2008/18
BACCALAUREATE AND BEYOND (B&B:08/18) FULL-SCALE
OMB #
1850-0729 v. 13
Appendixes A and B
Submitted by
National Center for Education Statistics
U.S. Department of Education
February 2018
Appendix A: Membership of the Technical Review Panel A-1
Appendix B: Confidentiality for Administrative Record Matching B-1
Technical Review Panel
Michael
Bates
Assistant Professor of Economics
University of
California, Riverside
3135 Sproul Hall
Riverside, CA
92521
Phone: (951) 827-1585
Email: michael.bates@ucr.edu
Maggie Cahalan
Vice President for Research COE & Director, Pell Institute
Council for Opportunity in Education
1025 Vermont Avenue NW, 9th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Phone:
(202) 347-7430
Email: margaret.cahalan@pellinstitute.org
Diane Cheng
Associate Research Director
The Institute for College Access and Success
405 14th Street, Suite 1100
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone:
(510) 318-7900
Email: dcheng@ticas.org
Bradley Curs
Associate Professor
University of Missouri
202 Hill Hall
Columbia, MO 65211
Phone:
(573) 882-2759
Email: cursb@missouri.edu
Thurston
Domina
Associate Professor
University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill
119 Peabody Hall
Campus Box 3500
Chapel
Hill, NC 27705
Phone: (919) 962-9197
Email:
tdomina@unc.edu
Li
Feng
Associate Professor
Texas State University
601
University Drive
McCoy
551
San Marcos, TX 78666
Phone: (512) 245-8462
Email:
li.feng@txstate.edu
Michael
Lovenheim
Associate Professor
Cornell University
102
Martha Van Rensselaer Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone: (607)
255-0705
Email: mfl55@cornell.edu
Hironao Okahana
Assistant Vice President, Research & Policy Analysis
Council of Graduate Schools
One Dupont Circle NW
Suite 230
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 696-1560
Email: hokahana@cgs.nche.edu
Cecilia Rios-Aguilar
Associate Professor/Director HERI
University of California, Los Angeles
3005C Moore Hall
405 Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone: (310) 825-1925
Email: rios-aguilar@gseis.ucla.edu
Steven Rivkin
Professor
University of Illinois, Chicago
601 South Morgan Street
Chicago, IL 60607
Phone: (312) 413-2368
Email: sgrivkin@uic.edu
Jamey Rorison
Director of Research and Policy
Institute for Higher Education Policy
1825 K Street NW
Suite 720
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: (202) 861-8244
Email: jrorison@ihep.org
Jamin Speer
Assistant Professor
University of Memphis
Fogelman College of Business
Memphis, TN 38152
Phone:
(806) 535-5751
Email: jspeer@memphis.edu
Jeff
Strohl
Director of Research
Georgetown University Center
on Education and the Workforce
3300 White Haven Street
Suite
3200
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: (202) 687-4945
Email:
js787@georgetown.edu
Marvin
Titus
Associate Professor, Higher Education
University of
Maryland
Benjamin Building, 3209
College Park, MD
20742
Phone: (301) 405-2220
Email: mtitus@umd.edu
Jonathan
Turk
Senior Policy Research Analyst
American Council on
Education
One Dupont Circle NW
Washington, DC
20036
Phone: (202) 939-9321
Email: jturk@acenet.edu
Lesley
Turner
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics
University
of Maryland
3114 Tydings Hall
College Park, MD
20742
Phone: (301) 405-3512
Email: turner@econ.umd.edu
Paul Umbach
Professor, Higher Education
Department of Leadership, Policy, Adult and Higher Education
North Carolina State University
300 Poe Hall
Box 7801
Raleigh, NC 27603
Phone: (919) 515-9366
Email: paul_umbach@ncsu.edu
Federal Panelists
Elizabeth Ann Carson
OIRA Detailee
Office of Management and Budget
1800 G Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: (202) 395-2811
Email: Elizabeth_A_Carson@omb.eop.gov
Noah Mann
Office of Management and Budget
725 17th Street NW
Washington, DC 20503
Phone: (202) 395-3256
Email: nmann@omb.eop.gov
Lynn Milan
Project Officer
National Science Foundation, NCSES
2415 Eisenhower Avenue
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: (703) 292-2275
Email: lmilan@nsf.gov
Daniel Pollard
Senior Advisor, Enterprise Data
U.S. Department of Education, FSA
Office of the Chief Operating Officer
830 First Street NE
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 377-3389
Email: daniel.pollard@ed.gov
Robert Sivinski
Statistician
Office of Management and Budget
725 17th Street NW
Washington, DC 20503
Phone: (202) 395-1205
Email: robert_g_sivinski@omb.eop.gov
David
Smole
Specialist in Education Policy
Congressional
Research Service
101 Independence Avenue SE, Mailstop
7440
Washington, DC 20540
Phone: (202) 707-0624
Email:
dsmole@crs.loc.gov
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
Sharon
Boivin
Senior Advisor
U.S.
