Understanding CIP Codes

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Understanding CIP Codes

• Janet L. Washbon
• Associate Vice President
• Policy and Government Relations
• Wisconsin Technical College System
• November 17, 2008

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Overview

• What are CIP Codes?
• How are CIP codes used?
• How do CIP Codes relate to other classification
  systems
• What are the limitations of CIP Codes?

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CIP Definition

• CIP stands for Classification of Instructional
  Programs
• Developed by the National Center for Educational
  Statistics (NCES) within the US Education
  Department
• Developed in 1980 with revisions in 1985, 1990,
  2000

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CIP Usage

• US ED data collection efforts
• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
  (IPEDS)
• Office of Civil Rights
• Office of Vocational and Adult Education
• Other federal data collection efforts
• National Science Foundation
• Department of Commerce/Bureau of Census
• Department of Labor (Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Others including associations, academic
  institutions, and employment and counseling
  services

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Purpose of CIP

• CIP provides a taxonomic or classification scheme
  for accurate tracking, assessment, and reporting
  of fields of study and program completions
  activity
• Not a regulatory device, but a standard
  statistical reporting tool across agencies,
  instructional levels, and institutional
  boundaries reflecting current practice

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Organization of CIP Codes

• Academic and occupationally-specific programs
• Residency programs in dental, medical, and
  veterinary specializations
• Technology and industrial arts programs
  (non-postsecondary level)
• ROTC
• Personal improvement and leisure-time programs
  (includes adult education)
• Instructional programs (secondary level only)
• Instructional programs for French speakers where
  French is primary language of instruction

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CIP Classification System

• Assumes every instructional program can be
  assigned to a single six-digit program code
  associated with a unique program title and
  description
• Three-level hierarchy of codes
• Two-digit series represent the most general
  description
• Four-digit series represent intermediate
  groupings of related programs
• Six-digit series represent specific instructional
  programs

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Academic and Occupationally-Specific Programs

• Examples from the Two-Digit CIP Code Series
• 01 Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and
  Related Sciences
• 03 Natural Resources Conservation and Research
• 04 Architecture and Related Services
• 05 Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies
• 09 Communication, Journalism, and Related
  Programs
• 10 Communication Technologies/Technicians and
  Support Services

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Communications Technologies/Technicians and
Support Services

• 10. Communications Technologies/Technicians and
  Support Services
• Instructional programs that prepare individuals
  to function as equipment operators, support
  technicians, and operations managers in the
  film/video, recording, and graphic communications
  industries
• 10.01 Communications Technology/Technician
• 10.0105 Communications Technology/Technician
• A program that generally prepares individuals to
  function as workers and managers within
  communications industries. Includes instruction
  in business economics basic management
  principles of interpersonal and mediated
  communications radio, television, and digital
  media production and related aspects of
  technology and communications systems

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Communications Technologies/Technicians and
Support Services

• 10. Communications Technologies/Technicians and
  Support Services
• Instructional programs that prepare individuals
  to function as equipment operators, support
  technicians, and operations managers in the
  film/video, recording, and graphic communications
  industries.
• 10.02 AudioVisual Communications
  Technology/Technician
• 10.0201 Photographic and Film/Video
  Technology/Technician and Assistant
• A program that prepares individuals to apply
  knowledge and skills to the operation and
  maintenance of camera and lighting equipment and
  the production of finished still, video, and film
  products under the supervision of photographers,
  directors, and editors. Includes instruction in
  equipment setup and maintenance lighting power
  supplies studio and film set tasks such as
  camera operator, grip, and best boy plate and
  negative handling and development laboratory
  procedures and digital software applications.

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Common Classification Systems
Career Clusters/Pathways (occupations/industries)
CIP (instructional programs)
Standard Occupational Classification (occupations)

NAICS (industries)
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Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)

• Used by governmental agencies and public sector
  to provide a framework to classify workers or
  jobs into occupational categories for collecting,
  calculating, analyzing, and reporting data about
  jobs and employment.
• All workers are classified into one of over 820
  occupations according to their occupational
  definition.
• SOC uses a six-digit hierarchical coding system
  to classify all economic activity into 23 major
  occupational groups, 96 minor groups, and 449
  broad occupations.
• Each broad occupation includes detailed
  occupation(s) requiring similar job duties,
  skills, education, or experience.

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Career Pathways/ClustersClassification

• Developed and used by career and technical
  education community to provide a framework for
  academic and career guidance, curriculum design,
  instruction, and federal reporting for secondary
  and postsecondary CTE programs.
• Occupations/career specialties are grouped into
  Career Pathways/Clusters based on the fact that
  they require a set of common knowledge and skills
  for career success.
• Identifies the knowledge and skills students need
  as they follow a pathway within a career cluster
  towards their career goals.
• Careers are classified into about 81 pathways
  within 16 career clusters.

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North American Industry Classification System
(NAICS)

• Used by governmental agencies and private sector
  to provide a framework for collecting,
  aggregating, analyzing, and reporting data about
  the US economy including employment,
  productivity, and distribution of industry and
  establishments.
• Groups establishments into industries based on
  the activity in which they are primarily engaged.
  
• Establishments using similar raw material inputs,
  similar capital equipment, and similar labor are
  classified in the same industry.
• NAICS uses a six-digit hierarchical coding system
  to classify all economic activity into twenty
  industry sectors.
• Five sectors are mainly goods-producing sectors
• Fifteen are entirely services-producing sectors.

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Crosswalks

• Purpose of crosswalk is to help us map
  information from one coding scheme into another.
• Why?
• For a given set of programs, what are the
  occupational areas for which students are being
  prepared or would provide appropriate
  occupational experience for instructors? (CIP ?
  SOC)
• For a given set of programs, what industries
  would typically employ graduates? (CIP ? SOC ?
  NAICS)
• For a given set of programs, what might be
  recommended for their high school preparation?
  (CIP ? Career Pathways/Clusters)

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Example CIP Code to SOC Crosswalk
http//www.xwalkcenter.org/
CIP 10. Communications Technologies/Technicians a
nd Support Services
SOC 43-0000 Office and Administrative Support
Occupations
SOC 27-0000 Arts, Design, Entertainment,
Sports, and Media Occupations
SOC 51-0000 Production Occupations
SOC 27-4012 Broadcast technicians
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Example SOC Code to NAICS Crosswalk
http//www.bls.gov/data/projections
NAICS 515110 Radio broadcasting
NAICS 515120 Television broadcasting
SOC 27-4012 Broadcast technicians
NAICS 000601 Self-employed workers, primary job
NAICS 611300 Colleges, universities,
and professional schools, public and private
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Example CIP Code to Career Clusters Crosswalk
http//www.careerclusters.org
Printing Technology Pathway
Telecommunications Pathway
CIP 10. Communications Technologies/Technicians a
nd Support Services
Visual Arts Pathway
Journalism and Broadcasting Pathway
SOC 27-4012 Broadcast technicians
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Limitations of CIP Codes

• In a fast-paced world of changing technology,
  classifications become out-of-date
• Occupations appear and disappear in response to
  changes in how we put technology to work
• All occupations change over time
• Most career and technical education programs must
  evolve to incorporate new material
• New and emerging occupations require new and
  changing programs
• CIP codes cant keep up 9999 bucket (All other
  ____ technicians) must be re-examined and codes
  and classifications revised