In early 2026, the Clearinghouse will deploy an enhancement to help ensure student name and date of birth (DOB) are current and consistent with the identifiers in the NSLDS student profile.
The FVT/GE Reporting Deadlines Are Almost Here ─ Are You Ready?
FVT/GE deadlines are coming up — make sure to submit all required reporting by September 30 (2024 Reporting Cycle) and October 1 (2025 Reporting Cycle), and check out our resources to help you navigate the reporting process smoothly.
File Submissions vs. Individual Student Updates: Strategies to Expedite Processing
A look at when you should submit student record changes via scheduled enrollment files submissions versus individual online updates.
WATCH: “Financial Value Transparency & Gainful Employment – Round 1 Complete – What’s Next?”
Learn the Clearinghouse’s lessons learned from the first round of FVT/GE reporting and how we are going to apply those lessons to future reporting cycles and enhancements to our FVT/GE platform.
Graduated (G) Status Reporting Guide
When reporting enrollment to the Clearinghouse, it is important to report accurate and timely data. The Department of Education (ED)’s National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) requires enrollment status changes to be sent from the Clearinghouse to the NSLDS within 60 days of your school’s date of determination that a […]
New & More Secure Reporting Method, “Data Upload,” Coming Soon!
The National Student Clearinghouse will release a data upload option for reporting enrollment, advanced registration, and DegreeVerify files in early May 2025. Data upload is the most state-of-the-art solution for transmitting files, and offers many benefits, including double encryption for enhanced security.
Guidelines for Requesting an Ad hoc Completers List
The National Student Clearinghouse’s FVT/GE reporting solution helps you comply with Financial Value Transparency & Gainful Employment (FVT/GE) requirements. This guide takes you through how and when to request an ad hoc draft Completers List on the NSLDS site. Ad hoc draft completers lists are sent from NSLDS to the […]
Troubleshooting: Uploading the Program Level Report & Managing Errors
Columns A-J, Q, R, (and, if applicable, K, T, V, X, and Z) will be pre-populated for all programs based on the enrollment data and the two most recently completed Award Year files in the Student Level Report submitted to the Clearinghouse by your institution. We do not recommend that […]
Student Level Report Invalid Flag and Students in Multiple Programs
The National Student Clearinghouse’s FVT/GE reporting solution helps you comply with Financial Value Transparency & Gainful Employment (FVT/GE) requirements. This resource provides guidance to properly report TA and AA values. A critical piece for inputting data is first determining if an invalid flag option applies to the student record. The […]
Troubleshooting: Uploading Student Cohort Files & Managing Errors
General Tips Columns A-M, V, X, and AJ (if you report College Student IDs) will be pre-populated with enrollment data your institution reported to the Clearinghouse. We recommend that you do not add, remove, or update student records that are pre-populated on the Clearinghouse-generated cohort files. If when you upload […]