Finding Text
Federal Program: Student Financial Assistance Cluster, Federal Direct Student Loans
Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Education
Assistance Listing Number: 84.268
Federal Award Year: June 30, 2024
Criteria: Title IV regulations (34 CFR Section 685.309(b)) require that upon receipt of an enrollment
from the Secretary, institutions must update all information included in the report and return the report
to the Secretary: (i) in the manner and format prescribed by the Secretary; and (ii) within the
timeframe prescribed by the Secretary. Unless it expects to submit its next updated enrollment report
to the Secretary within the next 60 days, an institution must notify the Secretary within 30 days after
the date the institution discovers that: (i) a loan under Title IV of the Act was made to or on behalf of a
student who was enrolled or accepted for enrollment at the institution, and the student has ceased to
be enrolled on at least a half-time basis or failed to enroll on at least a half-time basis for the period
for which the loan was intended; or (ii) a student who is enrolled at the institution and who received a
loan under Title IV of the Act has changed his or her permanent address.
Condition: The University did not notify the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) in a timely
manner for 2 withdrawn students in our sample of 25 students. Upon further review of all students
who withdrew, a total of 16 of 72 students who withdrew were not reported to the NSLDS. The
sample was not a statistically valid sample.
Questioned Costs: There are no questioned costs associated with this finding.
Cause: The University's procedures for reporting all students were not designed appropriately in order
to allow for timely reporting to the NSLDS.
Effect: The accuracy of Title IV student loan records depends heavily on the accuracy of the
enrollment information reported by schools. If an institution does not review, update and verify the
student’s enrollment status, effective dates of the enrollment status and the anticipated completion
dates, then the Title IV student loan records will be inaccurate.
Recommendation: We recommend that the University review its procedures for student status
changes and NSLDS notifications to ensure there are follow-up and review procedures being
performed for all students with status changes at the University.
Management Response: The University acknowledges and concurs with the finding. The University
converted to a new financial aid system during the audit period, which corrected the software error
that resulted in the finding.