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EDI CS Tracking Number: Supporting Statement A
**SUPPORTING STATEMENT A**  **FOR PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT SUBMISSION** Survey of P ost
- Graduate O utcomes for International Education Fellowship R ecipients U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, International and Foreign L anguage Education (IFLE)

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### A. **Justification 1.**  **Explain the circumstances that make the collection of information necessary. Identify any legal**  **or administrative requirements that necessitate the collection. Attach a hard**  **copy of the appropriate section of each statute and regulation mandating or authorizing the collection of information**  **, or**  **you may provide a valid**  **URL link or paste the**  **applicabl e section**  **. Please limit pasted text to no longer than 3 pages.**  **Specify the review type of the collection (new, revision, extension, reinstatement with change,**  **reinstatement without change) . If revised, briefly specify the changes. If a rulemaking**  **is invol ved, make note of the sections or changed sections, if applicable.**  This new information collection is required to respond to a statutory mandate from Congress contained in Title VI of the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA), P.L . 110

- 315, Section 602, which states: “ The Secretary shall assist grantees in developing a survey to administer to students who have completed programs under this title to determine postgraduate employ ment, education, or training. All grantees, where applicable, shall administer such survey once every two years and report survey results to the Secretary .” The statute is attached in hard cop y and is also available online at : http://www.gpo.gov/fds ys/pkg/PLAW

- 110publ315/pdf/PLAW

110publ315.pdf (page 257

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. While the law does not specify due dates, we propose the following reporting schedule for this longitudinal survey

. Respondents will be surveyed every two years, for a total of eight y ears. The first cohort will be Fiscal Year (FY) 2010, which consists of Academic Year (AY) 2 010/2011 and s ummer 2011. The first survey will be conducted in fall 2012. The first two programs will be the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) (CFDA 84.015B) an d the Institute for International Public Policy (IIPP) (CFDA 84.269A). The survey will be expanded to other Title VI grantees in subsequent years. The target population for this data collection is fellowship recipients from the FLAS and IIPP programs who have completed the degree program they were in when they

were given their fellowship.2

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**2. Indicate how, by whom, and for what purpose the information is to be used. Except for**  **a new collection, indicate the actual use the agency has made of the information**  **received from the current collection.** By Whom: The International and Foreign Language Education (IFLE) office within the Office of Postsecondary

Education (OPE) at the U.S. Department of Education will assist grantees b y providing the survey questions, which they will then administer to the students who have graduated from the fellowship programs. The grantees will repo rt the results of the survey back to IFLE. How The tool that will be used by grantees to administer the survey is Qualtrics . Qualtrics was chosen over Survey

Monkey because of its functionalit y that w ill allow IFLE to create the survey and then “ share ” it with grantees. Grantees can then distribute the questionnaire to fellows on their own. Qualtrics allows them to add thei r own name and logo for their institution, and to manage responses on their own. Since the legislation authorizing this survey requires that grantees administer the survey , this technical solution fits our needs well. IFLE can ensure that the questions a sked in the survey are standardized, thus reducing the potential for measurement error that would result if the grantees all used different tools managed in different way s. Purpose T he purpose of this collection is to gather data on program outcomes to d emonstrate effectiveness and impact. The data will be compared with other national survey s done by the National Science Foundation and the Census, including the Survey of Earned Doctorates, Survey of Doctorate Recipients, National Survey of College Graduates, and the American Community Survey . Our survey

includes questions that are taken from those standard survey s so that we can do a comparison between our fellowship recipients and the general population, to better measure the effects of our grant programs. The results of the survey

will be available to grantees and the public on our website at http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/iegps/index.html Congress and the Administr ation can use the results as a policy

- making resource for international education. IFLE will be able to use the survey

results to improve the Title VI and Fulbright

- Hay s programs. Grantees can use the results to improve their administration of the programs.3

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**3. Describe whether, and to what extent, the collection of information involves the use of**  **automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or forms of information technology, e.g. permitting electronic submission of**  **responses, and the basis for the decision of adopting this means of collection. Also describe any**  **consideration given to using technology to reduce burden.** The survey

will be conducted electronicall y. Grantees will use Qualtrics to send an email to respo ndents that will include a website link where they can complete the questionnaire. We will conduct the survey electronicall y so that non

