1. Community College Technical Center MIS Race/Ethnicity (R/E) Final Guidance for i mplementing OMB Race/Ethnicity

2. Covers 2 separate issues: Collection of R/E data by institutions Reporting of aggregate data to US Dept of ED

3. Data Collections

4. Collections Two-question format REQUIRED: Is respondent Hispanic/Latino? Y/N (REFERED TO AS ETHNICITY QUESTION) Respondent selects one or more races: (REFERED TO AS RACE QUESTION)  American Indian or Alaska Native  Asian  Black or African American  Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander  White NOTE: Institutions may expand categories If expanded must be able to rollup into required base categories

5. Guidelines for Collection Questions Ethnicity question MUST come first Race selection question MUST read “one or more” instead of “all that apply” Cannot have Hispanic as part of the Race question Cannot have Ethnicity question after Race question Cannot indicate they do not have to answer race question if Hispanic is Yes

6. Guidelines for Collection Questions (Continued) Cannot include as a category:  “Two or more races”  “None”  “None of the Above”  “No response”  “Other”

7. REPORTING

8. Reporting Aggregated Reporting categories  Hispanic  American Indian or Alaska Native  Asian  Black or African American  Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander  White  Two or more races  Nonresident alien  Race/ethnicity unknown

9. Aggregation Aggregation Will Occur When Reporting To Federal Entities Institutions may expand categories If expanded must be able to rollup into required base categories

10. Comparison of Difference: DATA COLLECTION Two-question format REQUIRED:  Hispanic  American Indian or Alaska Native  Asian  Black or African American  Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander  White REPORTING Aggregated Reporting categories  Hispanic  American Indian or Alaska Native  Asian  Black or African American  Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander  White  Two or more races  Nonresident alien  Race/ethnicity unknown

11. Common Collection Errors Race/Ethnicity

12. Incorrect Example Race Question Is First If Not Hispanic Then Select What Else?

13. Incorrect Example Choose “One or More” is Missing From Race Section

14. Incorrect Example Cannot combine Race Ethnicity Question Cannot have as a choice: Two or More Races Race and Ethnicity Unknown

15. Incorrect Example Cannot Require an answer Cannot have “None” as a choice

16. Resources for Implementing Changes to Race/Ethnicity OMB Published in Federal Register 10/19/07 For implementing 1997 OMB standards http://edocket.acess.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-20613.pdf IPEDS Resources for Implementing Changes to Race/Ethnicity Reporting: http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/reic/resource.asp Association for Institutional Research (AIR) web portal for information for institutions http://www.airweb.org State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) website of resources for state postsecondary education agencies http://www.sheeo.org/ipeds/race-eth-home.htm