Department of Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac
Center Plaza (PCP)
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202)
245-6637
Email: sharon.boivin@ed.gov
Peggy
Carr
Acting Commissioner
U.S. Department of Education,
NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), Room
4061
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 245-6168
Email:
peggy.carr@ed.gov
Chris
Chapman
Associate Commissioner
U.S. Department of
Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza
(PCP), Room 4054
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202)
245-7103
Email: chris.chapman@ed.gov
Elise
Christopher
Statistician
U.S. Department of Education,
NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), Room
4005
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 245-7098
Email:
elise.christopher@ed.gov
Tracy
Hunt-White
Education Statistician
U.S. Department of
Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza
(PCP), Room 4007
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202)
245-6507
Email: tracy.hunt-white@ed.gov
Kashka
Kubzdela
OMB Liaison
U.S. Department of Education,
NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza
(PCP)
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 245-7377
Email:
kashka.kubzdela@ed.gov
Gail
Mulligan
Longitudinal Surveys Branch Chief
U.S. Department
of Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza
(PCP), Room 4178
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202)
245-8413
Email: gail.mulligan@ed.gov
Cleo Redline
Senior Research Scientist
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), Room 4065
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 245-7695
Email: cleo.redline@ed.gov
Richard Reeves
Branch Chief
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), Room 4037
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 245-7690
Email: richard.reeves@ed.gov
David Richards
BPS Project Officer
U.S.
Department of Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac
Center Plaza (PCP), Room 4037
Washington, DC 20202
Phone:
(202) 245-6202
Email: david.richards@ed.gov
Marilyn Seastrom
Chief Statistician
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), Room 4063
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 245-7766
Email: marilyn.seastrom@ed.gov
Sean
Simone
Statistician
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
550
12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP)
Washington,
DC 20202
Phone: (202) 245-7631
Email:
sean.simone@ed.gov
Ted
Socha
Mathematical Statistician
U.S. Department of
Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza
(PCP), Room 4004
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202)
245-7071
Email: ted.socha@ed.gov
Education Statistics Services Institute Network
Chris Cody
Senior Researcher
American Institutes for Research
1000 Thomas Jefferson Street NW
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: (202) 403-5000
Email: ccody@air.org
Aida Aliyeva
Researcher
American Institutes for Research
1000 Thomas Jefferson Street NW
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: (202) 403-5000
Email: aaliyeva@air.org
Kathryn Low
Research Associate
American Institutes for Research
1000 Thomas Jefferson Street NW
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: (202) 403-5000
Email: klow@air.org
RTI International
Melissa Cominole
Senior Research Education Analyst
RTI
International
3040 East Cornwallis Road
P.O. Box 12194
Research
Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: (919) 990-8456
Email:
mcominole@rti.org
Jennifer
Cooney
Research Statistician
RTI International
3040
East Cornwallis Road
P.O. Box 12194
Research
Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: (919) 485-5570
Email:
jgratton@rti.org
Erin Dunlop-Velez
Research Education Analyst
RTI International
701 13th Street NW, Suite 750
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 974-7879
Email: evelez@rti.org
Harper Haynes
Education Analyst
RTI International
3040 East Cornwallis Road
P.O. Box 12194
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: (919) 541-6205
Email: hhaynes@rti.org
Antje Kirchner
Research Survey Methodologist
RTI International
3040 East Cornwallis Road
P.O. Box 12194
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: (919) 316-3328
Email: akirchner@rti.org
Laura Knapp
Director, Education Research
RTI
International
3040 East Cornwallis Road
P.O. Box 12194
Research
Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: (919) 541-8027
Email:
lgknapp@rti.org
Kimberly O’Malley
Senior Vice President, Education & Workforce Development
RTI
International
3040 East Cornwallis Road
P.O. Box 12194
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone:
(919) 316-3786
Email: komalley@rti.org
Nichole Smith
Research Education Analyst
RTI International
3040 East Cornwallis Road
P.O. Box 12194
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: (919) 485-5735
Email: ndsmith@rti.org
Ashley Wilson
Education Analyst
RTI International
3040 East Cornwallis Road
P.O. Box 12194
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: (919) 541-7092
Email: awilson@rti.org
Jennifer Wine
Senior Director, Education Survey Design
RTI International
3040 East Cornwallis Road
P.O. Box 12194
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: (919) 541-6870
Email: jennifer@rti.org
B.1 Develop Linkages with Administrative Data Sources
Linkages will be developed with existing data sources to supplement the 2008/18 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B:08/18). NCES recognizes the great value added to the B&B:08/18 data file with the addition of data from specific administrative data sources given that certain data, such as specific financial aid amounts and associated dates, can only be accurately obtained from sources other than the student. NCES postsecondary studies, including previous cycles of the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS), the Beginning Postsecondary Student Longitudinal Study (BPS), and the Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B), have included file merges with many existing sources of valuable data, including Department of Education’s (ED) Central Processing System (CPS) for Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) data, the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS), National Student Clearinghouse (NSC), ACT, and the Veterans Benefits Administration’s (VBA) data. For this study, NCES will perform file merges with the following datasets: CPS, NSLDS, NSC, and VBA.
