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: P063P224177, P268K234177
Award Period:
• 84.063: March 23, 2022 to August 31, 2023
• 84.268: July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023
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 effective dates per their records to the enrollment effective dates per NSLDS.
Questioned costs: There are no questioned costs.
Context: 1) One (1) student was found to have been reported to NSC, but they were not subsequently reported to NSLDS. 2) Two (2) students had different NSLDS campus level effective dates when compared to the University's records. 3) Seventeen (17 students had different NSLDS program level effective dates when compared to the University's records.
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 effective date, which can be essential for other political criteria.
Repeat finding: No
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.