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PDP Knowledge Base > PDP Service Updates > Get More from PDP This Spring: Tips, Tools & What’s New

Get More from PDP This Spring: Tips, Tools & What’s New

Mar 18, 2026

This Postsecondary Data Partnership (PDP) update is focused on helping your team get greater value from your data — faster, clearer, and with less effort.

PDP PowerUp: Tips & Tools for You

Submit Smarter

Submitting your data accurately and efficiently is key to getting the most from PDP. Use these resources to prepare your files for data submission.

Learn from Our Experts

Each week, our PDP experts share practical tips on the Clearinghouse’s social media channels, including LinkedIn.

Use Our Newest Tools

  • Download: The PDP Mapping Tool to align cohort and course files with submission requirements.
  • Coming soon: An Analysis‑Ready (AR) Toolbox, featuring tools developed by PDP partners, on the PDP Knowledge Base

Get Help from the PDP Team

A New PDP Dashboard Experience Is Coming

In March, we’ll release redesigned PDP dashboards, based on user feedback, that make trends clearer, navigation easier, and comparisons faster — while continuing to use the metrics you know and trust.

What’s new:

  • Clearer trend indicators over time
  • Faster, more consistent cohort comparisons
  • Easier navigation across related metrics

Register for “Introducing the Next Generation of PDP Dashboards”

Join PDP Account Manager Mandy Bailey on April 2 for “Introducing the Next Generation of PDP Dashboards.” You’ll see how the new design simplifies navigation and highlights trends more clearly—plus preview the completely reenvisioned Subgroup Gap Analysis that allows users to look across all PDP metrics.

Invoice Reminder

Your PDP invoice will be emailed from NSCBilling@studentclearinghouse.org on or about May 15, so please be sure to whitelist this email address to ensure you receive your invoice. To avoid processing delays and missed notifications, please have your Clearinghouse user administrator verify and update your PDP billing contacts, especially if your institution has experienced staffing changes.