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Finding Reference: 2024-001 - SEFA Reporting (ASU) Responsible Official: Sabrena Johnson, Director of Grants and Contracts Corrective Action Planned: The Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) for the year ended June 30, 2024 was revised to include $298,151 from the Mississippi Department...
Finding Reference: 2024-001 - SEFA Reporting (ASU) Responsible Official: Sabrena Johnson, Director of Grants and Contracts Corrective Action Planned: The Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) for the year ended June 30, 2024 was revised to include $298,151 from the Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration - Bureau of Buildings under ALN# 21.027. Additionally, Alcorn State University has updated its SEFA preparation procedures to ensure accurate reporting of federal funds expended on its behalf by third parties, including this bureau. Estimated Completion Date: May 31, 2025 Finding Reference: 2024-001 - SEFA Reporting (DSU) Responsible Official: Jacnita Robinson, Grant Accountant Corrective Action Planned: Delta State University acknowledges the audit finding related to errors in the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) reporting. The federal award in question was not intentionally omitted from the SEFA. At the time of SEFA preparation, Delta State University believed the award would be reported on the Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration’s SEFA, as they were identified as the recipient of the award. The University’s intention was to prevent the duplication of expenditures and avoid double-booking the same federal funds on both SEFAs. To prevent this type of error in the future, Delta State University will review and revise its internal controls and procedures for identifying and classifying federal awards. Additional training will be provided to the staff responsible for award set-up and SEFA reporting to ensure proper classification and communication with state agencies regarding the reporting responsibilities for pass-through and beneficiary awards. Estimated Completion Date: June 30, 2025 Finding Reference: 2024-001 - SEFA Reporting (JSU) Responsible Official: Dr. Almesha Campbell, Vice President for Research and Economic Development Corrective Action Planned: Jackson State University will follow the procedures outlined for preparing the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards. Such procedures include, but are not limited to the following: • Verify the ALN provided on the award documents and cover page and then enter it in Banner during the award set-up process. In addition, review the ALNs for continuation awards. If errors are identified during this process, they will be corrected. • Review previous year’s SEFA report and data support to ensure the report is in the format requested by IHL • Correspond with the Division of Business and Finance to include additional expenditures. Currently, the expenditures to include are 1) Direct Loans, 2) Expenditures with ALN 21.027, and 3) Perkins Loans Expenditures • The Director for Fiscal Reporting and Compliance will complete a subsequent review after the Director for Grants and Contracts prepares the report for submission. Furthermore, the newly created Oversight Committee will review the SEFA before submission to ensure that the Federal Perkins Loan program expenditures are included on the SEFA. Estimated Completion Date: June 30, 2025 Finding Reference: 2024-001 - SEFA Reporting (MUW) Responsible Official: Rachel Sudduth, Assistant Director of University Accounting Corrective Action Planned: University Accounting will review and revise its current reporting procedures and review requirements to ensure that federal expenditures are properly identified and classified, this would also include federal expenditures made through Mississippi Bureau of Buildings. Estimated Completion Date: March 21, 2025 Finding Reference: 2024-001 - SEFA Reporting (MVSU) Responsible Official: Mr. Samuel Melton, Director of Sponsored Programs/Title III Corrective Action Planned: Mississippi Valley State University will ensure that federal awards are correctly coded when preparing the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards using the following procedures: • The Office of Business and Finance and Office of Sponsored Programs will verify the ALN provided on the award documents provided by the sponsor (i.e., federal agency and/or pass-through entity). If errors are identified during this process, they will be corrected. • The Director of Accounting will complete a subsequent review after the designated Staff Accountant prepares the report for submission. Estimated Completion Date: September 30, 2025 Finding Reference: 2024-001 - SEFA Reporting (UM) Responsible Official: Dr. Steven G. Holley, Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance Corrective Action Planned: The Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) for the year ended June 30, 2024, was revised to include $131,454 from the Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration - Bureau of Buildings under ALN 