- relevant questions can be skipped, thus reducing burden. The survey instrument included in this package contains notations about which questions are skipped based on the response to an individual question. In addition to skip patterns, Qualtrics will allow us to pre

- populate basic data from the initial survey to subsequent ye ars. For example, questions about the FLAS profile and demographics will not change, so these questions can be skipped once they are answered in the original survey

. **4. Descri**  **be ef**

**forts to identify duplication. Show specifically why any similar information**  **already available cannot be used or modified for use for the purposes described in Item 2**  **above.** The information collection will not duplicate any other collections. Data o n post
- graduate outcomes of fellowship recipients is not currentl y being collected. The only other information collected about these programs is their performance reports submitted through the International Resource Information System ( IR IS , OMB No. 1840

- 0759 Expiration Date 04/30/2013 ). However, IRIS collects data directly from grantees and onl y a minimal amount from fellows , and it does not include data on fellows after the end of the grant program . Post
- graduate outcomes are not captured. The statute authorizing this survey is clear that the Department itself is not supposed to administer the survey directly . The grantees must adm inister the survey and report the results to the Department. There are several challenges associated with this restrictio n. To properl y collect data through a survey that will provide reliable results, we cannot let grantees ask questions of their fellows in different way s that may lead to measurement errors . The questions must be worded the same in order for the results t o be reliable and for an y conclusions to be drawn. If we provided the questionnaire to grantees and asked them to administer it and then report the results through IRI S, we would not have any way to ensure the reliability

of the data. Qualtrics solves th is problem. Qualtrics allows IFLE to create a questionnaire and “share” it with other users. Those users can then administer the survey and then submit the reports back to IF LE. They

retain control of their own responses from their graduates, which they can anal yz e on their own, while the Department is able to ensure consistency and can analyze the results for the entire program.4

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**5. If the collection of information impacts small businesses or other small entities, describe**  **any methods used to minimize burden. A small entity may be (1) a small business which**  **is deemed to be one that is independently owned and operated and that is not dominant in its field of operation; (2) a small organization that is any not**  **- for**  **- profit enterprise**  **that is independently o wned and operated and is not dominant in its field; or (3) a small**  **government jurisdiction, which is a government of a city, county, town, township, school district, or special district with a population of less than 50,000.**  Small businesses or other smal l entities are not part of the target population of the information collection. **6. Describe the consequences to Federal program or policy activities if the collection is not**  **conducted or is conducted less frequently, as well as any technical or legal obstacl es to**  **reducing burden.** Title VIof the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 requires this biennial data collection. The Secretary

– and the grantees

– would be out of compliance with the statute if the information were not collected. **7. Explain any spe**  **cial circumstances that would cause an information collection to be conducted in a manner:**   **requiring respondents to report information to the agency more often than quarterly;**   **requiring respondents to prepare a written response to a collection of informati**  **on in fewer than 30 days after receipt of it;**  **requiring respondents to submit more than an original and two copies of any document;**   **requiring respondents to retain records, other than health, medical, government contract, grant**  **- in**  **- aid, or tax records for m**  **ore than three years;**  **in connection with a statistical survey, that is not designed to produce valid and reliable results than can be generalized to the universe of study;**   **requiring the use of a statistical data classification that has not been reviewed and approved by OMB;**   **that includes a pledge of confidentiality that is not supported by authority established in statute or regulation, that is not supported by disclosure and data**  **security policies that are consistent with the pledge, or that unnecessaril y**  **impedes sharing of data with other agencies for compatible confidential use; or**  **requiring respondents to submit proprietary trade secrets, or other confidential information unless the agency can demonstrate that it has instituted procedures**  **to protect th e information’s confidentiality to the extent permitted by law.**  There are no special circumstances that would require this information collection to be conducted in an y of the way s listed as part of this question. **8. As**  **applicable, state that the Department**  **has published the 60 and 30 Federal Register notices as**  **required by 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting comments on the information**5

