1. AIR ~ NCES IPEDS TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR 2003-2004 DON’T BE CAUGHT NAPPING!

2. 2003 SUMMER TRAIN~THE~TRAINER IPEDS WORKSHOP  July 8-11 at the Bolger Center in Potomac, MD

3. CHANGES AND ADDITIONS  New developments in the system  New features on the peer analysis system  The data set cutting tool  The facts facsimile feature  Changes/modifications that will be implemented in 2003-04 –CIP 2000 and the new GASB form

4. SPRING 2003 WORKSHOPS –Florida AIR –South Carolina AIR –North Carolina AIR –Oklahoma AIRP –Alabama AIR –Indiana AIR –Maryland AIR –Mississippi AIR –Louisiana AIR –AACRAO meetings –Annual AIR Forum

5. 2003 FALL IPEDS WORKSHOPS  October 11-14 ~ Southern Association for Institutional Research ~ San Antonio, TX  October 15-17 ~ Rocky Mountain Association for Institutional Research ~ Santa Fe, NM

6. 2003 FALL PROBABLE IPEDS WORKSHOPS  November 12-14 ~ California Association for Institutional Research ~ Rohnert Park, CA  November 15-18 ~ Northeast Association for Institutional Research ~ Newport, RI  Virginia Association for Management Analysis and Planning

7. 2003 AIR-NCES SENIOR FELLOWSHIP : EVALUATION OF IPEDS FIRST PROFESSIONAL DEGREE DATA

8. ABOUT THE PROJECT THE Senior Fellowship is an annual project that will improve the Integrated Postsecondary Data System (IPEDS) process, data collection, data use, or data dissemination. A maximum of $110,000 is available to the selected Fellow for salary replacement, support, and travel expenses for projects that may span up to one calendar year.

9. THE 2003 FELLOWSHIP PROJECT WILL:  result in recommendations for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the collection and use of IPEDS data on first-professional degrees (see http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/index.html for more information)  address the ways in which the current IPEDS categories may be modified, expanded, contracted, or eliminated

10. APPLICATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED PROPOSALS will be accepted until June 30, 2003, for work starting no later than September 1, 2003. The Request for Proposals is available on the AIR web site at http://www.airweb.org/page.asp?page=41

11. IPEDS BRINGS US ALL TOGETHER!