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A Guide to Selected Data Bases in Postsecondary Education. INSTITUTION National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, Boulder, Colo DOCUMENT RESUME ED 272 071 HE 019 494 AUTHOR Makowski, David J.; Passmore, J. Robert TITLE A Guide to Selected Data Bases in Postsecondary Education. INSTITUTION National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, Boulder, Colo. SPONS AGENCY National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC. PUB DATE 80 NOTE 204p. PUB TYPE Reference Materials - Directories/Catalogs (132) EDRS PRICE 11701/PC09 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Abstracts; *Databases; *Data Collection; Guides; Information Storage; *Information Systems; *Postsecondary Education; Research Tools; *Resource Materials; *Surveys ABSTRACT Major databases and data collection efforts related to postsecondary education are described. Database selectionwas limited to data that was national in scope, of broad interest, and timely (after 1970). Over 75 databases are covered, eachon a two-page abstract that describes subject matter and scope of the database, the data collection method, availability of the data, the time period associated with the data, the originating organization and contact person, frequency of issue, keywords, organization distributing the data, and additional references that further describe the database and data collection. Forsurveys, information is included on sampling methodology. The size ofa database, major data elements, and the unit of analysis of the databaseare also indicated. Keywords describe the data andare also used in indexing the abstracts. Each of the data base abstracts is numbered for future reference and cross - referencing. In addition toan abstract index (name and number of the database or survey), abstractsare listed by organization and by keywords. A separate section listing organizations includes addresses, contact persons, and phone numbers. (SW) *********************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best thatcan be made * * from the original document. * *********************************************************************** A National Center for Higher Education Management Systems ,,, Post Office Drawer P, Boulder, Colorado 80302 An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer The mission of the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) is to carry out research, development, dissemination, and evaluation activities and to serve as a national resource to assist individuals, institutions, agencies and organizations of postsecondary education, and state and federal governments in bringing about improvements in planning and management in postsecondary education. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chairperson Chairperson -Elect Barbara Uehling Robert Lisensky Chancellor, President, University of Missouri-Columbia Willamette University William Arceneaux Hans Jenny Stanley Salwak Louisiana Commissioner of Vice President for President, Higher Education Finance and Business, University of Maine at Presque Isle May Brodbeck The College of Wooster Donald Smith Vice President for Academic Affairs Virginia Lester President, and Dean of the Faculties, President, Brookdale Community College University of Iowa Mary Baldwin College Herman Smith, Jr. Neil Buckiew James March Chancellor, Provost, Ohio University Fred H. Merrill Professor of University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff Ray Chamberlain Management, Jack Tolbert President, Colorado State University Graduate School of Business, President, The Medix Schools Thomas Day Stanford University Joyce Tsunoda President, San Diego State University Daniel Marvin, Jr. Provost, Henrik Dulles President, Kapiolani Community College New York Assistant Secretary to the Eastern Illinois University Richard Van Horn Governor for Education and the Arts C. Gail Norris Vice President for Business Affairs, Richard Greenfield Executive Coordinator, Carnegie-Mellon Universitu Chancellor, Washingtin Council for Brunetta Wolfman St Louis Community College District Postsecondary Education Executive Planner and Director of Dorothy Harrison-Blaney Dale P. Parnell Policy Planning and De- elopment, Deputy Commissioner, President, Massachusetts Department of New York State Education San Joaquin Delta College Education Department Sharon Penney Henry Herzing Associate Provost, Ex Officio Members President, Yale University John F. Hughes Herzing Institutes, Inc Frank Pesci, Sr. Chairperson, T. Edward Hollander Maryland State Delegate National Advisory Council Chancellor, Tomas Rivera Director, Policy Analysis Service, New Jersey Board of American Council on Education Higher Education Chancellor, University of California-Riverside H. Bradley Sagen Ruth Jan Chairperson-Elect, Planning Associate to the President, James Robinson National Advisory Council and Director of Institutional Research, President, The United States Military Academy Bradley University University or West Florida West Point, New York OFFICERS Ben Lawrence Dennis Jones Gordon Ziemer Executive Director Associate Director Secretary/Treasurer and Associate Director A Guide to Selected Data Bases in Postsecondary Education David J. Makowski with J. Robert Passmore 1980 This preliminary review document is part of a program supported by the National Institute of Education National Center for Higher Education Management Systems P.O. Drawer P1 Boulder, Colorado 80302 An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer '1 Preface Intended as a reference for users of postsecondary-educatioli data, this document identifies and describes major data bases and data-collection efforts related to post- secondary education. Over 75 data bases are described, each on a two-page abstract that contains a description of the content of the data base, the data-collection method, the availability of the data, the time period associated with the data, and other information pertinent to determining the applicability of the data to a problem or study. The Guide to Selected Data Bases in Postsecondary Education should prove useful to administrative planners, policy analysts, and academic researchers who are under- taking analytical or empirical studies. It may be possible to use previously collected data to complete a study instead of having to start over. This document will assist data users in locating potentially applicable and useful data bases. As part of a larger, fundamental program at NCHEMS to improve the quality of and access to postsecondary-education data, the Guide was started about two years ago when NCHEMS initiated an effort to improve staff access to postsecondary-education data. One of the initial undertakings of this effort was to identify and describe data that were potentially useful to staff in carrying out project activities. An internal directory to data bases in postsecondary education was produced, which in turn resulted in the publication of the Guide. Much of the material for the earlier directory was obtained from the National Education Data Library's Catalogue of Selected Machine-Readable Data Bases for Postsecondary Education (Roberts 1975). The format and content of descriptions found in the Catalogue were adapted to satisfy additional requirements of NCHEMS staff. vii 5 In continued efforts to improve and strengthenaccess to data, staff for the data- access project at NCHEMS will continue to update and maintain the Guide. An updated edition will be published soon. Most of the comments and review of the data-base abstracts come from the organizations who collect and maintain the data bases described in the Guide; NCHEMS staff has also done some reviewing. The authors wish to thank those who commentedon their data-collection activities. The authors also would like to acknowledge Kent Weldon, a former NCHEMS staff member, for his help in creating the original in-house directory. Finally, special thanks are extended to Barbara Epp for patience and assistance in assembling this document. viii Contents Preface vii Introduction 1 Data Base Abstracts 5 Abstract Index 183 Abstracts by Organization 187 Abstracts by Keywords 191 Appendix A: Other Resource Guides 195 Appendix B: Organizations and Contacts 197 v r Introduction In the past few years, attention has been drawn to the cost of collecting databoth to the people and organizations providing the data and to the organizations collecting the data. As a result, awareness has grown that data are valuable resources requiring competent management and maintenance. In turn, some organizations have recognized that this valuable and costly resource can be shared with others and can thus be used for solving problems and answering questions different from those for which the data were originally collected. This secondary analysis of data leads to a substantial reduction in t5e cost and burden of data collection. Secondary analysis of existing data requires that data be readily available in a usable format, preferably readat''e by a computer. Four obstacles affect further use of an existing data base. Some collected data are tabulated and analyzed by hand and are only available in a published or printed format The general availability of an existing data base may be limited because of confi- dentiality agreements between the collecting organization and the people or organizations providing the data The data may be available but difficult to use because the quality of the docu- mentation describing the data is poor There is insufficient awareness of existing data sources that can be used to solve the problem at hand 1 6 All of these problems are surmountable. Data can usually be transcribed from one medium to another, certain precautions can be taken to assure confidentiality
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