Upcoming Changes to IPEDS Reporting: Are You Ready?
Tue, Nov 04
|Zoom
The Department of Education is proposing major changes to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) which, if implemented, would cause a dramatic increase in the reporting requirements of higher education institutions. Join us as we discuss the impact these new requirements may have
Time & Location
Nov 04, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST
Zoom
Description
The Department of Education (ED) is proposing major changes to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) which, if implemented, would cause a dramatic increase in the reporting requirements of higher education institutions. These changes include disaggregated race/ethnicity, sex, and admissions data for applicants, transfers, enrollees, and students. The changes would require higher education institutions to submit data from the 2025/2026 academic year as well as from the five previous academic years.
The ED is justifying these significant changes by stating that it believes that unlawful admission practices still exist even after the Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (SFFA v. Harvard) ruling. This new data request will allow ED to monitor historical admission practices pre and post SFFA.
With these changes potentially going into effect as early as the 2025 and 2026 reporting cycle, higher education institutions are left wondering how to prepare. Join our panelists from DCI and Jackson Lewis as we discuss the impact these new requirements may have on higher education institutions, including:
What data may be required
When these changes may take effect and what time periods the data requirements cover
How these changes may impact reporting burdens for higher education institutions
What ED will do with this data
The risks each institution faces with the production of the data
Meet our Presenters:
Matthew J. Camardella, Principal, Long Island, JacksonLewis
Matthew Camardella is a principal in the Long Island, New York, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. Matt directs the preparation of thousands of AAPs each year and has defended hundreds of OFCCP audits for a broad range of employers across the country.
He also serves as the practice group lead on responding to OFCCP allegations of class based discrimination and has litigated against the Agency before the Office of Administrative Law Judges. He regularly counsels clients about the design and implementation of company-wide AAP structures, applicant flow tracking systems, and other complex “real world” compliance issues.
Matt spends significant time advising clients on their compensation practices and directing pay equity analyses. He assists employers with analyzing reductions-in-force for adverse impact and assessing the applicability of federal affirmative action laws in the contexts of mergers and acquisitions.
Matt has a J.D. degree from Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law and a B.A. degree from College of the Holy Cross.
David Cohen, Founder and President, DCI Consulting
David Cohen is the founder and President of DCI Consulting Group, Inc. He provides consulting services to employers and management law firms on a wide range of human resource risk management strategies, particularly in the areas of EEO/affirmative action program development, systemic compensation statistical analyses, comprehensive human resources self-audits, and employee selection and test validation.
In addition, Mr. Cohen is the co-founder of The Institute for Workplace Equality, a national nonprofit employer association that trains and educates federal contractors in understanding and complying with their affirmative action and equal employment obligations.
Recognized as a national EEO and affirmative action compliance expert, Mr. Cohen speaks frequently before corporate leaders from Fortune 500 companies, and at regional and national ILG conferences and OFCCP events. In 2006, he co-authored a book entitled “Understanding Statistics: A Guide for I/O Psychologists and Human Resource Professionals,” which was published by Wadsworth.
Mr. Cohen has a M.S. degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Radford University and B.A. degree in Psychology from West Virginia University.