We are pleased to present resources and information on changes in the reporting of race and ethnicity groups to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). These changes conform to the revisions of the standards for classification of federal data on race and ethnicity promulgated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in October 1997.

GENERAL INFORMATION AND BACKGROUND

implementation of the new race and ethnicity standards

Implications of the change in Race & Ethnicity reporting standards

Frequently asked Questions

Online resources

Other Resources

Association for Institutional Research (AIR) - Race/Ethnicity Discussion BLOG. (http://www.airweb.org/page.asp?page=1466)

Revisions to the Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity, 62 FR 58782-58790 issued by the Office of Management and Budget, October 30, 1997. (http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg/1997standards.html)

Provisional Guidelines on the Implementation of the 1997 Standards for Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity, issued by the Office of Management and Budget, December 15, 2000. (http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg/re_guidance2000update.pdf)

Final Guidance on Maintaining, Collecting, and Reporting Racial and Ethnic Data to the U.S. Department of Education issued by the U.S. Department of Education, October 19, 2007. (http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-20613.pdf)

Changes to Race/Ethnicity Reporting to IPEDS outlined by the National Center for Education Statistics.
(http://nces.ed.gov/IPEDS/news_room/ana_Changes_to_10_25_2007_169.asp)

Resources to assist institutions and state agencies with the transition to the new IPEDS race and ethnicity categories by the National Center for Education Statistics. (http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/reic/resource.asp)

Resources to assist the institutional research community with the transition to the new IPEDS race and ethnicity categories by he Association for Institutional Research. (http://www.airweb.org/raceethnicity.html)

For bridging new data to prior data see:

The Bridge Report: Tabulation Options for Trend Analysis issued by the Office of Management and Budget’s Provisional Guidance on the Implementation of the 1997 Standards for Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity, December 15, 2000. (http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg/re_app-ctables.pdf)

and

Guidance on Aggregation and Allocation of Data on Race for Use in Civil Rights Monitoring and Enforcement, Bulletin No. 00-02 issued by the Office of Management and Budget’s, March 9, 2000.
(http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/bulletins/b00-02.html)