
Spotlight on Latinx Higher Education Trends
As we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, we’re proud of the role that the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center plays in advancing Latinx higher education through the insights on postsecondary access and success its national reports provide to education leaders and policymakers.

Achieving the Dream’s Postsecondary Data Partnership Courses Are Back!
Achieving the Dream is offering free online Postsecondary Data Partnership (PDP) courses for fall 2023.

Final “A Dream Derailed” Report on College Closures Released
SHEEO has released the final of a three-part report series on college closures, called A Dream Derailed,” on which it collaborated with the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.

Cristo Rey Network Prepares Students with Limited Economic Means for College Success with StudentTracker
Mosie Duhe, Director of Data & Tech Strategy, at Cristo Rey Network discusses how their organization leverages StudentTracker to develop postsecondary pathways tailored to their unique student population.

StudentTracker Helps Surry Community College Decrease the Non-Success Rate of Its Students By 48%
In a webinar, now available on demand, Michael Faulkner, Executive Director of Institutional Research at Surry Community College, shared how StudentTracker for Colleges and Universities helped his college cut the non-success rate of its students nearly in half.

DiplomaVerify: Saving Schools Time & Money – Part Two
Phil Smith & Kathryn Pearlman discuss how DiplomaVerify helps educators keep up with the demand for diploma verifications in the second of a two-part interview.

September Schedule of Live Webinars
Check out the live webinars available from the Clearinghouse Academy in September 2023.

Get to Know the Data Reporting Dashboard
Our Data Reporting Dashboard helps streamline the way you manage your compliance data reporting and reminds you of time-sensitive tasks.

StudentTracker Empowers High Schools to Assess the Postsecondary Pathways of Their Graduates
In an interview with StudentTracker for High Schools product manager, Michele Gralak, we explore how high schools and districts use StudentTracker to enhance performance.

Four Things to Know about the Clearinghouse’s PDF-to-Data Solution
Here are four things you should know about our PDF-to-Data solution, which automates PDF transcript processing using the latest machine learning technology.

PDF-to-Data’s Big Impact on School Efficiency and Learner Success
PDF-to-Data, which automatically converts PDF transcripts to data, has the potential to transform the admissions process for learners while freeing up admissions and registrar staff for higher-level work.

Update to CIP Year 2020 Requirements
Has your institution updated to the CIP Year 2020 requirements? If not, make sure you read our key takeaways from the FSA and NSLDS announcement on their requirements for the 2020 Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) Code reporting.

DiplomaVerify: Saving Schools Time & Money – Part One
Phil Smith, a senior manager with the Clearinghouse’s Business Development Team, and Kathryn Pearlman, the DiplomaVerify product manager, discuss how DiplomaVerify helps educators keep up with the demand for diploma verifications in the first part of a two-part interview.

College Student Persistence Rate Rises for the First Time Since the Start of the Pandemic
Our latest “Persistence and Retention” report shows that 76 percent of the 2.4 million students who started college in fall 2021 returned for their second year. This persistence rate marks a one-year increase of 0.9 percentage points and a return to pre-pandemic levels.

What is PDF-to-Data, and Why Is It an Admissions Process Game Changer?
PDF-to-Data quickly and accurately converts transcript PDFS to data files and automatically uploads them to your CRM or SIS, providing the game-changing solution your admissions process needs.

August Schedule of Live Webinars
Check out the live webinars available from the Clearinghouse Academy in August 2023.

2022-2023 Academic Year Recap
Dr. Doug Shapiro, Executive Director of the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, recaps some of the major trends the Research Center reported during this past academic year.

Learner Insights Case Study: SLCC Uses PDP to Develop High Impact Student Retention and Completion Strategies
South Louisiana Community College (SLCC) uses Postsecondary Data Partnership’s interactive dashboards and analysis-ready files to access the student momentum, equity, and outcomes data it needs to develop high-impact student retention and completion strategies.

July Schedule of Live Webinars
Check out the live webinars available from the Clearinghouse Academy in July 2023.

Learner Insights Case Study: How Howard University Uses StudentTracker to Help Guide Its Informed Decision-Making
Howard University has used StudentTracker for over a decade, giving Yesenia Espinal, Associate Vice President of Data Analytics, and her team access to valuable information to help improve decision making across the campus.

The National Student Clearinghouse Partners with N2N Services to Provide Real-time Transcript Integration to Customers
The new strategic partnership between the National Student Clearinghouse and N2N Services will enable real-time transcript integration for higher education customers.

Undergraduate Enrollment Stabilizes While Graduate Enrollment Declines
Undergraduate enrollment this spring is stabilizing, primarily due to a slight increase in community college students, according to the Spring 2023 Current Term Enrollment Estimates report. A rise in dual-enrolled high school students is driving the increase in community college enrollment, according to the report

High Schools: Learn What’s New with CGN School and Get a 30-Day Free Trial
The Clearinghouse’s partner, CGN, is offering high schools a 30-day free trial of CGN School, a customizable all-in-one solution for school counseling departments.

Clearinghouse Welcomes New CGO, Chris Goodson, and New VP of Learner Insights, David G. Payne
The National Student Clearinghouse recently announced that Chris Goodson has joined the organization as the new Chief Growth Officer and David G. Payne has joined as the new Vice President of Learner Insights.

Quantifying the Impact of College Closures
The second of three reports released by SHEEO leverages the robust dataset constructed by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center to examine the impact of college closures on students’ subsequent postsecondary enrollment and completion outcomes