
Support and Resources to Help Simplify the Audit Process for You
About the Audit Resource Center
Our experienced and knowledgeable Audit Resource Center team works with you to provide support during one of the most crucial times of the year: your annual audit. Our goal is to help schools nationwide reinforce internal controls and procedures to simplify and enable complete enrollment reporting compliance. The Audit Resource Center is free and available year round. The Audit Resource Center team prides itself on helping to reduce or entirely eliminate preliminary audit findings for schools presented with negative audit findings. We are committed to providing assistance that helps ensure that schools remain fully compliant both during their audits and in their everyday work.
Benefits
With the Audit Resource Center on your side, you’ll be able to:
Better anticipate questions from your auditors
Save time and effort investigating audit findings
Understand the federal regulations that impact you
Minimize reporting errors and issues
Our Process
The Audit Resource Center assists participating Clearinghouse institutions with their annual A-133 audits, program review audits, and day-to-day compliance questions. Contact the Audit Resource Center:
- As soon as you learn of your upcoming audit
- During your audit with any enrollment compliance reporting questions
- After your audit is complete (we want to know how it went!)
Once you contact us, we conduct thorough research on your audit inquiry and work with you directly, providing guidance along with information from the latest regulations and resources that you can give to your auditor.

Follow Our Audit Checklist
- Don’t panic.
- Print the Clearinghouse’s annual audit report and provide this report to your auditors. This report indicates that our processes have been reviewed by independent auditors and are in compliance.
- If auditors will be visiting you soon, contact the Clearinghouse to let us know.
- Provide our Audit Guide to your auditors to help them understand how your institution uses the Clearinghouse to complete its timely enrollment status compliance reporting.
- Obtain student sample from your auditors.
- Review student sample on secure website.
- After reviewing the student information, contact the Clearinghouse with questions on specific student examples or general compliance questions posed by your auditors.
- Follow up with the Clearinghouse to let us know how your audit went! We love to hear from our customers and appreciate feedback to help improve and enhance the information we provide to you.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is an audit of the Clearinghouse completed annually?
Yes, an audit of the Clearinghouse is completed annually, typically between June and October. Our annual audit complies with requirements contained in federal regulation 668.23. See our Annual Audit and Division of Responsibility.
When is the annual Clearinghouse audit available on the public Clearinghouse website?
The Clearinghouse’s annual audit is typically posted to our public website in mid-to-late October. See our Annual Audit and Division of Responsibility.
What documentation should I keep from my enrollment reporting processing at the Clearinghouse?
- Electronic copies of your enrollment files submitted to the Clearinghouse.
- Copies of your error reports. While these are currently not printable, you can capture screenshots and print the errors as you correct them using our “Error Resolution on the Web” tool.
Our auditor asked me to provide enrollment reporting for specific students. How do I do this?
- Log in to our secure site at studentclearinghouse.org by clicking “User Login.”
- Click the “Student Reporting” tab.
- Click the “Data Reporting Dashboard” link
- Click the “Student Look-Up” from the left navigation menu
- Enter the student’s Social Security Number.
- Select “Enrollment History” to view the enrollment information you reported to us.
- Select “Enrollment Data Reported to Lenders, Servicers, and Guarantors.”
- Select “NSLDS SSCR Notification History.”
These screens provide your auditor with a timeline of the available enrollment reporting. You can print any of the screens or save them as screen shots or PDF files and provide to your auditors.
My auditors are asking for a SCHER1 report. What is this report and where is it located?
Some students appear not to have been submitted to NSLDS in a timely fashion. How can I evaluate the correct reporting timeframe for these students?
Resources
Clearinghouse Academy Courses
PDFs
Articles
Update: Federal Compliance Audit and NSLDS Roster Process
FSA has issued revised federal guidance for audit procedures and an update on the NSLDS Roster process.
Update: Enrollment Status Reporting to NSLDS
Read our latest update on enrollment status reporting to NSLDS.
New NSLDS Enrollment Reporting Guide Released, Reflecting NSLDS Site Modernization
FSA has released a new NSLDS Enrollment Reporting Guide, which reflects the NSLDS site modernization.
Update: Enrollment Status Reporting to NSLDS Restored
FSA and NSLDS confirmed that the supplemental file submission solution is complete and enrollment status updates flowed to NSLDS in chronological order by the certification date.
New NSLDS Enrollment Reporting Guide Released
FSA has released a new NSLDS Enrollment Reporting Guide.
Audit Peak Season Is Here: How to Find the Answers You Need
Resources to help answer your compliance and audit-related questions.
2020 CIP Code Changes
The latest update on 2020 CIP Code changes.
New NSLDS Enrollment Reporting Guide Published, November 2019
FSA has released the November 2019 NSLDS Enrollment Reporting Guide.
Something Else to Be Thankful for this Holiday Season: Our Enrollment and Compliance Reporting Resources!
Discover the Clearinghouse’s resources on NSLDS compliance reporting available to support you.
New Enhancement: Enrollment Reporting Error Resolution on the Web (ERW) Export Functionality
Our latest enhancement allows school users to export the list of errors and warnings associated with their current enrollment file submission from our secure site’s Error Resolution on the Web page.