21.027. Additionally, the University of Mississippi has updated its SEFA preparation procedures to ensure accurate reporting of federal funds expended on its behalf by third parties, including this bureau. Estimated Completion Date: October 30, 2024 Finding Reference: 2024-001 - SEFA Reporting (USM) Responsible Official: Andrea Phillips, Controller Corrective Action Planned: The Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) for the year ended June 30, 2024 was revised to include $597,135 from the Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration - Bureau of Buildings under ALN# 21.027. Additionally, USM has updated its SEFA preparation procedures to ensure accurate reporting of federal funds expended on its behalf by third parties, including this bureau. Estimated Completion Date: October 23, 2024 Finding Reference: 2024-001 - SEFA Reporting (UMMC) Responsible Official: Mustafa Khawaja, Interim Director of Post-Award Corrective Action Planned: UMMC engaged with a Workday certified consulting firm to review the operational effectiveness of the configuration of Workday, review reports available, and assess processes and procedures. As part of the engagement, this firm also evaluated various operational processes within the contract and grants office. The engagement began in June of 2024 and has made significant changes to Workday to bring operational efficiency into our processes and configurations; as well as, developed reports that identify variances and differences that need to be researched and corrected. The team also corrected reports that were pulling data inaccurately and trained internal UMMC IT staff on how to address system corrections going forward and the methodology to develop/modify IT reports. The firm also revamped our award setup process in Workday and built checklists along with Standard Operating Procedures that bring efficiencies and accuracy into our Award setup process. We also built in roles for review of an award at the time of setup to ensure that errors are quickly identified and corrected in the system. Estimated Completion Date: June 30, 2025
The Registrar’s Office will incorporate the recommendations to fix the deficiency to create and deploy a more timely report to identify students who re-enroll at the College. It should be noted that since the College is implementing this change as early as March 2025, there may be a continuation of ...
The Registrar’s Office will incorporate the recommendations to fix the deficiency to create and deploy a more timely report to identify students who re-enroll at the College. It should be noted that since the College is implementing this change as early as March 2025, there may be a continuation of the deficiency from July 1, 2024 through March 31, 2025.
Finding 539593 (2024-001)
Significant Deficiency 2024
Occidental College Corrective Action Plan Finding 2024-001 – Special Tests and Provisions – Enrollment Reporting: Significant Deficiency in Internal Control Over Compliance Explanation of Deficiency: Occidental sent a degree file to the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) on June 12, 2024. It was...
Occidental College Corrective Action Plan Finding 2024-001 – Special Tests and Provisions – Enrollment Reporting: Significant Deficiency in Internal Control Over Compliance Explanation of Deficiency: Occidental sent a degree file to the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) on June 12, 2024. It was a sent a week after an enrollment file. The enrollment file had errors which required resolution before the NSC could process the degree file. The enrollment file errors were remedied on June 25, 2024. The degree file also had errors posted on June 26, 2024, and corrected by Occidental on July 29, 2024. Correction Action Plan: The staff member currently responsible for resolving National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) file errors has now been trained in the institutional responsibility to send NSC files on time and to resolve any resulting errors immediately. In additional, the College will soon be hiring an administrative position (currently open) in the Registrar’s Office who will act as Occidental’s main liaison with the NSC. Plans for the new liaison training include both NSC processing as well as the relationship between NSC submissions and the institutional responsibility to report accurate enrollment to the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) as required. Training will be conducted by the Registrar with the assistance of the Director of Financial Aid for emphasis on institutional responsibilities as outlined in 34 CFR 685.3096(b). Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: James Herr, Occidental College Registrar Anticipated Completion Date: December 12, 2024 (end of Fall semester but before next degree file is sent to NSC)
Name ofcontactperson: Julie B. Savino, Associate Vice President of Student Financial Assistance Corrective action: The University remains committed to maintaining compliance with federal requirements and ensuring accurate Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) verification. Staff will c...