EDI CS Tracking Number: Supporting Statement A **collection prior to submission to OMB. Summarize public comments received in response to that notice and describe actions taken by**  **the agency in response to these comments. Specifically address comments received on cost and hour burden.**  **Describe efforts to consult with persons outside the agency to obtain their views on the availability of data, frequency of collection, the clarity**  **of instruction and record keeping, disclosure, or reporting format (if any), and on the data elements to be**  **recorded, disclosed, or reported. Consultation with representatives of those from whom information is to be obtained or**  **those who must compile rec ords should occur at least once every 3 years** 

**– even if the**  **collection of information activity is the same as in prior periods. There may be circumstances that may preclude consultation in a specific situation. These**  **circumstances should be explained.** A 60

- day notice and a 30

- day notice about this information collection was publ ished in the Federal Register and allow ed public comment. The Department summarize d public comments and respond ed to them. Small changes were made to the original information collection based on feedback received in the public comments. IFLE also revised some survey terms (such as 4d) to provide more clarity to respondents. IF LE staff has consulted extensively with groups and individuals to refine the survey

. In July 2011, IFLE hosted a webinar for all FLAS grantees. One of the main topics was plans for the survey and way s that we were soliciting feedback. We discussed the availability of data, the schedule for the surve y, the technical issues with different web

- based survey tools, and the research questions on which the survey would focus. During the webinar, we asked if there were any grantees that had existing post

- graduate tracking survey s and results from those surv ey s that they would be willing to share with us. Based on these responses, we convened a focus group of 9 individuals with experience surveying this population in September 2011. The focus group included representatives of institutions of higher educatio n who have received FLAS and IIPP grants , as well as Department experts
. Department experts included a s tatistician, multiple subject matter experts, and the Director of the Policy and Programs Studies Service within the Office of Planning, Evaluation, an d Policy

. The group reviewed research questions and draft survey s; discussed reporting definitions and procedures ; and provided IFLE with feedback on the survey . **9. Explain any decision to provide any payment or gift to respondents, other than**  **remuneratio n of contractors or grantees**  **with meaningful justification .**  No pay ment or gift will be provided to respondents in connection with this data collection. **10. Describe any assurance of confidentiality provided to respondents and the basis for the**  **assurance in statute, regulation, or agency policy. If personally identifiable information**  **(PII) is being collected, a Privacy Act statement should be included on the instrument. Please provide a citation for the Systems of Record Notice and the date a Privacy**  **Impact A ssessment was completed**  **as indicated on the IC Data Form . A confidentiality** 6

EDI CS Tracking Number: Supporting Statement A **statement with a legal citation that authorizes the pledge**  **of confidentiality**  **should be provided.**  **Requests for this information are in accordance with the following ED and OMB poli**  **cies: Privacy Act of 1974, OMB Circular A -**  **108**

**– Privacy Act Implementation** 

**– Guidelines and Responsibilities, OMB Circular A**  **- 130 Appendix I** 

**– Federal Agency**  **Responsibilities for Maintaining Records About Individuals, OMB M -**  **03 -**  **22**

**– OMB**  **Guidance for Implemen ting the Privacy Provisions of the E**  **- Government Act of 2002,**  **OMB M -**  **06 -**  **15**

**– Safeguarding Personally Identifiable Information, OM:6**  **- 104** 

**– Privacy Act of 1974 (Collection, Use and Protection of Personally Identifiable**  **Information) .**  **If the collection is subjec t to the Privacy Act, the Privacy Act statement is**  **deemed sufficient with respect to confidentiality. If there is no expectation of confidentiality, simply state that the Department make**  **s no pledge about the**  **confidentially of the data.** A Privacy

Impact As sessment was submitted to the Department in March 2012. It was determined that the information being requested does not contain personally identifiable information. The Department does not make a pledge about the confidentiality of data

. The introduct ion to the survey

states: “This survey

asks about your employ

ment and education after the completion of the [insert program name] fellowship program. The purpose of the survey is to report to U.S. Department of Education on the impact of this taxpayer - fun ded program, which will help ensure that future students can also benefit from the fellowships. The survey is a legislative requirement of the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008. Your answers will be provided to the university that awarded your fell owship . They will report fellow responses to U.S. Department of Education. The survey should take ap proximately fifteen minutes to complete. Thank you for yo ur time.” **11. Provide additional justification for any questions of a sensitive nature, such as sex**  **ual behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs, and other matters that are commonly**  **considered private. The justification should include the reasons why the agency considers the questions necessary, the specific uses to be made of the information, the**  **expl anation to be given to persons from whom the information is requested, and any**  **steps to be taken to obtain their consent.** The information collection includes no questions of a sensitive nature. The respondents should feel comfortable answering an y of the questions. **12. Provide estimates of the hour burden of the collection of information. The statement**  **should:**  **Indicate the number of respondents by affected public type (federal government, individuals or households, private sector** 

