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Incorrect Enrollment Reporting to National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) Material Weakness DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ALN #: 84.268 Federal Direct Student Loans and 84.063 Federal Pell Grants Federal Award Identification #: 2024-2025 Financial Aid Year Condition: The University did not report enrollment and program information to the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) in a timely and accurate manner. Criteria: 34 CFR 685.309 Questioned Costs: $0 Context: Out of 60 students tested, 6 students were not reported correctly for campus enrollment, and 7 students were not reported correctly for program enrollment. All campus enrollments were corrected during the audit process. Cause: The University contracted with a third-party servicer to assist with enrollment reporting. For program enrollment, certain CIP codes were mapped to one code in NSLDS, which resulted in the students not being reported accurately. For the campus enrollment, three students were not reported as graduated, and three students were withdrawals and did not have the correct effective date reported. Of the six students who were not reported correctly for campus enrollment, three of them did not have any loans, so there was no impact on these students. Effect: Inaccurate reporting can impact a student’s loan grace period in school deferment eligibility, beginning loan repayments, appropriate interest charges, etc. Identification as repeat finding, if applicable: Yes, 2024-001 Recommendation: We recommend the University work with the third-party servicer to properly map CIP codes and determine how campus enrollment data can be pulled out of the system to appropriately update NSLDS. Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Action: Management agrees with the finding. See corrective action plan.