Name ofcontactperson: Julie B. Savino, Associate Vice President of Student Financial Assistance Corrective action: The University remains committed to maintaining compliance with federal requirements and ensuring accurate Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) verification. Staff will continue to receive verification training through internal and external means to ensure the accuracy ofthe verification requirements. To address the identified issues, the University will strengthen verification policies and procedures by adding controls to prevent data entry errors. As part ofthese improvements, a secondary review process will require a Director level staff member to evaluate any Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR) updates or changes before finalizing the Student Aid Index (SAI) (previously known as Estimated Family Contribution EFC). Proposed completion date: April 15, 2025
Finding 539478 (2024-009)
Significant Deficiency 2024
Special Tests and Provisions Direct Loan Reconciliation – Assistance Listing No. 84.063, 84.268 Recommendation: We recommend the College design controls to ensure an adequate review process is in place to ensure compliance with reporting requirements. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding:...
Special Tests and Provisions Direct Loan Reconciliation – Assistance Listing No. 84.063, 84.268 Recommendation: We recommend the College design controls to ensure an adequate review process is in place to ensure compliance with reporting requirements. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: The Financial Aid director will institute a documented review of the Direct Loan reconciliations prepared by Campus Ivy or future third-party processors. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Levi Powell, Student Financial Aid Director Planned completion date for corrective action plan: 6/30/2025
Finding 539476 (2024-008)
Significant Deficiency 2024
Special Tests and Provisions 240 Day Checks – Assistance Listing No. 84.063, 84.268 Recommendation: We recommend the College design controls to ensure an adequate review process is in place to ensure compliance with reporting requirements. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no...
Special Tests and Provisions 240 Day Checks – Assistance Listing No. 84.063, 84.268 Recommendation: We recommend the College design controls to ensure an adequate review process is in place to ensure compliance with reporting requirements. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: The Financial Aid office along with Student Accounts and the Business Office at Urshan University will collaborate on an SOP which will establish a process of reviewing any outstanding Title IV checks. Checks will be reissued as necessary to ensure the university stays compliant with all Title IV regulations. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Levi Powell, Student Financial Aid Director Planned completion date for corrective action plan: 6/30/2025
Finding 539474 (2024-007)
Significant Deficiency 2024
Eligibility – Assistance Listing No. 84.063, 84.268 Recommendation: We recommend the College design controls to ensure an adequate review process is in place to ensure compliance with reporting requirements. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit fin...
Eligibility – Assistance Listing No. 84.063, 84.268 Recommendation: We recommend the College design controls to ensure an adequate review process is in place to ensure compliance with reporting requirements. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: The Financial Aid office will be implementing an SOP which will document a review process of work done by the third-party processor, to include COD reporting, and Verification procedures. We will also be implementing a process to review students who need to complete their exit counseling. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Levi Powell, Student Financial Aid Director Planned completion date for corrective action plan: 6/30/2025
View Audit 350009 Questioned Costs: $1
Special Tests and Provisions R2T4 – Assistance Listing No. 84.063, 84.268 Recommendation: We recommend the College design controls to ensure an adequate review process is in place to ensure compliance with reporting requirements. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreeme...
Special Tests and Provisions R2T4 – Assistance Listing No. 84.063, 84.268 Recommendation: We recommend the College design controls to ensure an adequate review process is in place to ensure compliance with reporting requirements. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: The Financial Aid office will be crafting a new SOP to address R2T4 audit findings. The team will work more closely with the Registrar and Academic Deans when determining the withdrawal status of a student and make sure that the R2T4 documentation is accurately completed, a review of completed R2T4s will also be conducted. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Levi Powell, Student Financial Aid Director Planned completion date for corrective action plan: 6/30/2025
View Audit 350009 Questioned Costs: $1
Finding 539468 (2024-004)
Significant Deficiency 2024
Special Tests and Provisions Enrollment Reporting – Assistance Listing No. 84.063, 84.268 Recommendation: We recommend the College provide additional resources to ensure all compliance requirements are met. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit find...