As described in more detail in Section A.10 of the Supporting Statement Part A, which is a part of this request, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (34 CFR Part 99) allows the disclosure of information without prior consent for the purposes of B&B:08/18 according to 34 CFR §99.31.
Secure Data Transfers. In order to transfer data between the B&B:08/18 contractor and owners of the desired datasets, data files will undergo validated encryption and be transferred through a secure electronic data transfer system (https://transfer.ies.ed.gov/) using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology. The entities sending and receiving the B&B:08/18 datasets must be registered users of the NCES Members Site with privileges set to allow them to use the secure data transfer service1. This service will be used for the file matching procedures described below, except in instances when the vendor already has a secure data transfer system in place.
File merges will be performed by the data collection contractor with the CPS data containing federal student aid application information. The merge with CPS can occur at any time for any number of cases, provided that the case has an apparently valid SSN associated with it. A file will be sent to CPS and in return a large data file containing all matched students who applied for federal aid will be received. The data collection contractor has programs and procedures in place to prepare and submit files according to rigorous CPS standards, and to receive and process data obtained from CPS.
A file containing the SSN and the first two letters of the sample member’s last name (but no other information) will be electronically uploaded to the FAFSA secure website for matching. Access to the FAFSA data site for the upload is restricted to authorized users, who are registered and provide identification/authentication information. After the file is retrieved by CPS for linkage, the linked file, containing student-aid applications for matched records, is then made available to the B&B:08/18 contractor through a secure connection. Files will be downloaded directly into the contractor’s enhanced security network. All CPS files will be processed, edited, and documented for inclusion in the final restricted use file (RUF).
A file merge using the secure data transfer system (https://transfer.ies.ed.gov/) will be conducted with NSLDS to collect federal loan and Pell grant data. The resulting file will contain cumulative amounts for each student’s entire postsecondary education enrollment.
The NSC will be used to obtain the Student Tracker data on institutions attended, enrollment dates, and degree completions for the B&B:08/18 sample. The data collection contractor will first set up an account with NSC which will enable sending and receiving of files securely over encrypted FTPS connections. The file containing PII will be encrypted and then submitted to the Clearinghouse using their secure FTP site. All files received by NSC will be securely stored using encryption, the US federal encryption standard. Matched files, containing data on enrollment dates, institution names, and degrees completed, will be returned to the data collection contractor using the same encrypted FTPS site.
To identify veterans and their federal Veteran’s education benefits, a file merge using the secure data transfer system (https://transfer.ies.ed.gov/) will be performed with the VBA data. The resulting data will contain reliable military service records of all applicable sample members, so that variables pertaining to military service can be derived. The data obtained from VBA will also contain detailed information on veterans’ federal education benefit amounts and the enrollment information associated with those benefits.
The B&B:08/18 contractor will send files for matching during data collection. Files may need to be matched to a source (e.g., CPS or NSLDS) more than once during the full-scale study. All of the collected information may be used only for statistical purposes and may not be disclosed, or used, in identifiable form for any other purpose except as required by law (20 U.S.C. §9573 and 6 U.S.C. §151). The data from all of these sources, as allowed by the vendor, and stripped of direct identifiers, will be delivered for inclusion on the RUF and will be used for creating derived variables. The derived variables will be available on PowerStats, QuickStats, and TrendStats. Both direct-pull and derived variables will be documented thoroughly.
1 These privileges are set up and carefully controlled by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Chief Technology Officer (CTO). This service has been designed specifically for the secure transfer of electronic files containing personally identifiable information (PII), such as social security numbers (SSNs), names, and dates of birth of study sample members along with their survey IDs (different from the IDs used in the restricted-use data files), i.e., data protected under the Privacy Act or otherwise posing risk of disclosure. This service can be used for NCES-to-Contractor; Contractor-to-Subcontractor; Subcontractor-to-Contractor; and Contractor-to-Other-Agency data transfers. Matching of sample members to the external datasets will be initiated by: (a) the B&B:08/18 contractor creating a password-protected, encrypted file containing sample members’ PII; (b) uploading the electronic file to the file transfer system for pick-up by the external data source; and (c) the external data source processing the data on their database and providing the matched data on the file transfer system for secure download. The party uploading data into the file transfer system is responsible for deleting the file(s) after the successful transfer has been confirmed. Software has been developed to create the files for the merge and also to read the data received. All matching processes are initiated by the B&B:08/18 data collection staff providing a file with one record per sample member to be merged.
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