James,

The FICE Number stands for "Federal Interagency Commission on Education"
and is used in your institution's IPEDS report.  IPEDS are the more recent
version of the old HEGIS reports.   Check with your "Institutional Studies"
department - They will probably have your institution's number.

Cathy Ruley

At 12:50 PM 2/12/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Does anyone know where to locate an institution's FICE Code and what the
>acronym means?
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>James F. Ball
>Sponsored Program Officer
>The Ohio State University Research Foundation
>1960 Kenny Road
>Columbus, Ohio 43210
>614-292-6278
>614-292-4315 Fax
>e-mail: xxxxxx@osu.edu
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