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 […]
Revert Sections to In-Progress for FVT/GE Reporting
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 the steps for reverting sections to “In-Progress” that were completed for the same reporting cycle. Logging on to the Financial Value Transparency & Gainful Employment Reporting […]
Student Level Report Resolution for Common NSLDS Errors
After the Clearinghouse sends your Student Level Report to the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS), NSLDS either sends back an error report (1+ error records) or acknowledgement (zero error records). After we receive the NSLDS error report, the Clearinghouse sends a system-generated email from schoolops@studentclearinghouse.org to administrators who have […]
Your Checklist for Successful FVT/GE Reporting
1. Sign-Up and Set-Up If you have not already signed your Financial Value Transparency (FVT) and Gainful Employment (GE) Service agreement, please contact us to request an FVT/GE service amendment. Once you receive an email from SchoolOps@studentclearinghouse.org confirming your signed SAIG form was received and your FVT/GE service officially activated, […]
Program Level Report Errors and Warnings Resolution
Once your institution uploads the Program Level Report file, the Clearinghouse will process the data and conduct validations against strict field-level definitions and standards. If our Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment (FVT/GE) system flags errors on the uploaded Program Level file, you will be presented with a list of […]