The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System - Glossary

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U.S. Department of Education
Institute of Education Sciences

Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System

Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System

Glossary

The online version of the IPEDS Glossary provides definitions for almost 500 postsecondary-related terms used in the collection and dissemination of IPEDS data.

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Term	Definition	Related terms
Status indicators	Used in the IPEDS data collection system to identify progress toward satisfying reporting (compliance) requirements. The survey status indicators are as follows: Not Applicable - The institution is not required to complete the survey because the content is not relevant to the institution. NO DATA - Screening questions have not been answered. Responses to all screening questions are required before survey pages can be generated. No Data - No data provided. Has Data - Data have been entered. “Perform Edits” must be run to determine if data are clean. Edited - Edits have been run; institutions should go to the edit report to resolve edit errors. Clean - All edit errors have been resolved; data are clean; proceed to Lock. Locked - Data have been successfully submitted. Final lock must still be applied. Complete - All locks have been applied.