Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Study of Enhanced College Advising in Upward Bound, 69650-69651 [2015-28563]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 217 (Tuesday, November 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69650-69651]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-28563]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2015-ICCD-0106]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Study of Enhanced College Advising in Upward Bound

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences (IES), Department of Education 
(ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a revision of an existing 
information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
December 10, 2015.

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the 
information collection listed in this notice, please use https://www.regulations.gov by searching the Docket ID number ED-2015-ICCD-
0106. Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted 
electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov by selecting the Docket ID number or via postal 
mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. Please note that comments 
submitted by fax or email and those submitted after the comment period 
will not be accepted. Written requests for information or comments 
submitted by postal mail or delivery should be addressed to the 
Director of the Information Collection Clearance Division, U.S. 
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room 2E115, 
Washington, DC 20202-4537.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Marsha Silverberg, 202-2018-7178.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Education (ED), in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with 
an opportunity to comment on proposed, revised, and continuing 
collections of information. This helps the Department assess the impact 
of its information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand the Department's 
information collection requirements and provide the requested data in 
the desired format. ED is soliciting comments on the proposed 
information collection request (ICR) that is described below. The 
Department of Education is especially interested in public comment 
addressing the following issues: (1) Is this collection necessary to 
the proper functions of the Department; (2) will this information be 
processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden 
accurate; (4) how might the Department enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5) how might the 
Department minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents, 
including through the use of information technology. Please note that 
written comments received in response to this notice will be considered 
public records.
    Title of Collection: Study of Enhanced College Advising in Upward 
Bound.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0912.
    Type of Review: A revision of an existing information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 2,835.

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    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 885.
    Abstract: The Study of Enhanced College Advising in Upward Bound 
will test the effectiveness of providing Upward Bound projects with a 
professional development package and tools to provide semi-customized 
college advising to students participating in Upward Bound. Upward 
Bound projects were invited to volunteer for the demonstration, and 
approximately 200 projects that volunteered for the demonstration are 
included. Volunteer projects will be randomly assigned so that half 
receive the staff training, materials, tools, and resources in the 
first wave (spring 2015), and the other half will receive the staff 
training, materials, tools, and resources in the second wave (summer 
and fall 2016). The study will follow students who participate in both 
groups of projects as 11th graders in the 2014-2015 school year. The 
study will examine the impact of the demonstration on key outcomes 
including college application behavior, college acceptance and 
matriculation, and receipt of financial aid. The first of two ICRs for 
the study requested approval for the overall evaluation design, to 
collect 11th grade student rosters at each participating project and to 
administer the student baseline survey; the first ICR was approved on 
8/8/2014. This is the second of two ICRs and requests approval for the 
remaining data collection activities, including a project survey, a 
follow-up student survey, and administrative records. Three reports 
will be produced, with one (expected 2017) reporting on the outcomes 
measures prior to high school graduation; a second (expected 2018) 
reporting on the results regarding actual college enrollment, college 
selectivity and use of Federal financial aid; and a third (expected 
2020) reporting results regarding college persistence. The analyses 
will be both descriptive (distributions and means) and causal (using 
standard regression analyses to estimate impacts).

    Dated: November 5, 2015.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of 
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2015-28563 Filed 11-9-15; 8:45 am]
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