Finding Text
SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY
2024-002
Federal Program
Student Financial Assistance Cluster
Compliance requirements
Special Tests and Provisions – Enrollment Reporting
Criteria or specific requirement
Institutions must review, update, and certify student enrollment statuses, program information, and effective dates that appear on the Enrollment Reporting Roster files or on the Enrollment Maintenance page of the NSLDS Professional Access website.
Condition
During testing, we identified that 6 of the 60 students tested did not have an enrollment status change properly reported.
Context
Two students had an incorrect effective date reported for their status change, and the other four did not have a status change properly reported.
Cause
The causes of the enrollment reporting errors were a mixture of human error, miscommunications between departments, and technology issues.
Effect
Enrollment status changes were not correctly reported for all students.
Recommendation
We recommend that the College review its controls to ensure that accurate enrollment information is reported to NSLDS.
Views of responsible officials
See Corrective Action Plan.