Clearinghouse Services for Colleges & Universities College Service Description Benefits Cost Core Service Automated enrollment • Eliminates manual verifications Free verification & deferment • Ensures accurate, prompt deferment reporting reporting on your financial • Improves service to students & lenders aid students to lending • Increases reporting & recordkeeping efficiency organizations & NSLDS. • Decreases loan delinquency & default rates DegreeVerify Online degree verifications • Improves efficiency & service Free for your graduates to • Reduces credentials fraud employers, background • Flexible reporting options & audit trail search firms & recruiters. • Integrates with enrollment data to provide unified view of the student’s academic achievements • Provides income generation opportunities • FERPA compliant & secure EnrollmentVerify Online enrollment • Helps students qualify faster for healthcare Free verifications for your coverage, housing, jobs, discounts & more students to student service • Improves office efficiency & student service providers using data that you • Reduces fraudulent student status claims already provide to us. • Free verifications for Perkins, private loan, scholarship and other aid requestors • Provides income generation opportunities • FERPA compliant & secure Student Online service that allows • Easy to implement (often one day or less) Free Self-Service1 your students to print • Integrates seamlessly with your student portal enrollment certificates, obtain • Reduces student office visits & calls student loan information & • Provides 24/7 service to students more at no charge. • FERPA compliant & secure Transcript Online application that • Enables credit card payments (payment Free Ordering enables your students & processing handled by the Clearinghouse) alumni to order transcripts via • Eliminates data entry, cash handling & consent the Web & provides you with form collection easy-to-use online tools to • Improves service to students & alumni manage requests. • Decreases cost & increases time savings • Highly customizable • FERPA compliant & secure StudentTracker2 Research service that • Tracks college attendance & graduation nationwide Low provides continuing • Covers over 91% of all US college students Annual collegiate enrollment & • Includes all types of institutions Fee degree information on • Inexpensive, accurate & comprehensive your prospective, current & • Provides fast results former students. (usually one week or less) • FERPA compliant 1 You must participate in Core Service, DegreeVerify & EnrollmentVerify & refer requestors to the Clearinghouse to receive free Student Self-Service. 2 You must be an active DegreeVerify participant to receive degree information. How Clearinghouse Services Work Together Comprehensive Academic Reporting & Verification DegreeVerify Core Service EnrollmentVerify DegreeVerify can also be used to EnrollmentVerify generate the uses the same graduate report enrollment data that we send on as Core Service. your behalf to Dept. of Education. StudentTracker is only available to Core participants. StudentTracker degree data is only available to active DegreeVerify participants. Educational Research Colleges & StudentTracker Universities Free Student Self-Service is only available to schools Transcript Ordering that participate in Core, can be added to DegreeVerify & Student Self-Service Transcript EnrollmentVerify & refer requestors to the Clearinghouse. Transcript Ordering Student Self-Service 24/7 Student Service National Student Clearinghouse 13454 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 300 • Herndon, VA 20171 • www.studentclearinghouse.org © 2006 National Student Clearinghouse. All rights reserved. 1006 – 2500 Schedule of Fees for Colleges & Universities The Clearinghouse offers a full suite of services for colleges and universities — most at no cost — specifically designed to help institutions improve efficiency, enhance service and more. Core Service Federal Family Education Loan Program Student Status Confirmation Reports (SSCRs) for guaranty agencies and No charge NSLDS Deferment forms and enrollment No charge verifications Federal Direct Student Loan Program SSCRs through the NSLDS No charge Deferment forms and enrollment No charge verifications Online Data Electronic reports made to other eligible No charge requestors Secure Web access to institution- and No charge student-specific data Optional Enrollment Verification No charge to institutions that participate in Perkins and private