Special Tests and Provisions Enrollment Reporting – Assistance Listing No. 84.063, 84.268 Recommendation: We recommend the College provide additional resources to ensure all compliance requirements are met. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: A new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is being created, which will address enrollment reporting concerns. The Financial Aid office will work with the Registrar to increase communication between offices and eliminate enrollment reporting errors. The Financial Aid office will also improve reporting to the third-party processor, so that timely and accurate information is uploaded to NSLDS. Furthermore, a recurring review of the third-party’s reporting to NSLDS will be instituted. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Levi Powell, Director of Financial Aid Planned completion date for corrective action plan: 6/30/2025
Condition: Of the 40 students selected for enrollment reporting testing, 1 student did not have their program-level status change updated appropriately and another student was not updated from less than half time to withdrawn by the University's third party administrator. Planned Corrective Action: ...
Condition: Of the 40 students selected for enrollment reporting testing, 1 student did not have their program-level status change updated appropriately and another student was not updated from less than half time to withdrawn by the University's third party administrator. Planned Corrective Action: Clearinghouse reporting process has been reassessed, and error reporting will be completed weekly. Training will be done for registrar staff on process, and how to verify information has successfully been accepted by NSLDS. The Registrar's office will work closely with Financial Aid to verify enrollment updates and complete error resolution. Contact person responsible for corrective action: Callie Zake, Senior Director Student Financial Services Anticipated Completion Date: June 30, 2025
Condition: There was a lack of internal controls in place related to the return of Title IV funds. Planned Corrective Action: Director will update academic calendar on COD R2TIV calculator yearly and verify dates and length of breaks are correct. The University will continue to have the Senior Fina...
Condition: There was a lack of internal controls in place related to the return of Title IV funds. Planned Corrective Action: Director will update academic calendar on COD R2TIV calculator yearly and verify dates and length of breaks are correct. The University will continue to have the Senior Financial Aid Advisor complete R2TIV and the Director will sign off on calculations. Contact person responsible for corrective action: Callie Zake, Senior Director Student Financial Services Anticipated Completion Date: June 30, 2025
View Audit 349964 Questioned Costs: $1
Recommendation: CLA recommends the University review its reporting procedures to ensure the students' statuses are accurately reported to NSLDS as required by regulations. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to fin...
Recommendation: CLA recommends the University review its reporting procedures to ensure the students' statuses are accurately reported to NSLDS as required by regulations. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: By reviewing the ordering of internal processes and procedures St. Thomas determined two internal processes ran out of order causing incorrect reporting. Procedural documentation has been updated and training provided to ensure this error is not repeated. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Yuko Kachinsky: yuko.kachinsky@stthomas.edu Planned completion date for corrective action plan: A process error was identified and corrected in August 2024.
Contact Person: Travis Mickey, Registrar Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Action: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. The College will collaborate with NSC to evaluate the errors in the file transmissions and to develop procedures to minimize further errors in ...
Contact Person: Travis Mickey, Registrar Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Action: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. The College will collaborate with NSC to evaluate the errors in the file transmissions and to develop procedures to minimize further errors in the future. More specifically, the College will review the reporting procedures for withdrawn and graduating students to ensure the correct information is transmitted to NSLDS. Anticipated Completion Date: 6/30/2025
Verification Planned Corrective Action: We will periodically review students selected for verification with a status of verification not completed to ensure they did not receive need based federal aid. Person Responsible for Corrective Action Plan: Andrea Ruth, Director of Financial Aid Anticipated...
