under this subsection, the Commissioner, 
in consultation with the Advisory Com-
mittee, shall review methods for stream-
lining data collection from institutions of 
higher education and minimizing duplica-
tive reporting within the Department and 
across Federal agencies that provide data 
for the postsecondary student data system. 
‘‘(iii) CONFIDENTIALITY.—The Com-
missioner shall ensure that any periodic 
matching or sharing of data through peri-
odic data system matches established in 
accordance with this paragraph— 
‘‘(I) complies with the security 
and privacy protections described in 
paragraph (1)(C)(iv) and other Fed-
eral data protection protocols; 
‘‘(II) follows industry best prac-
tices commensurate with the sensi-
tivity of specific data elements or 
metrics; 
‘‘(III) does not result in the cre-
ation of a single standing, linked Fed-
eral database at the Department that 
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maintains the information reported 
across other Federal agencies; and 
‘‘(IV) discloses to postsecondary 
students what data are included in the 
data system and periodically matched 
and how the data are used. 
‘‘(iv) 
CORRECTION.—The 
Commis-
sioner, in consultation with the Advisory 
Committee, shall establish a process for 
students to request access to only their 
personal information for inspection and re-
quest corrections to inaccuracies in a man-
ner that protects the student’s personally 
identifiable information. The Commissioner 
shall respond in writing to every request 
for a correction from a student. 
‘‘(4) PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Commissioner 
shall make the summary aggregate information 
described in subparagraph (C), at a minimum, 
publicly available through a user-friendly con-
sumer information website and analytic tool 
that— 
‘‘(i) provides appropriate mechanisms 
for users to customize and filter informa-
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tion by institutional and student character-
istics; 
‘‘(ii) allows users to build summary 
aggregate reports of information, including 
reports that allow comparisons across mul-
tiple institutions and programs, subject to 
subparagraph (B); 
‘‘(iii) uses appropriate statistical dis-
closure limitation techniques necessary to 
ensure that the data released to the public 
cannot be used to identify specific individ-
uals; and 
‘‘(iv) provides users with appropriate 
contextual factors to make comparisons, 
which may include national median figures 
of the summary aggregate information de-
scribed in subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(B) NO PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE IN-
FORMATION AVAILABLE.—The summary aggre-
gate information described in this paragraph 
shall not include personally identifiable informa-
tion. 
‘‘(C) SUMMARY AGGREGATE INFORMATION 
AVAILABLE.—The summary aggregate informa-
tion described in this paragraph shall, at a min-
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imum, include each of the following for each in-
stitution of higher education: 
‘‘(i) Measures of student access, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(I) admissions selectivity and 
yield; and 
‘‘(II) enrollment, disaggregated 
by each category described in para-
graph (2)(C)(ii). 
‘‘(ii) Measures of student progression, 
including retention rates and persistence 
rates, disaggregated by each category de-
scribed in paragraph (2)(C)(ii). 
‘‘(iii) Measures of student completion, 
including— 
‘‘(I) transfer rates and comple-
tion rates, disaggregated by each cat-
egory 
described 
in 
paragraph 
(2)(C)(ii); and 
‘‘(II) number of completions, 
disaggregated by each category de-
scribed in paragraph (2)(C)(ii). 
‘‘(iv) Measures of student costs, in-
cluding— 
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‘‘(I) tuition, required fees, total 
cost of attendance, and net price after 
total grant aid, disaggregated by in- 
State tuition or in-district tuition sta-
tus (if applicable), program of study 
(if applicable), and credential level; 
and 
‘‘(II) typical grant amounts and 
loan amounts received by students re-
ported separately from Federal, State, 
local, and institutional sources, and 
cumulative debt, disaggregated by 
each category described in paragraph 
(2)(C)(ii) and completion status. 
‘‘(v) Measures of postcollegiate stu-
dent 
outcomes, 
including 
employment 
rates, mean and median earnings, loan re-
payment and default rates, and further 
education rates. These measures shall— 
‘‘(I) be disaggregated by each 
category 
described 
in 
paragraph 
(2)(C)(ii) and completion status; and 
‘‘(II) be measured immediately 
after leaving postsecondary education 
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