The Higher Education Opportunity Act
(HEOA) of 2008, Section 601 requires that: "The Secretary shall
assist grantees in developing a survey to administer to students
who have completed programs under this title to determine
postgraduate employment, education, or training. All grantees,
where applicable, shall administer such survey once every two years
and report survey results to the Secretary." The International and
Foreign Language Education (IFLE) office in the U.S. Department of
Education has developed a questionnaire in cooperation with
grantees that will focus on the post-graduate outcomes of students
who received international education fellowships. The first cohort
of students to be surveyed will be the Foreign Language and Area
Studies fellows (CFDA 84.015B) and the Institute for International
Public Policy fellows (CFDA 84.269A). The survey will be expanded
to other grantees in subsequent years. This is a longitudinal
survey that will be conducted every two years for a total of eight
years for each cohort. Grantees will administer the survey to all
fellows in these selected programs after they have graduated from
the degree program they were enrolled in when they received their
fellowship. Grantees will submit the results of the survey to IFLE.
IFLE will analyze the data and provide a report that will be
available to the public. The results will be used to assess program
impact.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.