Verification Planned Corrective Action: We will periodically review students selected for verification with a status of verification not completed to ensure they did not receive need based federal aid. Person Responsible for Corrective Action Plan: Andrea Ruth, Director of Financial Aid Anticipated Date of Completion: 3/22/2025
View Audit 349900 Questioned Costs: $1
Finding 539367 (2024-001)
Significant Deficiency 2024
Incorrect Return of Title IV (R2T4) Funds Calculations and Untimely Returns Planned Corrective Action: When this was identified last year, the Director of Financial Aid Office spent the next year working with the Department of Education as they conducted two separate reviews. The first review was c...
Incorrect Return of Title IV (R2T4) Funds Calculations and Untimely Returns Planned Corrective Action: When this was identified last year, the Director of Financial Aid Office spent the next year working with the Department of Education as they conducted two separate reviews. The first review was completed and we were notified that everything was good. The second review recently concluded via an exit interview where we were notified that a final report would be sent to us within the next two months. Additionally, the Director of Financial Aid has been working with the IT department, the Registrar’s Office, and our Academic Technology department to streamline the identification of students who need a R2T4 completed. This has been an ongoing process in the midst of the program reviews and getting clarification and guidance from the Department of Education, coupled with the FAFSA issues, continued to cause further delays with R2T4 calculations. Person Responsible for Corrective Action Plan: Andrea Ruth, Director of Financial Aid Anticipated Date of Completion: 3/22/2025
View Audit 349900 Questioned Costs: $1
Recommendation: We recommend that the University strengthen its internal controls over reporting student enrollment changes to NSLDS to ensure that enrollment effective dates are reported to NSLDS within 60 days of an enrollment status change and that enrollment is being properly certified every 60 ...
Recommendation: We recommend that the University strengthen its internal controls over reporting student enrollment changes to NSLDS to ensure that enrollment effective dates are reported to NSLDS within 60 days of an enrollment status change and that enrollment is being properly certified every 60 days. Explanation of Disagreement with Audit Finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action in Response to Finding: Portland State University relies on a third party, National Student Clearinghouse, to report student enrollment status changes to the NSLDS. Fall 2023 and Winter 2024 enrollment certification files were provided to NSC for relay to NSLDS. Despite this, these enrollment files were never provided to NSLDS and as such the students status change, effective September 26, 2023, was not certified within the NSLDS until May 3, 2024. We are researching why these enrollment certification files were never provided to the NSLDS. Name of the Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Nicolle DuPont, Associate Registrar Planned Completion Date for Corrective Action Plan: April 2025
Recommendation: CLA recommends that the University review the requirement and implement a control to monitor outstanding checks throughout the year. In addition, for the checks outstandings greater than 240 days, the University should return the funding to the U.S. Department of Education. Explanat...
Recommendation: CLA recommends that the University review the requirement and implement a control to monitor outstanding checks throughout the year. In addition, for the checks outstandings greater than 240 days, the University should return the funding to the U.S. Department of Education. Explanation of Disagreement with Audit Finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding Action in Response to Finding: The process during the current year has been to review the list of checks every 30 days but this has caused a failure in preventing checks from being returned after the 240 day mark. To rectify this, the Accountant II will review the comprehensive list on a monthly basis as well as checks that are in the future to ensure that we are not surpassing the 240 day mark by waiting for the next month to return. In addition, a report has been created to be delivered weekly that looks at all checks that are over 220 days old as a back up to ensure that no check is being missed and going over the 240 days requirement. Name of the Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Megan Looney, Director of Student Financial Services Planned Completion Date for Corrective Action Plan: March 2025
Finding 539258 (2024-710)
Significant Deficiency 2024
Planned Corrective Action: The financial aid office will report enrollment of unofficial withdrawals/last date of attendance on NSLDS upon completion of the Return to Title IV calculations and when unofficial withdrawals are reviewed at the end of each term. The Registrar's Office will review NSC G ...
