Colleges and Universities

ISO-19139 Metadata

Metadata Information

Metadata language: eng
Metadata character set: utf8
Last update: 2024-12-20
Metadata contact:
Role: pointOfContact
Organization's name: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: 865-341-0013
Fax: 865-241-6261
Address:
Delivery point: One Bethel Valley Rd, MS-6017
City: Oak Ridge
Administrative area: TN
Postal code: 37831
Country: US
Scope of the data described by the metadata: dataset
Scope name: dataset
Name of the metadata standard used: ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Version of the metadata standard: 2007
Metadata identifier: 1734713083580r5295484288721033

Data Identification Information

Resource citation:
Title: Colleges and Universities
Collection title: HIFLD Open and HIFLD Secure
Date:
Reference date - publication: 2022-06-30
Cited responsible party:
Role: originator
Organization's name: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Descriptive keywords:
Place keywords:
Keywords: Continental United States, USA, Hawaii, Alaska, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, Virgin Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, Marshall Islands
Descriptive keywords:
Theme keywords:
Keywords: homeland security, homeland defense, emergency response, education, colleges, universities, university, school, training, business, secretarial, professional, computer, cosmetology, barber, education, fine arts, flight, technical, trade, junior college, enrollment, shelters, institutional characteristics, employment, name, address, type, status, population, facility characteristics
Descriptive keywords:
Keyword type not provided
Keywords: Downloadable Data
Keyword thesaurus:
Citation reference: 723f6998-058e-11dc-8314-0800200c9a66
Abstract: The Colleges and Universities feature class/shapefile is composed of all Post Secondary Education facilities as defined by the Integrated Post Secondary Education System (IPEDS, http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/), National Center for Education Statistics (NCES, https://nces.ed.gov/), US Department of Education for the 2020-2021 school year. Included are Doctoral/Research Universities, Masters Colleges and Universities, Baccalaureate Colleges, Associates Colleges, Theological seminaries, Medical Schools and other health care professions, Schools of engineering and technology, business and management, art, music, design, Law schools, Teachers colleges, Tribal colleges, and other specialized institutions. Overall, this data layer covers all 50 states, as well as Puerto Rico and other assorted U.S. territories. This feature class contains all MEDS/MEDS+ as approved by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Homeland Security Infrastructure Program (HSIP) Team. Complete field and attribute information is available in the ”Entities and Attributes” metadata section. Geographical coverage is depicted in the thumbnail above and detailed in the "Place Keyword" section of the metadata. This feature class does not have a relationship class but is related to Supplemental Colleges. Colleges and Universities that are not included in the NCES IPEDS data are added to the Supplemental Colleges feature class when found. This release includes the addition of 128 new records, the removal of 247 no longer reported by NCES, and modifications to the spatial location and/or attribution of 6312 records.
Purpose: This feature class/shapefile captures Colleges and Universities defined by the Integrated Post Secondary Education System (IPEDS) for the Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data (HIFLD) database. (https://gii.dhs.gov/HIFLD)
Dataset language:eng
Dataset character set: utf8
Status: completed
Resource maintenance:
Update frequency: continual
Resource constraints:
General constraints:
Limitations of use: None (Public Use). Users are advised to read the dataset's metadata thoroughly to understand appropriate use and data limitations.
Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Limitations of use: Distributor assumes no liability for misuse of data.
Access constraints: otherRestrictions
Other constraints: None (Public Domain Information)
Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Access constraints: otherRestrictions
Other constraints: Other Constraints
Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Use constraints: otherRestrictions
Other constraints: Other Constraints
Aggregated resource information:
Aggregate dataset name:
Title: HIFLD Open and HIFLD Secure
Date:
Association type: largerWorkCitation
Spatial representation type: vector
Processing environment: Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.4.0.5524
Resource extent:
Geographic element:
Bounding rectangle:
Extent contains the resource: true
West longitude: -170.743174585
East longitude: 171.378442
North latitude: 71.324702
South latitude: -14.323171424
Resource extent:
Extent description: Time period date range corresponds to the date range covered by the IPEDS datasets used.
Temporal element:
Temporal extent:
2020-01-012021-01-01
Resource extent:
Geographic element:
Bounding rectangle:
Extent contains the resource: true
West longitude: -170.743175
East longitude: 171.378442
North latitude: 71.324702
South latitude: -14.323171
Supplemental information: None
Credits: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Homeland Security Infrastructure Program (HSIP) Team
Resource point of contact:
Role: pointOfContact
Organization's name: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: 865-341-0013
Fax: 865-241-6261
Address:
Delivery point: One Bethel Valley Rd, MS-6017
City: Oak Ridge
Administrative area: TN
Postal code: 37831
Country: US

Spatial Representation

Vector Data

Level of topology for this dataset: geometryOnly
Geometric objects:
Object type: point
Object count: 6440

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier:
Value: 4326
Code space: EPSG
Version: 6.2(3.0.1)

Data Quality

Scope of quality information:
Level of the data:dataset
Resource lineage:
Process step:
Description: Authoritative data sources are identified through open source research. That data is then acquired and transformed into a usable data format. The properly formatted data then goes through preprocessing steps that includes a geocoding operation to give spatial context to the data. The data goes through further refinement using remote sensing techniques. After preprocessing, every record goes through a review process and each point is moved to a facility based on-entity location based on interpretation of the best available imagery and open source information. Colleges and Universities that are part of a multi-building campus were located on a large building towards the center of campus. The VAL_DATE field indicates the date in which the review step took place.
Source:
Source citation:
Title: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data
Date:
Reference date - publication: 2021-10-13
Source extent:
Extent description: observed
Temporal element:
Temporal extent:
20202021
Data quality report:
Quantitative attribute accuracy:
Measure produced by the test: No formal attribute accuracy test was conducted. Data from the authoritative sources (as identified in other sections of this metadata) is assumed to be correct and accurate. See also “Overview Description” in the “Entities and Attributes” metadata section.
Data quality result:
Data quality report:
Conceptual consistency:
Measure produced by the test: Data were extracted from sources (identified in the SOURCE field) and other open source websites to populate the attribute fields. For string and date data types, NOT AVAILABLE values denote missing data that was not present in the source data. For numeric data types, -999 denotes missing data that was not present in the source data. For fields sourced to NCES IPEDS, -2 indicates that a value for that record is 'Not applicable'. During quality control, attributes were checked to ensure that they fell within the expected ranges or had expected/valid values. Text attribute values were checked for spelling and usage consistency. No topology tests were conducted. All records were verified to occur within the spatial domain of the feature class/shapefile.
Data quality result:
Data quality report:
Completeness omission:
Measure produced by the test: Data is complete as of the most recent date indicated in the Time Period section.
Data quality result:
Data quality report:
Absolute external positional accuracy:
Measure produced by the test: None; all efforts are made to place the geographic representation of the facility on-entity using the best available imagery from a wide variety of sources. Users should read and understand the VAL_METHOD metadata as well as the Processing Steps.
Data quality result:
Data quality report:
Absolute external positional accuracy:
Measure produced by the test: None; dataset contains no vertical data.
Data quality result:

Distribution Information

Distributor:
Distributor contact:
Role: distributor
Organization's name: HIFLD Subcommittee
Contact information:
Address:
e-mail address: hifld@hq.dhs.gov
Distributor format:
Format name: Vector Digital Data Set (Point)
Format version:
Distribution order process:
Terms and fees: None. No fees are applicable for obtaining the data set.
Distribution format:
Format name: File Geodatabase Feature Class
Format version:
Transfer options:
Online distribution information:
Online location: https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/