**– businesses or other for**  **- p**  **rofit, private sector** 

**– not**  **- for**  **- profit institutions, farms, state, local or tribal governments),**  **frequency of response, annual hour burden, and an explanation of how the burden was estimated, including identification of burden type: recordkeeping,**  **reportin g or third party disclosure. All narrative should be included in item 12.**  **Unless directed to do so, agencies should not conduct special surveys to obtain**7

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**information on which to base hour burden estimates. Consultation with a sample (fewer than 10) of po**  **tential respondents is desirable. If the hour burden on respondents is expected to vary widely because of differences in activity, size,**  **or complexity, show the range of estimated hour burden, and explain the reasons for the variance. Generally, estimate**  **s should not include burden hours for customary and usual business practices.**   **If this request for approval covers more than one form, provide separate hour burden estimates for each form and aggregate the hour burdens in the**  **ROCIS IC Burden Analysis Table.**  **(The table should at minimum**  **include Respondent types, IC activity, Respondent and Responses, Hours/Response, and Total**  **Hours)**  **Provide estimates of annualized cost to respondents of the hour burdens for collections of information, identifying and using a**  **ppropriate wage rate categories. The cost of contracting out or paying outside parties for information**  **collection activities should not be included here. Instead, this cost should be included in Item 14.**  **Number of Fellowship recipient**  **respondents (estimated)**  4,468 individuals

**Frequency of response** Survey w ill be administered every 2 years starting in Fall 2012 1,569 will be surveyed twice (cohorts 1 and 2) 2,899 will be surveyed once (cohorts 3 and 4) **Annual hour burden** 15 minutes per respondent 670 hours total **How was this burden estimated?** Pilot testing of under 10 respondents **Annual cost to fellow**  **respondents** No cost **Number of Fellowship Coordinators administering the**  **survey (estimated)**  127 individuals **Frequency** Once every 2 ye ars **Annual hour burden** 1 hour per respondent 127 hours total **How was this burden estimated** Number of Fellowship Coordinators **Annual cost to Fellow Coordinator**  **respondents** $ 35 per hour $4,445 per ye ar8

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Justification for E stimates The target population for this data collection is fellowship recipients from the FLAS and IIPP programs who have completed the degree program they were in when they

were given their fellowship. So we are not surveying all fellows; just the ones who have g raduated, since we are interested in emplo ym ent outcomes. FLAS and IIPP Fellowship Coordinators are responsible for administering the suvrey to their respective fellows. This entails tracking their fellows, inputting fellow e

- mail contact information int o Qualtrics, and administering the survey

. Coordinators will be responsible for following up on non

- respondents. Each ye ar there are approximately 2,100 FLAS fellows and 20 IIPP fellows. However, not all of the FLAS fellows will h ave graduated. For F Y10, only 18 % of FLAS fellows graduated , according to their performance reports submitted to ED. We also know that over the past five ye ars, the distribution of FLAS fellows has been that 42% are doctoral students, 40% are Masters degree

- only students, 13% are Masters/doctoral students, and 5% are undergraduates. Based on this distribution, we have made the following estimates about fellows and when they will graduate. We estimate that 20 % of a cohort of fellows will graduate in the same ye ar in which they re ceived their degree. Another 30 % of those will graduate the following year, since man y of the recipients are Masters degree students in two year programs. In the third year, an estimated 25 % will graduate, and in the fourth, 1 5% will graduate, for a total of 90 % graduating within four ye ars. The remai ning 10 % are students who remain in school, which includes doctoral students who take longer than four years to complete their program

. See estimates and calculations below. The total of 2,217 for cohort 1 is based on actual data about fellows. Chorts 2, 3, and 4 are estimates.