Planned Corrective Action: The financial aid office will report enrollment of unofficial withdrawals/last date of attendance on NSLDS upon completion of the Return to Title IV calculations and when unofficial withdrawals are reviewed at the end of each term. The Registrar's Office will review NSC G (graduated) not applied reports after submitting degree verify files and corrections will be made, if needed, within 30 day period after submission. Anticipated completion date: financial aid has already acted on this beginning Fall 2024. Registrar's office will begin review of "G Not Applied" reportsbeginning Spring 2025. Person responsiblef or correctiveaction: Financial aid MIchelle Lamb, lamb@uwosh.edu, Alison Casady, casadya@uwosh.edu, Julia Bodette, bodettej@uwosh.edu
Finding 539257 (2024-709)
Significant Deficiency 2024
Planned Corrective Action: As soon as UW-Milwaukee was notified during the LAB review process that enrollment status effective dates were being reported incorrectly, we took action to correct this issue. While a permanent fix to the extract process from PeopleSoft is dependent on Oracle providing a ...
Planned Corrective Action: As soon as UW-Milwaukee was notified during the LAB review process that enrollment status effective dates were being reported incorrectly, we took action to correct this issue. While a permanent fix to the extract process from PeopleSoft is dependent on Oracle providing a reliable solution to the issue or UW-Milwaukee Information Technology rewriting a custom process and therefore outside of the immediate control of the Registrar’s Office, the Registrar’s Office did immediately start using the “mass correction” feature for the 1800 series warnings provided by the NSC. This will result in enrollment status effective dates which fulfil the Department of Education’s requirements. Since utilizing the “mass correction” option increases the amount of time needed to work through NSC error and warning reports, the Registrar’s Office is hopeful that a more permanent reliable solution on the SIS level will be coming in the future. In the meantime, we will continue to utilize the mass correction option to ensure that enrollment status effective dates are only changed if a student’s enrollment status changes, per the Department of Education’s requirements. UW-Milwaukee Registrar’s Office staff reviewed the records of the five individuals that LAB indicated did not have accurate data reported to the NSLDS. We discovered that the data was reported accurately for enrollment status changes, which would result in a change in effective date. However, it appears that the NSLDS roster request schedule differs from UW-Milwaukee’s enrollment reporting schedule to the NSC. UWMilwaukee reports enrollment information to the NSC on the third Tuesday of each month. It looks like the NSLDS does a roster request at the beginning of the third week of each month. We will investigate if it is possible to adjust our NSC submission schedule to move up by one week, so new data should be available for the mid-month NSLDS roster request. Anticipated Completion Date: May 1, 2025 Person responsible for corrective action: Emily Bach, Records Coordinator UW-Milwaukee Registrar’s Office ecbach@uwm.edu
Finding 539256 (2024-708)
Significant Deficiency 2024
Planned Corrective Action: UW-Madison’s Office of Student Financial Aid (OSFA) and Registrar’s Office (RO) reviewed the enrollment reporting recommendations cited in Finding 2024-708 and corrected error reports as appropriate. UW-Madison will review procedures to report all changes in student enroll...
Planned Corrective Action: UW-Madison’s Office of Student Financial Aid (OSFA) and Registrar’s Office (RO) reviewed the enrollment reporting recommendations cited in Finding 2024-708 and corrected error reports as appropriate. UW-Madison will review procedures to report all changes in student enrollment accurately, completely, and in a timely manner for all instances that require reporting. OSFA and RO will review and update internal procedures to ensure that the date that a student is unofficially withdrawn is communicated and reported consistently between the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) and the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) as appropriate. Prior to the LAB’s review, UW-Madison discovered and corrected issues relating to program enrollment status in NSC and NSLDS. As of November 2024, updates were made for all retroactive instances using appropriate conferral dates and accurate “G - Graduated” statuses. The long-term solution includes the creation of a “Graduates Only Enrollment” file which includes all students who have been reported as enrolled, not withdrawn in a given term and who have earned their degree in each of UW-Madison’s three degree conferral dates. This enrollment file will trigger an enrollment status update that occurs outside of the automatic NSC process. UW-Madison has updated procedures and now uses the NSC extract process to comply with the NSLDS and NSC reporting procedures for program-level enrollment status effective dates. For the beginning of the Fall 2025 term, UW-Madison will update procedures and extract logic from the student information system to ensure accuracy in the reporting of program begin dates. In the meantime, the RO team has reviewed, tested, and updated the process to ensure previously inaccurate program begin dates are corrected. Anticipated Completion Date: September 30, 2025 Person responsible for corrective action: Beth Warner Registrar Office – Division of Enrollment Mangement beth.warner@wisc.edu
Finding 539252 (2024-704)
Significant Deficiency 2024
Interim corrective actions: These cases involved situations where students dropped courses before withdrawing (officially or unofficially) from all courses. UW-River Falls did not have a system in place to review course participation for courses which students dropped prior to withdrawal, although i...
