Association for Institutional Research

Data and Decisions for Higher Education


Race/Ethnicity Presentations, Papers and Articles

Webinars on the new race/ethnicity standards for IPEDS

Changes to Race/Ethnicity Reporting in IPEDS
Webinar Audio & Slides (1.67 mb WMV)
By Jan Plotczyk, Team Leader for IPEDS Data Collection, NCES

Implementing New Race/Ethnicity Standards in Postsecondary Institutions
Presentation Slides (1.36 mb PPT)
Presentation Slides (774 kb PDF)
By Peggye Cohen, AIR Research Fellow; Gayle Fink, Director of Institutional Research, University System of Maryland; Valerie Martin Conley,Associate Professor, Higher Education and Director, Center for Higher Education, Ohio University; and Mary Sapp, Assistant Vice President, Planning and Institutional Research, University of Miami


Presentation from Regional Conferences, Fall 2008

Implementing New Race/Ethnicity Standards in IPEDS
Presentation Slides (1.21 mb PPT)
Presentation Slides (269 kb PDF)
By Elise Miller, IPEDS Program Director, NCES; Jan Plotczyk, Team Leader for IPEDS Data Collection, NCES; Peggye Cohen, AIR Research Fellow & Assistant Vice President for Institutional Research Emerita, George Washington University; Tom Hardy,Director of Institutional Research, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; Vicki Radtke, Director, Office of Sponsored Programs and Institutional Research, Leech Lake Tribal College; Mary Sapp, Assistant Vice President, Planning and Institutional Research, University of Miami; and Sonia Schaible-Brandon, Director of Institutional Research, Mesa State College.


Presentations from AIR Forum, May, 2008

IPEDS Race/Ethnicity Changes – what’s it all about?
Presentation Slides (44 kb PDF)
By Gayle Fink, Director of Institutional Research, University System of Maryland and Valerie Martin-Conley, Associate Professor of Higher Education and Director, Center for Higher Education, Ohio University

Racial Identity and Government Classification: A Better Solution
Presentation Paper (188 kb PDF)
By C. Anthony Broh, Director of Research Policy, Consortium on Financing Higher Education and Stephen D. Minicucci, Director of Analytic Studies, Consortium on Financing Higher Education


Sample presentations, wording, or documents used by institutional researchers in institutions and system offices.

"Federal Race and Ethnicity Report Regulations," a University of New Mexico powerpoint presentation to executive cabinet and other campus groups informing them of new race/ethnicity standards for IPEDS reporting and its implications on campus.
Presentation Slides (33 kbs PDF)
From Mark Chisholm, Director of Institutional Research, University of New Mexico

"Race and Ethnicity Code Changes," a University of New Mexico assessment document which served as a starting point for campus discussion to ensure that everyone who needed to be aware of the changes was contacted.
Coding Template (1.44 mb PDF)
From Mark Chisholm, Director of Institutional Research, University of New Mexico

"Federal Changes to Race/Ethnicity Reporting, Implications for USM Institutions," a presentation used by the University System of Maryland to inform system school officers of the impending changes.
Presentation Slides (27 kbs PDF)
From Gayle Fink, Director of Institutional Research, University System of Maryland


Related Chronicle article

Scholars Urge Colleges to Retain Data on Race That New Federal Rules Would Blur (18kbs PDF)
The Chronicle of Higher Education
By David Glenn


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