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Federal Program Information: Federal Pell Grant Program (ALN 84.063), Federal Direct Student Loans (ALN 84.268) Criteria or Specific Requirement: N. Special Tests and Provisions ? Enrollment Reporting ? Institutions are required to report enrollment information under the Pell grant and the Direct and Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) loan programs via the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) (OMB No. 1845-0035), although FFEL loans are no longer made or a part of the Student Financial Assistance 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). Institutions must review, update, and verify 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. The data on the institution?s Enrollment Reporting Roster, or Enrollment Maintenance page, is what NSLDS has as the most recently certified enrollment information. 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. The NSLDS Enrollment Reporting Guide provides the requirements and guidance for reporting enrollment details using the NSLDS Enrollment Reporting Process. Institutions are responsible for timely reporting, whether they report directly or via a third-party servicer. Institutions must complete and return within 15 days the Enrollment Reporting roster file placed in their Student Aid Internet Gateway (SAIG) (OMB No. 1845-0002) mailboxes sent by ED via NSLDS. After the institution submits the Enrollment Reporting roster to NSLDS, NSLDS evaluates the Enrollment Reporting roster and provides the institution an Error/Acknowledgement file. If errors are identified, institutions have 10 days to correct the errors and resubmit to NSLDS. Condition: Campus Level: Certain students? enrollment status changes were not reported to NSLDS. Program Level: Significant data elements were inaccurately reported for certain students. Additionally, error records were not corrected within the required timeframe. Cause: Administrative oversight. Effect or Potential Effect: The University was not in compliance with the enrollment reporting requirements. Questioned Costs: None. Context: For 2 of 40 campus level records tested, the University did not report the student?s graduated status to NSLDS. For 2 of 25 program level records tested, the University did not accurately report the student?s enrollment status to NSLDS. For 3 of 25 program level records tested, the University did not accurately report the student?s enrollment effective date to NSLDS. Errors identified in two Error/Acknowledgment files received during fiscal year 2022 were not corrected within 10 days. Identification as a Repeat Finding: There was no similar finding identified during the prior year. Recommendation: We recommend the University enhance its procedures over enrollment reporting to ensure students? enrollment statuses are accurately reported to NSLDS. Views of Responsible Officials: Although the Registrar?s Office has experienced turnover in leadership and staff roles in recent years, the remaining staff has adapted and taken on additional duties, as needed. This past summer, the office regained their sense of stability with the hiring of a staff member and a Registrar. The office is continuously cross-training all team members so duties are cross-checked, shared by at least two team members, and completed in a timely manner. The reports used by this office will be reviewed on a frequent basis to ensure information is being reported as it was intended. Team is also meeting with other departments to ensure information is shared consistently which will ensure accurate reporting to Clearinghouse and other agencies.