MetaData ID No. 7 Physical Name: 2000 Standard Occupational Classification Crosswalk to 2000 Classification of Instructional Programs Source Classification Owners: Department of Education (National Center for Education Statistics/Office of Educational Research and Improvement for the CIP), Executive Office of the President (Office of Management and Budget for the SOC) Overview The purpose of the SOC-CIP crosswalk is to indicate the relationships between program content and occupations, based on the descriptions of each. There will be cases, however, where all potential occupational outcomes of training programs are not covered in the crosswalk. This is particularly true for general programs, such in the liberal arts area, where program completers may enter a wide variety of occupations not necessarily directly related to the program. The program, History, General (CIP 54.0101) would be an example of such an instance. Conversely, there are cases where occupations are related to programs in the crosswalk due to similarities in their content, but the occupation does not necessarily require training in the program for entry into the occupation. The development of this crosswalk is a joint effort of the Department of Education and the Department of Labor. Total Related Files: 1 ReadMe (this file), 1 crosswalk file, no errata to date Limitations: 1) Unmatched CIPs and SOCs- Not every program or occupation will necessarily be related to something-not all programs are occupational, and not all occupations will require completion of a training program for entry. (2) Review and analysis were concentrated on areas for which detailed or specific definitions are available. (3) CIP Programs that fall into either "general" (codes ending in "00") or "other" (codes ending in "99") generally received less attention than the more specific programs. General SOC codes (codes ending in 000) and broad occupations ("broad occupation" listed in the SOC definition) were not matched to CIP programs. Residual SOC occupations ("all other" in the title) generally received less attention also. (4) This CIP-SOC crosswalk, like other NCSC resources, is designed to provide a prototype set of relationships. While it is not possible to develop such a resource that meets every need, the prototypical nature of the CIP-SOC crosswalk provides users with a good starting point for the development of resources needed for specific applications. Users are advised to review crosswalk content for appropriateness for inclusion in their particular application (see Contact section below). Classification/Taxonomy: Classification Of Instructional Programs (CIP), 2000 Standard Occupational Classification Classification/Taxonomy Description: The Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) is a taxonomic coding scheme that contains titles and descriptions of primarily postsecondary instructional programs. It was developed to facilitate NCES' collection and reporting of postsecondary degree completions by major field of study using standard classifications that capture the majority of reportable program activity. The CIP: 2000 edition is the third revision of the CIP. It was originally published in 1980 and was revised in 1985 and 1990. The CIP is the accepted federal government statistical standard on instructional program classifications and the 2000 edition has been adopted as the standard field of study taxonomy by Statistics Canada. The Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system is being used by all Federal statistical agencies to classify workers into occupational categories for the purpose of collecting, calculating, or disseminating data. All workers are classified into one of over 820 occupations according to their occupational definition. To facilitate classification, occupations are combined to form 23 major groups, 96 minor groups, and 449 broad occupations. Each broad occupation includes detailed occupation(s) requiring similar job duties, skills, education, or experience. File Type: crosswalk Time Period: N/A Date of Publication: April 2002 (CIP), September 2000 (SOC) Data Source(s): 2000 CIP files obtained from NCES; 1998 SOC files obtained from Department of Labor/Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2000 SOC update obtained from Department of Labor/Bureau of Labor Statistics SOC website Data Format(s): Access 97, Excel 97, FoxPro 2.6, Comma-delimited text, others as requested Notes: (1) The crosswalk results from a combination of mechanical mergers of existing classification resources, multiple reviews of the results, and analysis of potential gaps or areas of duplication. Construction of the crosswalk began with the merger of two resources: the crosswalk linking the 1990 CIP to the 1998 SOC and the NCES documentation of changes between the 1990 CIP and the 2000 CIP. While the product of this merger has some limitations, it provided a good and historically consistent starting point for the development of the 2000 CIP-SOC crosswalk. NCSC staff and NCES contractors reviewed the product of this mechanical merger with an emphasis on unmatched programs and occupations. (2) Punctuation has been removed from the SOC and CIP codes found in the file, e.g. CIP 40.0701 appears as 400701. (3) Most detailed occupations from the SOC are included in the file. Records are NOT included for major groups, minor groups or broad occupations. (4) All academic and occupationally specific programs from Chapter I and II (except Series 29 ) of the 2000 CIP manual appear in the file. Programs found in Chapters III (Technology Education/Industrial Arts), IV (Reserve Officers' Training Corps), V (Personal Improvement and Leisure) and VI (High School/Secondary Diploma and Certificate) are not included. Date Updated: Date added: 12/18/2002 Data Structure Logical File Name SocCip2000 FINAL File Size 584 KB Data Structure Flat Number of Records 3049 Number of Fields/Variables 4 Length of Record 232 Records Per Relationship Many to Many SocCip2000 A prototype crosswalk linking the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) to the 2000 Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP). Column Type Width Description Soccode Character 6 SOC Code (punctuation removed) Soctitle Character 105 SOC Title Cipcode Character 6 2000 CIP Code (punctuation removed) Ciptitle Character 115 2000 CIP Title This is legacy data. Questions should be directed to the Analyst Resource Committee (ARC) at ARC.DEED@state.mn.us.