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Federal Program Information: Federal Direct Student Loan Program (ALN#: 84.268), Federal Pell Grant Program (ALN#: 84.063)
Criteria or Specific Requirement: N. Special Tests and Provisions – Campus Level Enrollment Reporting Institutions are required to report enrollment information under the Pell grant and the Direct and FFEL loan programs via the NSLDS (OMB No. 1845-0035), although FFEL loans are no longer made or a part of the SFA Cluster, a student may have a FFEL loan from previous years that would require enrollment reporting for that student (Pell, 34 CFR 690.83(b)(2); FFEL, 34 CFR 682.610; Direct Loan, 34 CFR 685.309; Perkins 34 CFR 674.19(f)). The administration of the Title IV programs depends heavily on the accuracy and timeliness of the enrollment information reported by institutions. Institutions must review, update, and certify student enrollment statuses, program information, and effective dates that appear on the Enrollment Reporting Roster file or on the Enrollment Maintenance page of the NSLDS Professional Access (NSLDSFAP) website which the financial aid administrator can access for the auditor. The data on the institution’s Enrollment Reporting Roster, or Enrollment Maintenance page, is what NSLDS has as the most recently certified enrollment. There are two categories of enrollment information, “Campus Level” and “Program Level,” both of which need to be reported accurately and have separate record types.
Condition: An instance was identified where a student’s status was not accurately reported.
Cause: Administrative oversight with respect to Campus Level enrollment reporting compliance requirements.
Effect or Potential Effect: The University was not in compliance with the Campus Level enrollment reporting compliance requirements.
Questioned Costs: None.
Context: For 1 of 25 students selected for testing, the student status was not accurately reported in NSLDS.
Repeat Finding: There was no similar finding identified during the prior year.
Recommendation: We recommend the University enhance its procedures to ensure Campus Level enrollment reporting is submitted accurately.
Views of Responsible Officials: The University Financial Aid Office will work alongside the Registrar’s Office to identify and correct any enrollment reporting errors which may arise. Corrections may include subsequent reporting to the Clearinghouse and/or manual reporting to NSLDS.