What is the purpose of requiring the collection of individually identifiable data?
The main reason for requiring individually identifiable data is to permit appending data from institutional records with data on the same students collected from other sources. For example, data from the CIRP Freshman Survey and from the descriptive questionnaires completed by students when they take the ACT or SAT exams would allow the Center to compare the attitudes and motivations of athletes at the time of entry to college with those of other students. Data from the National Student Clearinghouse, which permit tracking of college students as they transfer among institutions, would allow us to determine whether students (athletes and others) who drop out of a participating college graduate from another institution. Data from the National Survey of Student Engagement can help colleges and universities understand the daily experiences of their students, including those that go beyond the academic performance measured by the CSP. These linkages will enable the project both to develop s
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