STUDY ON IPEDS.

SEC. 1103. STUDY ON IPEDS. The Comptroller General of the United States shall—(1) conduct a study on the time and cost burdens to institutions of higher education associated with completing the 122 STAT. 3493 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (referred to in this section as the “IPEDS”) survey, which shall—(A) report on the time and cost burden of completing the IPEDS survey for four-year, two-year, and less than two-year institutions of higher education;(B) present recommendations for reducing such burden; and(C) report on the feasibility of collecting additional data from institutions for use in IPEDS, including information on the percentage of enrolled undergraduate students who graduate within two years (in the case of two-year institutions), and four, five, and six years (in the case of two- and four-year institutions), disaggregated by race and ethnic background and by income categories;(2) not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, submit to the authorizing committees a preliminary report regarding the findings of the study described in paragraph (1); and(3) not later than two years after the date of enactment of this Act, submit to the authorizing committees a final report regarding such findings.