New NSLDS Enrollment Reporting Guide Published
FSA has released the November 2018 NSLDS Enrollment Reporting Guide.
Take Our Enrollment Reporting Analytics Reports Survey
Take our short survey to tell us the types of Enrollment Reporting analytics reports you’d like to see.
Update on October 2017 NSLDS Enrollment Rosters
Update on the October 2017 enrollment rosters, which were not sent by NSLDS.
Important Information about October 2017 NSLDS Enrollment Rosters
The Clearinghouse has identified approximately 700 institutions for whom the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) did not send an October enrollment roster.
G from DV – Better Than Before
The Clearinghouse’s Graduated from DegreeVerify (or G from DV) service helps schools meet National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) graduated status reporting requirements.
Don’t Miss Our “G from Degree: Transparency Enhancement” Webinar
Do you participate in the Clearinghouse’s G from Degree process? If so, you won’t want to miss our new 60-minute webinar, “G from Degree: Transparency Enhancement.”
Things to Keep Your NSLDS Score Above 90%
Our infographic guides you through the six things you should know that can help you keep your NSLDS score above the 90 percent threshold.
Important Information on “Move To” Field and Error Codes 51 and 52
The Clearinghouse recently identified a discrepancy that caused the “Move To” field NOT to be transmitted to National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS).
How to Properly Report a Student’s Primary Location Code
It used to be traditional for students to enroll in coursework at only one location. However, traditional is no longer the norm.
ED to Stop Using Transfer Monitoring and Financial Aid Queries to Add Students Back to Enrollment Rosters
Department of Education to stop using Transfer Monitoring and Financial Aid queries to add students back to enrollment roster.
Audit Peak Season Is Here: How to Find the Answers You Need
Resources to help answer your compliance and audit-related questions.
Summer Reporting Update
An update to our June 29, 2017, post on our plans to help ensure your school’s compliance with the Department of Education’s April 20, 2017, announcement regarding modifications to summer enrollment reporting.
Summer, Less Than Half-Time Reporting for Non-Required Terms to Date
On April 20, 2017, the Department of Education (ED) released new summer enrollment reporting guidance. The announcement relates specifically to how to report students who are “L” (Less Than Half-Time) time during a non-required, summer term.
Federal Student Aid’s (FSA’s) Guidance on Summer Term Enrollment Reporting
FSA guidance related to Summer Term Reporting and what you need to know.
Important Information about Your NSLDS Enrollment Reporting Score
Federal Student Aid Office to send letters of non-compliance.
Do You Know Your NSLDS Enrollment Reporting Score?
Make sure you read our NSLDS Enrollment Reporting Statistics Page FAQs for key summary-level information about the data fields and calculations.
Important NSLDS Change to the SSCR Error Corrections Process
As a part of your compliance reporting service, the National Student Clearinghouse responds to NSLDS on your behalf, providing up-to-date information on your students, who have been identified as possible Title IV Aid or Direct Loan recipients.
Correct SSCR/Enrollment Roster Errors Online!
The Clearinghouse has updated the way you view and correct errors on your SSCR Error Reports.
NSLDS Releases New Enrollment Reporting Guide
NSLDS released an updated enrollment reporting guide in November.
How to Find Out When Your School’s Enrollment Information Was Sent to NSLDS
Learn how you can log on to the Clearinghouse secure site to see when your enrollment information was sent to NSLDS.
When Does the Clearinghouse Send My Institution’s Enrollment Data to NSLDS?
Learn about the SSCR process and how your school’s submission schedule plays a role.
Follow the Latest NSLDS Guidelines to Correctly Report Published Program Length Measurements and Begin Dates
In NSLDS Newsletter #55, FSA announced a series of new error codes to improve the accuracy of program-level reporting. Learn more.
How to Report Graduated Status
Did you know that under the 150% requirement NSLDS can use Graduated enrollment status to help determine a borrower’s maximum interest subsidy and remaining eligibility? It’s true!
Watch the Recording of Our Popular “Preparing for Your Annual Audit” Webinar
We reached maximum capacity with our recent webinar, “Preparing for Your Annual Audit.” If you missed it, you can watch the recording on demand.
Registrar and Financial Aid Offices: Developing and Maintaining a Working Relationship
If an audit began today, would your registrar and financial aid offices be ready to collaborate seamlessly? A strong collaborative relationship between the registrar and financial aid office is integral in compliance reporting, especially during an audit.
What Happens When You Contact Us with Your Compliance Questions?
Whenever your institution contacts the Audit Resource Center, we work diligently to address your compliance questions in the most comprehensive fashion free of charge.
3 Things to Remember When the Auditor Visits
A look at the three things related to timely NSLDS reporting that institutions should remember when an auditor visits.
What Do You Know About Date of Determination?
Enrollment compliance reporting is based on the date a school discovers that a student dropped below half-time, not necessarily the actual date that the student’s status dropped.
Don’t Let Audit Season Sneak Up On You!
Start planning now with these quick tips to help you review your compliance reporting and prepare for audit season.