[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 9, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 61402]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24789]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Notice of Submission for OMB Review; Office of Postsecondary 
Education; Survey of Post-Graduate Outcomes for International Education 
Fellowship Recipients

SUMMARY: This survey will focus on the post-graduate outcomes of 
students who received international education fellowships. The Higher 
Education Opportunity Act of 2008, Section 601 requires that: ``The 
Secretary shall assist grantees in developing a survey to administer to 
students who have completed programs under this title to determine 
postgraduate employment, education, or training. All grantees, where 
applicable, shall administer such survey once every two years and 
report survey results to the Secretary.''

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
November 8, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in response to this notice should be 
submitted electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 
http://www.regulations.gov by selecting Docket ID number ED-2012-OPE-
0034 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 2E117, Washington, DC 20202-4537.
    Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) 
may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-
8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35) requires that Federal agencies provide 
interested parties an early opportunity to comment on information 
collection requests. The Acting Director, Information Collection 
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and Records Management 
Services, Office of Management, publishes this notice containing 
proposed information collection requests at the beginning of the 
Departmental review of the information collection. 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: Survey of Post-Graduate Outcomes for 
International Education Fellowship Recipients.
    OMB Control Number: Pending.
    Type of Review: New.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 4,555.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 791.
    Abstract: The first cohort of students to be surveyed will be the 
Foreign Language and Area Studies fellows and the Institute for 
International Public Policy fellows. The survey will be expanded to 
other grantees in subsequent years. This is a longitudinal survey that 
will be conducted every two years for a total of eight years for each 
cohort. Grantees will administer the survey to all fellows in these 
selected programs after they have graduated from the degree program 
they were enrolled in when they received their fellowship. Grantees 
will submit the results of the survey to the International for Foreign 
Language Education (IFLE) office within the U.S. Department of 
Education. IFLE will analyze the data and provide a report that will be 
available to the public. The results will be used to assess program 
impact.

    Dated: October 3, 2012.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2012-24789 Filed 10-5-12; 8:45 am]
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