Interim corrective actions: These cases involved situations where students dropped courses before withdrawing (officially or unofficially) from all courses. UW-River Falls did not have a system in place to review course participation for courses which students dropped prior to withdrawal, although it has procedures in place to review course participation for enrolled courses at the time of withdrawal and when students are assigned failing grades. For Fall Semester 2024: Existing procedures: 1. Official withdrawals: Students officially withdrawing from the University must complete an electronic form which collects instructor verification of course participation. The Financial Aid office receives this form once it has been processed by the Registrar’s office. Students reported as not having participated in courses have their financial aid adjusted prior to calculating a return to Title IV funds. 2. Unofficial withdrawals: Instructors assigning failing grades to students must report student’s course participation or non-participation and, if available, a last date of course participation. Following the grading deadline, a report listing all students who never participated in classes is run and students found to have failed courses due to non-participation have their financial aid adjusted prior to calculating a return to Title IV funds. Additional procedure instituted: 3. Learning management system review: Students who withdraw (officially or unofficially) and who dropped courses prior to withdrawing had their dropped courses reviewed in the Learning Management System (LMS). Students who submitted assignments as recorded in the system were determined to have begun participation in the course. Students who submitted no assignments were determined to not have participated in the course and financial aid was adjusted prior to calculating a return to Title IV funds. For Spring Semester 2025: Existing procedures: 1. Procedures 1,2, and 3 from Fall Semester 2024 continue to be employed for Spring semester 2025. Additional procedures: 2. Expanding the LMS review to Pell grant students with dropped courses: Students with disbursed Pell Grants who drop courses after the Pell grant census date now have these courses reviewed to determine if the student began attendance before dropping the course, using the same procedure as #3 above.Instructor course participation verification: After the 3rd week of classes for Spring 2025, UWRiver Fall requested that instructors report students who had not begun participation in their courses. This report is currently being reviewed and students with Pell grants will be evaluated to determine if an adjustment to the student’s enrollment intensity is needed to ensure that the disbursed Pell grant is accurate. Student who have begun participation in no enrolled courses will be reviewed for possible return of all Title IV funds. Future additional corrective actions: 1. UW-River Falls will pursue making course participation verification by instructors during the first month of the semester an administrative policy and develop formal procedures for surveying instructors and reporting students found to not have begun participation in a course or courses to the Financial Aid office for adjustments to their disbursed Title IV aid. 2. UW-River Falls will pursue adding an instructor course participation step to the course drop form currently in use by the Registrar’s office. Anticipated Completion Date: Interim actions were implemented in September 2024 and February 2025. Permanent action expected by Spring 2026. Person(s) responsible for corrective action: Cindy Holbrook, Executive Director of Enrollment Management Cindy.Holbrook@uwrf.edu 715-425-3500 Robert Bode, Director of Financial Aid and Military/Veterans Resource Center Robert.Bode@uwrf.edu 715-425-3141 Kelly Browning, University Registrar Kelly.Browning@uwrf.edu 715-425-3342 Responsible Unit Division of Enrollment Mangagement
View Audit 349896 Questioned Costs: $1
Finding 539250 (2024-700)
Significant Deficiency 2024
Planned Corrective Action: Financial Aid will continue to reconcile Direct Loans and the Federal Pell Grant programs with the Department of Education through the Common Origination and Disbursement system. The loan coordinator and Pell Grant manager will confirm SIS amounts reconcile with WISER mont...
