An explicit focus on teachers • Comparison of STEM graduates to other graduates • Choices to take further education • Academic transcripts

  18. B&B:08/12 OverviewData Sources • Multiple time points of data from: • Student Interview • Institutional Administrative Records • ED Financial Aid Systems • FAFSA Central Processing System • Pell Grant Recipient File • National Student Loan Data System

  19. Overview

  20. BPS:04/09 OverviewPurpose of the Study • To generate two key indicators of student progress: • The proportion of students who complete a course of study at their first institution within 150% of normal time to degree (NTD); and • The proportion of students who complete anywhere within 150% NTD. • To unpack the persistence phenomenon.

  21. BPS:04/09 OverviewSampling Strategy • Subsample NPSAS:04 respondents who are identified as “first-time beginning” students. • Cohort of first beginners, not based on age or transition from high school . • Representative of postsecondary students, so higherproportion of “non-traditional” students • About 16,500 respondents

  22. BPS:04/09 OverviewKey Data Elements

  23. BPS:04/09 OverviewKey Data Elements • Institutional characteristics • Detailed information on college financing • Collegiate experiences • As of BPS:04/06/09, academic transcripts

  24. NCES Data Analysis Tools:PowerStats and QuickStats

  25. http://nces.ed.gov/datalab Complex averages, percentages, medians, and centiles tables. Linear and logistic regressions. Choose from complete lists thousands of variables. Quick & easy to use to generate percentages, averages tables, and simple graphs using frequently used variables. (Limited to 1 column and 1 row variable.)

  26. Introduction to PowerStats/QuickStatsDatalab

  27. Introduction to PowerStats/QuickStatsDatalab

  28. Introduction to PowerStats/QuickStatsDatalab

  29. Introduction to PowerStats/QuickStatsDatalab

  30. Introduction to PowerStats/QuickStatsDatalab

  31. Introduction to PowerStats/QuickStatsDatalab

  32. Introduction to PowerStats/QuickStatsPowerStats • A table and statistics generator using Restricted Use data but without the need for a license (i.e. users only see estimates and standard errors) • Features include:

  33. Introduction to PowerStats/QuickStatsPowerStats

  34. Introduction to PowerStats/QuickStatsPowerStats

  35. NPSAS:12 OverviewSample Research Question, Guided Example What is the rate of students’ application for federal financial aid by institution sector? QuickRetreive: http://nces.ed.gov/datalab/index.aspx?ps_x=chcbe60(any aid) http://nces.ed.gov/datalab/index.aspx?ps_x=chcbe8f (federal aid)

  36. BPS OverviewSample Research Question, Guided Example What is the average amount of institution aid given to first-time beginning students by institution sector? QuickRetreive: http://nces.ed.gov/datalab/index.aspx?ps_x=chcbe51

  37. Contact Information Susan Aud, Ph.D. Statistician Email: susan.aud@ed.gov Telephone: (202) 219-7013 PowerStats Helpdesk Email: NCES.Info@rti.org Telephone (866) 677-6987

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