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IPEDS_Paneling builds reproducible IPEDS panel datasets from NCES cross-sections (2004-2024), with QA/QC outputs and custom panel export tools.

What This Project Produces

Main output files:

• Panels/2004_2024_IPEDS_Raw_Panel_DS.parquet
• Panels/2004_2024_IPEDS_PRCHclean_Panel_DS.parquet
• Panels/2004_2024_IPEDS_clean_Panel_DS.parquet (final research-ready default)

Optional analysis-focused output:

• Panels/panel_wide_analysis_2004_2023.parquet (lane-split, stricter analysis window)

Repository Structure

• Scripts/ pipeline and utility scripts
• Customize_Panel/ variable selection templates (including selectedvars.txt)
• Dictionary/ harmonized dictionary outputs
• Panels/ built panel outputs
• Checks/ QA/QC evidence and logs

Start Here

• New users: go to Quick Start
• Building smaller extracts: go to Custom Panel Guide