College and Beyond II Data Series

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Investigator(s): Paul N. Courant (University of Michigan), Allyson Flaster (University of Michigan), Susan Jekielek (University of Michigan), Margaret Levenstein (University of Michigan), Timothy A. McKay (University of Michigan), Kevin M. Stange (University of Michigan)

About this Collection

Funding Agencies: Mellon Foundation (Grant Number 1802-05485, 1910-07255)

Investigators: Paul N. Courant (University of Michigan), Allyson Flaster (University of Michigan), Susan Jekielek (University of Michigan), Margaret Levenstein (University of Michigan), Timothy A. McKay (University of Michigan), Kevin M. Stange (University of Michigan)

College and Beyond II (CBII) is a data resource for studying the impact and outcomes of higher education. It contains student-level data on bachelor’s-seeking undergraduates enrolled in 19 public institutions from approximately 2000-2021 (the core Administrative Data). For a subset of students, CBII contains information about later-life outcomes – including health and well-being, civic and democratic engagement, and openness to diversity – more than a decade after graduating with a bachelor's degree (the Alumni Survey). These data are linkable to information about students' course content, National Student Clearinghouse data on educational attainment, and more. Visit the CBII study guide to learn about CBII data components and the questions asked in the CBII alumni survey. 

The CBII data are restricted-use and are made available via a virtual data enclave (VDE). To request access, researchers must complete an online application and provide an explanation about how their research project will contribute to improving educational instruction.

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College and Beyond II (CBII) Course Content Data, [United States], 2000-2021

The College and Beyond II (CBII) Course Content Study contains course-level information about the curricular content of courses taken by students in the CBII Administrative Data course file. This information includes the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code associated with each subject, a College Course Map (CCM) code derived from the course's catalog title and subject code, and - at four postsecondary systems - the course description associated with each course. The Course Content Study can be linked with student-level course data using the ID_COURSE and COURSE_CATALOG_TITLE variables.
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College and Beyond II (CBII) Enrollment and Awards Data, [United States], 1958-2022

The College and Beyond II (CBII) Enrollment and Award Study contains student-level National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) data provided by postsecondary systems. The data are intended to cover the time periods before and after students' undergraduate attendance dates at the CBII institutions, making them ideal for examining such phenomena as transfer behavior and post-baccalaureate educational attainment. There are three files for each system that provided data: an enrollment file (all terms of enrollment across all institutions that report to the NSC), an awards file (all degrees and other awards earned across all institutions that report to the NSC), and a derived file. The derived file was created by the CBII team from the enrollment and award data as a convenience for users. It includes summary student-level measures such as 'highest credential earned' and indicators for whether students ever earned specific types of awards or had specific types of enrollment patterns. The Enrollment and Awards data can be linked to other student-level data in the CBII series using the ID_PERSON variable.
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College and Beyond II (CBII) Advanced Placement Data, [United States], 2000-2019

The College and Beyond II (CBII) Advanced Placement Data contains Advanced Placement (AP) student test and course credit records from four postsecondary systems that participated in the CBII study. Records are recorded at the student-test level and cover the time period from approximately 2000 to 2019. Variables include AP test name, AP test score, an indicator of whether the student received credit for the test, and the name of the college course to which the credit best maps. Not all variables are available for all systems. The AP data can be linked to other student-level data in the CBII series using the id_person identifier.

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