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Soldner, Matthew – National Postsecondary Education Cooperative, 2017
The U.S. Department of Education's (ED's) National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS) is the nation's preeminent source of information on how students and their families pay for college. This paper explores how NCES can leverage linkages to federal and non-federal data sources to improve…
Descriptors: Paying for College, Tuition, Postsecondary Education, Higher Education
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Pratt, Daniel J.; And Others – 1996
This document provides a summary and evaluation of the methodological procedures and results of the full-scale implementation of the Beginning Postsecondary Student Longitudinal Study Second Follow-up, 1990-94 (BPS:90/94). The study was conducted for the National Center for Education Statistics by Research Triangle Institute with the assistance of…
Descriptors: College Students, Data Collection, Estimation (Mathematics), Followup Studies
Arnold, Carolyn L. – 1997
Addressed to institutional researchers, this report from California's Chabot College presents information on National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) data sets. Included is a discussion on how these data sets can be used to create peer groups of U.S. colleges, and to produce statistics on major student variables for each of these groups.…
Descriptors: Cluster Grouping, College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Pratt, Daniel J.; And Others – 1994
This document is a summary and evaluation of methodological procedures and results for the field test of the Beginning Postsecondary Student Longitudinal Study Second Followup, 1990-94 (BPS:90/94). The BPS study is a departure from previous studies in that it starts with a cohort of individuals as they enter their postsecondary studies regardless…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Data Collection, Data Processing, Field Tests
Burkheimer, G. J., Jr.; And Others – 1992
This document presents a summary of the field test results from the first follow-up of the 1992 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS:90/92). The BPS:90/92 represents a departure from previous longitudinal studies of high school students in that it starts with a cohort of individuals beginning their postsecondary education…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Finance, Educational Objectives