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Creating and Uploading
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2005 IPEDS Data Feedback Report |
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This year you may choose your own custom
comparison group to be used for the 2005 IPEDS Data Feedback Report |
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This report will be mailed to Chief
Administrators of postsecondary institutions in October 2005 |
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Your custom comparison group can contain
whichever institutions you want, as long as it contains: |
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At least 10 institutions that use the same
financial accounting standards as your institution |
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No more than 99 institutions |
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The data collection system will be open to
accept comparison group uploads through June 15, 2005 |
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If you want to change your customized group, you
must upload a new file |
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Once the system closes, no changes may be made
to your uploaded group |
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Nothing.
This is OPTIONAL. |
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If you decide not to change your comparison
group for the 2005 report, the system will generate a group for you,
similar to the group that was generated last year. |
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If you have any problems with this procedure,
please contact the Help Desk at ipedshelp@rti.org or 1-877-225-2568 |
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Include institution name or UnitID, your name
and phone #, brief description of problem |
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Assistance is available through June 8 |
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There are 2 steps involved in choosing a custom
comparison group. This short
tutorial will show you how to do both: |
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Create a comparison group of institutions |
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Upload this comparison group into the IPEDS Data
Collection system |
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You can create a comparison group in two
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Using the IPEDS Executive Peer Tool |
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Very easy to use |
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Follow directions on pages 9-31 (blue pages) |
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Using the IPEDS Peer Analysis System |
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More flexibility in defining comparison groups,
but more complicated to use |
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Follow directions on pages 32-54 (green pages) |
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You do NOT need to do both methods |
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Go to http://nces.ed.gov/ipedspas |
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Choose Executive Peer Tool |
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Read and agree to the NCES Data Usage Agreement |
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In Step 1, enter the name of your institution
and click Next step |
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In Step 2a, choose a method for peer selection
using one of three options: |
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Add peers by name, or |
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Select your peer list, or |
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Automatically generate your comparison group |
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Click Next step |
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This method allows you to add any institutions
to your comparison group |
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In Step 2b, type in the names of the
institutions that you want and click Next step |
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NOTE: If
you want more than 20 institutions in your group, click Add more peers by name and
type in more names |
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Use this option to select up to 100 schools
based on criteria that you specify |
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NOTE: If
more than 100 institutions fit the criteria you’ve specified, only the
first 100 alphabetically will be in your group |
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Criteria include: state, type of institution,
instructional program, degree-granting status, etc. |
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In Step 2b, choose your criteria, and click Next
step |
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Use this option to have the ExPT select your
comparison group automatically |
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This option selects the same comparison group
used in your 2004 NPEC IPEDS Data Feedback Report |
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You may want to use the automatic comparison
group as a starting point, and then add to or delete from the list |
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Once the comparison list of schools is
generated, you may subtract from your group by unchecking boxes, or add to
your group by clicking Add more peers by name |
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Once you’re satisfied with your group, and
before you upload it, you must save it to your hard drive |
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Click the Save peer list button at the bottom of
the screen |
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In Step 2c, the default filename entered for you
on the screen will be in the correct format (CGxxxxxx.uid) |
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Click Save |
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Do NOT change the name or file extension of this
file because the system will not recognize it as a comparison group if you
do |
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To indicate you want to use a custom comparison
group for the 2005 IPEDS Data Feedback Report, upload your comparison group
to the IPEDS web-based Data Collection System |
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Go to http://surveys.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/ |
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Log into the data collection system using your
current UserID and password |
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Select Tools from the menu bar located at the
top of the screen |
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Select Comparison Group File Upload |
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Click Browse, and find your CGxxxxxx.uid file
where you saved it on your hard drive |
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Click Submit |
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If upload is NOT successful, an error message
will be generated, explaining the error |
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An example is: |
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The file must contain 10 or more institutions
that use the same accounting standards as the uploading institution. This
file contains 7 institutions that use the same accounting standards. |
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Save another comparison group file and upload
again |
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If upload is successful, the following message
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Comparison Group Upload completed successfully |
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You will also see a list of uploaded comparison
group UnitIDs |
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If you have any problems with this procedure,
please contact the Help Desk at ipedshelp@rti.org or 1-877-225-2568 |
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Include institution name or UnitID, your name
and phone #, brief description of problem |
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Assistance is available through June 8 |
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Go to http://nces.ed.gov/ipedspas |
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Choose Institution Level under Peer Analysis
System |
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Use your institution’s IPEDS UnitID as both the
Username and password to log in |
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Read and agree to the NCES Data Usage Agreement |
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Click Use my Institution |
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To create a comparison group of institutions
within the IPEDS Peer Analysis System, there are three options: |
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Add by name, or |
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Add by variable, or |
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Auto peer group |
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Add screen shot of session summary page |
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This method allows you to add any institutions
to your comparison group |
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Type in the names and/or UnitIDs of the
institutions that you want and click Select |
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NOTE:
Once you’ve typed in 6 names, additional boxes will appear |
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This method allows you to create a group based
on variables from any IPEDS component, derived variables, and calculated
variables |
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Examples of variables include state,
institutional control, programs offered, tuition and fees revenues per FTE,
graduation rates, etc. |
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A comparison group will be automatically
generated based on an algorithm that includes institutional control,
Carnegie Classification, and region, among other variables (see User Manual
for details) |
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You may want to use the automatic peer group as
a starting point, and then add or delete institutions from this list |
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NOTE:
The automatic peer group generated through the IPEDS PAS is not the
same as the preset IPEDS Data Feedback Report group, although there will be
some overlap |
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Once the comparison list of schools is
generated, scroll to the bottom of the list and accept it by clicking the Continue
button |
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You may subtract from your group by unchecking
boxes, or add to your group by using the buttons at the bottom of the
screen |
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Once you’re satisfied with your group, and
before you upload it, you must save it to your hard drive |
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Click the Save list button at the bottom of the
screen |
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Enter the filename in the format CGxxxxxx.uid (where xxxxxx = UnitID) |
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Click Submit and your file will be saved on your
computer in the location you specify |
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Using Windows Explorer (or the program you use
to manage your files), delete the extra characters PAS added to the file
name when it was saved |
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Do NOT delete the .uid file extension |
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To indicate you want to use a custom comparison
group for the 2005 IPEDS Data Feedback Report, upload your comparison group
to the IPEDS web-based Data Collection System |
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Go to http://surveys.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/ |
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Log into the data collection system using your
current UserID and password |
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Select Tools from the menu bar located at the
top of the screen |
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Select Comparison Group File Upload |
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Click Browse, and find your CGxxxxxx.uid file
where you saved it on your hard drive |
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Click Submit |
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If upload is NOT successful, an error message
will be generated, explaining the error |
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An example is: |
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The file must contain 10 or more institutions
that use the same accounting standards as the uploading institution. This
file contains 7 institutions that use the same accounting standards. |
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Save another comparison group file and upload
again |
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If upload is successful, the following message
will appear: |
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Comparison Group Upload completed successfully |
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You will also see a list of comparison group
UnitIDs |
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If you have any problems with this procedure,
please contact the Help Desk at ipedshelp@rti.org or 1-877-225-2568 |
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Include institution name or UnitID, your name
and phone #, brief description of problem |
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Assistance is available through June 8 |
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