Finding Text
Assistance Listing Number, Federal Agency, and Program Name ‑ Department of Education ‑ Federal Direct Student Loan Program ALN No. 84.268 and Federal Pell Grant Program ALN No. 84.063
Federal Award Identification Number and Year ‑ Various
Pass‑through Entity ‑ N/A
Finding Type ‑ Significant deficiency
Repeat Finding ‑ Yes ‑ 2022‑004, 2021‑004, 2020‑004, and 2019‑001
Criteria ‑ Changes in a student’s status are required to be reported to the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) or the guarantee agency within 30 days of the change or included in a student status confirmation report sent to NSLDS within 60 days of the status change (34 CFR Section 682.610).
Condition ‑ The University did not report certain students' status to NSLDS in a timely manner during the fiscal year.
Questioned Costs ‑ None
Identification of How Questioned Costs Were Computed ‑ N/A
Context ‑ Of the 31 students tested, there were 6 students whose status changes were not reported to the NSLDS within 60 days.
Cause and Effect ‑ The University does not have adequate controls or processes in place to ensure status changes are reported to the NSLDS timely. As a result, certain student status changes were not reported timely to the NSLDS.
Recommendation ‑ The University should implement controls to ensure student status changes are reported timely to the NSLDS.
Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions ‑ The University team will review status updates for all students that continue enrollment from one semester to another (May to summer) to be sure their previous and new status both appear in NSLDS. All the students that were identified had continued with a new degree program in the summer, so the corrective action plan we are implementing will catch any issue before their new enrollment information is updated to NSLDS.