Association for Institutional Research

Data and Decisions for Higher Education


AIR Race/Ethnicity Helpful Links

OMB Revision to Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg/ 1997standards.html
Final guidance in Federal Register published October 2007, Volume 72, Number 202, pp. 59266-59279: http:// edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-20613.pdf
IPEDS Race/Ethnicity Info Center http://nces.ed.gov/IPEDS/reic/resource.asp
IPEDS changes to Race/Ethnicity Report http://nces.ed.gov/IPEDS/news_room/ ana_Changes_to_10_25_2007_169.asp
AIR Alert 14, Update #3 Title: Final U.S. Department of Education Guidance on Collecting, Maintaining and Reporting Data on Race and Ethnicity http://www.airweb.org/page.asp?page=1393
NCES Statistical Standards (includes example of 2-question format) http://nces.ed.gov/statprog/2002/ std1_5.asp
OMB Definitions for New Race and Ethnicity Categories http://www.airweb.org/images/REDefinitions1.pdf
IPEDS http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds
IPEDS Glossary (includes definitions of race/ethnicity categories) http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/glossary/?charindex=A
SHEEO Race & Ethnicity Reporting http://www.sheeo.org/ipeds/race-eth-home.htm
Bridging guidance from OMB http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg/re_app-ctables.pdf
EEO-1 Survey and related FAQs. EEOC requires universities that have employees in for-profit operations to complete EEO-1 reports. EEOC implemented the new standards in 2007—their reporting/data collection guidelines are slightly different from IPEDS. http://www.eeoc.gov/employers/eeo1survey/

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