Recorded 6/27/24

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Presenter: Alison Lanski, Assistant Teaching Professor in  IT, Analytics & Operations, Institutional Research Consultant, University of Notre Dame

Does your office still hand-enter data for IPEDS submission? As you already know, the process is time-consuming and can be error-prone.  Save time and increase accuracy by learning how to create and use a reproducible upload file that can easily be submitted and reviewed within the IPEDS keyholder portal. Learn how setting up your data for this process can help you create usable "master files" for other, non-IPEDS analyses. We'll explore documentation and resources that can help with data & file preparation, especially for year-to-year survey changes, and see just how easy it can be to import and update your submission. The lessons from this webinar are technology-agnostic, but some take-home resources for implementation in R will be provided.

 As a result of this experience, participants can: 

• Understand the steps needed to create and submit an upload file to IPEDS.
• Be able to locate and use supporting online documentation.
• Realize the ancillary benefits of working through the data and file preparation process.