Feasibility of a Student Unit Record System Within the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
Research and Development Report
March 2005
Alisa F. Cunningham
Institute for Higher Education Policy
John Milam
HigherEd.org, Inc.
Cathy Statham
Project Officer National Center for Education Statistics
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