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 12 2 STA T .349 2 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 31 5— AU G .14 , 200 8(i ii )whet he r e mploy er sc o u l db ee n cour ag ed to submit in f ormation by allowing an employer to access aggregated information about graduates (such as institutions of higher education attended, degrees, or starting pay) if the employer completes an online q uestionnaire to e v aluate the employer ’ s satisfaction with the graduates the employer hires and (iv) whether postsecondary institutions that receive F ederal funds or whose students have received Federal student financial aid could be required to submit aggregated information about the graduates of the institutions; and ( E ) the best means of displaying employment informa - tion; and ( 2 ) provide assessments and recommendations regarding — ( A ) whether successful S tate cooperative relationships between higher education system offices and State agencies responsible for employment statistics can be encouraged and replicated in other States; ( B ) whether there is value in collecting additional information from, or about, the employment e x perience of individuals who have recently completed a postsecondary educational program; ( C ) the most promising ways of obtaining and dis- playing or disseminating such information; ( D ) if a website is used for such information, whether the website should be run by a governmental agency or contracted out to an independent education or employment organi z ation; (E) whether a voluntary information system would wor k , both from the graduates’ and employers’ perspectives; (F) the value of such information to future students, institutions, accrediting agencies or associations, policy- makers, and employers, including how the information would be used and the practical applications of the informa- tion; ( G ) whether the request for such information is duplica- tive of information that is already being collected; and ( H ) whether the N ational P ostsecondary Student Aid Survey conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics could be amended to collect such information . (b) REPORTS .— ( 1 ) PRE LIM I NA R Y REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the U nited States shall submit to the authorizing committees a preliminary report regarding the study, assessments, and recommendations described in subsection (a). (2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than two years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the authorizing committees a final report regarding such study, assessments, and rec- ommendations. SEC.1 1 03 .S TUDYONIP EDS. T he Comptroller General of the United States shall— (1) conduct a study on the time and cost burdens to institu- tions of higher education associated with completing the Deadlin e s.

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