**FLAS Estimations for Graduation by Fellow Cohort and by Year, FY10**

**– FY13** 

**% Gr**  **aduati ng**  **#**

**Gr aduati**  **ng %** 

**Gr aduati**  **ng #** 

**Gr ad**  **uati ng**  **%**

**Gr aduati**  **ng #** 

**Gr aduati**  **ng %** 

**Gr aduati**  **ng #** 

**Gr aduati**  **ng** Cohort 1 - F ellowship re ce ived in FY 2010 2, 217 20% 443 30% 665 25% 554 15% 100 1, 763 Cohort 2 - F ellowship re ce ived in FY 2011 2, 100 N/A N/A 20% 420 30% 630 25% 105 1, 155 Cohort 3 - F ellowship re ce ived in FY 2012 2, 100 N/A N/A N/A N/A 20% 420 30% 630 1050 Cohort 4 - F ellowship re ce ived in FY 2013 2, 100 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 20% 420 420 **Total by Ye**  **ar** 443 1, 085 1, 604 1, 255 **4, 388**  **To tal**  **b y**  **Cohort FLAS Fe**  **llo w Cohorts**  **Total fello**  **ws Gr**  **aduate i**  **n FY10 Gr**  **aduate i**  **n FY11 Gr**  **ad uate**  **i n F**  **Y1 2**  **Gr aduate**  **i n F**  **Y1 3** 9

EDI CS Tracking Number: Supporting Statement A Each ye ar, the IIPP program graduates approximately 20 students. Adding together the FLAS estimates above and the IIPP graduates, we estimate that 1,569 fellows could potentially be surveyed in FY12. For the next survey two years later, in FY14, the esti mate is 4,468 . The number is higher for the second survey because we will have more cohorts and we expect more FLAS fellows to have graduated b y then. The 1,569 individuals surveyed in FY12 will be surveyed a second time in FY14. S o the total unique indi viduals surveyed will be 4,468.

**Burden Esti**  **ma tions for**  **FLAS and IIPP Cohorts, by Graduation Year and Survey Year**

FLA S Cohort 1, g raduate d in F Y10 an d FY 11 1, 109 FLA S Cohort 2, g raduate d in F Y11 420 IIPP Cohort 1 , graduate d i n FY1 0 20 IIPP Cohort 2 , graduate d i n FY1 1 20 **To tal**  **1, 569**  FLA S Cohort 1, g raduate d FY 10 - F Y13 1, 763 FLA S Cohort 2, g raduate d FY 11 - F Y13 1, 155 FLA S Cohort 3, g raduate d FY 12 a nd FY 13 1, 050 FLA S Cohort 4, g raduate d FY 13 420 IIPP Cohort 1 , graduate d i n FY1 0 20 IIPP Cohort 2 , graduate d i n FY1 1 20 IIPP Cohort 1 , graduate d i n FY1 2 20 IIPP Cohort 2 , graduate d i n FY1 3 20 **To tal**  **4, 468**  **Pote nti**  **al Surve**  **y Re**  **sponda nts**  **fo r F**  **Y1 2**  **Surve y** 

**Pote nti**  **al Surve**  **y Re**  **sponda ntsf**  **or FY1**  **4 S urve**  **y**

**13. Provide an estimate of the total annual cost burden to respondents or record keepers**  **resulting from the collectio n of information. (Do not include the cost of any hour**  **burden shown in Items 12 and 14.)**  **The cost estimate should be split into two components: (a) a total capital and start**  **- up cost component (annualized over its expected useful life); and (b) a total**  **operation and maintenance and purchase of services component. The estimates should take into account costs associated with generating, maintaining, and**  **disclosing or providing the information. Include descriptions of methods used to estimate major cost f** 

**actors including system and technology acquisition, expected useful life of capital equipment, the discount rate(s), and the time**  **period over which costs will be incurred. Capital and start -**  **up costs include, among other items, preparations for collecting**  **information such as purchasing computers and software; monitoring, sampling, drilling and testing equipment;**  **and acquiring and maintaining record storage facilities.**  **If cost estimates are expected to vary widely, agencies should present ranges of cost burdens and explain the reasons for the variance. The cost of contracting**  **out information collection services should be a part of this cost burden estimate. In developi**  **ng cost burden estimates, agencies may consult with a sample of respondents (fewer than 10), utilize the 60**  **- day pre**  **- OMB submission public** 10