Planned Corrective Action: Financial Aid will continue to reconcile Direct Loans and the Federal Pell Grant programs with the Department of Education through the Common Origination and Disbursement system. The loan coordinator and Pell Grant manager will confirm SIS amounts reconcile with WISER monthly, at minimum. If there are any discrepancies, the Controller will be contacted to assist with internal reconciliation of funds. Anticipated Completion Date: Will begin corrective action Spring 2025 Person responsible for corrective action: Alison Casady, Director of Financial Aid; casadya@uwosh.edu In conjunction with Direct Loan coordinator: Ashley Hass; hassa@uwosh.edu Pell Grant program manager: Elizabeth Bloedow; bloedowe@uwosh.edu Controller: Mai Lee; Financial Services; leemai@uwosh.edu
Finding 539166 (2024-001)
Significant Deficiency 2024
Finding 2024-001 Special Tests and Provisions - Enrollment Reporting Compliance and Internal Control Contact person(s) responsible for corrective action – Dennis Madigan, VP of Administration and Finance Anticipated completion date – Completed in July 2024 Corrective Action Federal Student Aid proc...
Finding 2024-001 Special Tests and Provisions - Enrollment Reporting Compliance and Internal Control Contact person(s) responsible for corrective action – Dennis Madigan, VP of Administration and Finance Anticipated completion date – Completed in July 2024 Corrective Action Federal Student Aid processing has moved to Bay Path University effective 7/1/24. Responsible Party: Dennis Madigan, VP Administration and Finance
Finding 539160 (2024-004)
Significant Deficiency 2024
Return of Title IV (R2T4) Calculations Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants; Federal Work Study Program; Federal Pell Grant Program; Federal Direct Student Loans – Assistance Listing No. 84.007; 84.033; 84.063; 84.268 Recommendation: We recommend that the University review the R2T4 re...
Return of Title IV (R2T4) Calculations Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants; Federal Work Study Program; Federal Pell Grant Program; Federal Direct Student Loans – Assistance Listing No. 84.007; 84.033; 84.063; 84.268 Recommendation: We recommend that the University review the R2T4 requirements and implement procedures to ensure that scheduled breaks and correct withdrawal dates are properly factored into the calculations. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to the finding: Felician University has evaluated and updated our procedures in overseeing R2T4 requirements and will implement procedures to ensure that scheduled breaks and correct withdrawal dates are properly factored into the calculations. Appropriate staff have been notified, and management will monitor this issue regularly during the year to ensure compliance. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Kathy Prieto, Director of Financial Aid Planned completion date for corrective action plan: April 1st, 2025.
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Finding 539156 (2024-003)
Significant Deficiency 2024
Title IV Credit Refunds Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants; Federal Work Study Program; Federal Pell Grant Program; Federal Direct Student Loans – Assistance Listing No. 84.007, 84.033, 84.063, 84.268 Recommendation: We recommend the University evaluate its procedures and review pol...
Title IV Credit Refunds Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants; Federal Work Study Program; Federal Pell Grant Program; Federal Direct Student Loans – Assistance Listing No. 84.007, 84.033, 84.063, 84.268 Recommendation: We recommend the University evaluate its procedures and review policies in overseeing student credit balances to ensure credit balances are returned within the required 14-day timeframe. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to the finding: Felician University has evaluated and updated our procedures in overseeing student credit balances to ensure credit balances are returned within the required 14-day timeframe and notified the appropriate staff. Management will monitor this regularly during the year to ensure compliance. Names(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Mariela Henriquez, Director of Student Accounts Planned completion date for corrective action plan: April 1st, 2025.
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