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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.
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 and outcomes data it needs to develop high-impact student retention and completion strategies.
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
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
Some College, No Credential Report Finds Population of College Stop-outs Has Grown in All 50 States and D.C.
The “some college, no credential” population — former students who stopped out without earning a credential — is up 3.6 percent from a year earlier while fewer SCNC students returned and completed a credential.
The National Student Clearinghouse Contracts with State of Rhode Island for its DiplomaVerify High School Program
The entire globe is wrestling with the same set of issues: micro-credentials are booming in popularity and how skills play into lifelong learning. Here are 3 observations from the Annual Groningen Declaration Network Meeting to address the issues.
Reminder! Ensure Graduated (G) Enrollment Statuses are Reported Correctly for Federal Compliance
Make sure your enrollment reporting to the Clearinghouse reflects accurate and complete enrollment data consistent with Federal Student Aid (FSA) guidance, including enrollment status increases and decreases.
Persistence Rate Gap Between Full-Time and Part-Time Students Begins Early and Stays Consistent in Subsequent Years of College Enrollment
According to the recently released Yearly Success and Progress Rates report from our Research Center, gaps in persistence rates between full-time and part-time students start early and stay consistent in subsequent years, with part-time starters stopping out more than twice the rate of full-time starters. The report tracks yearly college outcomes for first-time degree-seeking students enrolling full-time and part-time.
Stay Informed Report: Community College Enrollment Beginning to Grow This Spring
Enrollment in community colleges grew 2.1% since last spring, according to the spring 2023 Stay Informed Report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. This uptick is promising news as community colleges experienced sharp declines in enrollment during the pandemic.
StudentTracker Helps College of Southern Maryland Understand Enrollment and Transfer Trends, and Evaluate Programs
In the wake of the Covid-19 decline in enrollments, the College of Southern Maryland sought to learn how it could support enrollment and make data-informed decisions as an institution. StudentTracker helped the college identify unique trends in enrollment and transfer data.