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**comment process and use existing economic or regulatory impact analysis associated with the rulemaking containing the**  **information collection, as appropriate.**   **Generally, estimates should not include purchases of equipment or services, or portions thereof, made: (1) prior to October 1, 1995, (2) to achieve regulatory**  **compliance with requirements not associated with the info rmation collection, (3)**  **for reasons other than to provide information or keep records for the government**  **or (4) as part of customary and usual business or private practices. Also, these estimates should not include the hourly costs (i.e., the monetization**  **of the hours) captured above in Item 12**  **Total Annualized Capital/Startup Cost: Total Annual Costs (O&M):**  **Total Annualized Costs Requested:** There is no capital, start

- up, or maintenance cost to respondents. Record keepers are already maintaining graduati on dates and email addresses for their fellows. **14. Provide estimates of annualized cost to the Federal government. Also, provide a**  **description of the method used to estimate cost, which should include quantification of hours, operational expenses (such as e**  **quipment, overhead, printing, and support staff), and any other expense that would not have been incurred without this collection of**  **information. Agencies also may aggregate cost estimates from Items 12, 13, and 14 in a single table.** 
The annualized cost to the Federal government will be approximately $ 171,550. This cost includes the equivalent of 6 months of senior federal government staff time and the cost of employing a contractor to clean the data, anal yz e the data, and assist with preparing a draft of the final report. It also includes the cost of approximately $6,250 a ye ar for three ye ars, for the Qualtrics software. Hours Salary Total Qualtrics Software $6,250 (per ye ar/3 ye ars) $18,750 Contractor Fixed price Contract $ 100,000 Senior Program Officer 960 (6 months) $55/hr $52,800

**15. Explain the reasons for any program changes or adjustments. Generally, adjustments**  **in burden result from re -**  **estimating burden and/or from economic phenomenon outside of an agency’s control (e.g., correcting a burden estimate or an organic increase in the**  **s ize of the reporting universe). Program changes result from a deliberate action that**  **ma terially changes a collection of information and generally are result of new statute or**  **an agency action (e.g., changing a form, revising regulations, redefining the res pondent** 11

EDI CS Tracking Number: Supporting Statement A **universe, etc.). Burden changes should be disaggregated by type of change (i.e., adjustment, program change due to new statute, and/or program change due to agency**  **discretion), type of collection (new, revision, extension, reinstatement with change ,**  **reinstatement without change) and include totals for**  **changes in burden hours ,**  **responses and cost**  **s (if applicable)**  **.** This is a ne w information clearance package mandated by 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 emplo ym ent, education, or training. All grantees, where applicable, s hall administer such survey

once every

two years and report survey results to the Secretary .” The burden hour for this collection is 797
. **16. For collections of information whose results will be published, outline plans for**  **tabulation and publication. Addre ss any complex analytical techniques that will be**  **used. Provide the time schedule for the entire project, including beginning and ending dates of the collection of information, completion of report, publication dates, and other**  **actions.** The first survey will be conducted in fall 2012 for a period of two months . IFLE and a contractor will then analyze the data. A draft report will be submitted internally to the Department three months later . After internal approval, estimated to take two months , it will be published online for grantees and the public on our website at http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/iegps/index.html

. This timeline is dependent upon approval for this information collection package. Below is the tentative schedule. **Survey Collection, Processing, Publication** 8 /2012 Training of grantees 9/2012 Start of survey 1 1 /2012 Close of survey 4 /2013 Data analy sis complete 7 /2013 ED approval of report complete 8 /2013 Release of report to the public The anal yt ical techniques that will be used will include frequency distributions and descriptive statistics. The responses to questions from other national survey s done b y the National Science Foundation and the Cen sus, including the Survey of Earned Doctorates, Survey of Doctorate Recipients, National Survey of College Graduates, and the American Community Survey will be compared to the national population

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**17. If seeking approval to not display the expiration date**  **for OMB approval of the information collection, explain the reasons that display would be inappropriate.**  IF LE will instruct grantees to display the expiration date for OMB approval of the information collection on the questionnaire

. **18. Explain each excepti**  **on to the certification statement identified in the Certification of Paperwork Reduction Act.**  There are no exceptions to the statement.