Finding Text
Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Education
Federal Program Name: Student Financial Aid Cluster
Assistance Listing Number: 84.063 & 84.268
Federal Award Identification Number and Year: P063P242442-2024 & P268K242442-2024
Award Period: July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024
Type of Finding:
• Significant Deficiency in Internal Control over Compliance
• Other Matters
Criteria or specific requirement: 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.
Condition: The University failed to reconcile the enrollment statuses and effective dates per their records to the enrollment information per NSLDS.
Questioned costs: None
Context: During the reporting window, the University went through a software update. As a result of this update, three students were identified to have inaccurate enrollment information transmitted during the transition.
Cause: The University's internal controls failed to detect that the data reported and posted to NSLDS did not agree to the University's records.
Effect: There is a risk that students have the incorrect NSLDS enrollment information, which can result in improper financial aid amounts being awarded.
Repeat Finding: The finding is not a repeat finding.
Recommendation: We recommend that the University review its enrollment certification batches subsequent to being posted by NSLDS.
Views of responsible officials: There is no disagreement with the audit finding.