loan deferments and our free EnrollmentVerify service. (Non- processing requests from scholarship participating institutions pay $1.50 per grant and other aid programs certificate.) DegreeVerify Verification of degrees and other academic achievements to employers, No charge background screening firms and others EnrollmentVerify Verification of enrollment to employers and student service providers (e.g., health insurers, credit grantors, housing No charge providers, travel companies, software discounters, etc.) StudentTracker 1 From www.studentclearinghouse.org/colleges/colleges_fees.htm#studenttracker 19 January 2008 There are three options, you can: Pay an annual fee equal to your school's enrollment* times 10¢, 1. payable in advance (minimum annual fee is $300). Reduce the fee by 50% (you pay only 5¢ times your school’s enrollment or a Reports on the enrollment status at other $150 minimum) by: institutions of your prospective, current Actively participating in our free and former students. DegreeVerify and EnrollmentVerify 2. services and referring requestors, A single StudentTracker subscription can OR be used by all collegiate areas budgeted Reporting the additional data from institutional funds that are not elements being added to the funded or reimbursed by outside entities. Clearinghouse database. Get StudentTracker for FREE by: Actively participating in our free DegreeVerify and EnrollmentVerify 3. services and referring requestors, AND Reporting the additional data elements. StudentTracker for Outreach Programs Reports on the post-secondary enrollment status of outreach program participants $425 per year nationwide. Student Self-Service Online service that lets students print No charge. (You must participate in Core enrollment certificates, view their Service, DegreeVerify and enrollment histories and student loan EnrollmentVerify as well as use the deferments, check enrollment Clearinghouse as your sole verification verifications performed on their behalf, agent, referring all verification requests to and link to real-time information on their us for processing.) student loans. Transcript Ordering Web-based transcript ordering, including credit card processing and consent form No charge collection/archival Clearinghouse Academy Half-day workshop that teaches you how to more fully utilize our services. Workshops are held regularly throughout No charge the country. (For more, see Clearinghouse Academy.) 2 From www.studentclearinghouse.org/colleges/colleges_fees.htm#studenttracker 19 January 2008 For more information or assistance, call us at 703-742-4200. *Enrollment is equal to the fall enrollment (headcount) as reported to the federal government (IPEDS). Fee schedule effective as of March 1, 2007 3 From www.studentclearinghouse.org/colleges/colleges_fees.htm#studenttracker 19 January 2008 EnrollmentVerify Fees Enrollment verifications are $2.50 per transaction. Some schools may impose a surcharge. There is no charge if the Clearinghouse is unable to verify enrollment. If you are a frequent user, you can receive discounted fees by joining the Clearinghouse. We can also work with your company to develop a customized enrollment verification program. If you have only an occasional need to verify academic credentials, you can purchase degree verifications online via credit card. DegreeVerify Fees As a non-profit association founded by the higher education community, the Clearinghouse strives to keep our fees as low as possible while still recovering our costs. If you are a frequent user, you can receive discounted fees by joining the Clearinghouse. If you have only an occasional need to verify academic credentials, you can purchase degree verifications online via credit card. For fees, see our list of participating DegreeVerify school 4 From www.studentclearinghouse.org/dvev/ev_fees.htm 19 January 2008 Updated as of 01/18/2008 Fees Retail and School Activation Colleague School Name State City Corporate Code Date Level Level Members Users ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY 003537 TX ABILENE 04/05/2004 $6.50 $5.00 ABRAHAM BALDWIN AGRICULTURAL 001541 GA TIFTON 08/08/2002 $6.50 $5.00 COLLEGE ADELBERT COLLEGE 003024 OH CLEVELAND 09/26/2007 $6.50 $5.00 ADELPHI UNIVERSITY 002666 NY GARDEN CITY 12/20/2000 $6.50 $5.00 AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE 001542 GA DECATUR 11/30/2004 $6.50 $5.00 AIMS COLLEGE 007582 CO GREELEY 01/29/2004 $6.50 $5.00 AIMS COMMUNITY COLLEGE 007582 CO GREELEY 01/29/2004 $6.50 $5.00 ALAMANCE COMMUNITY COLLEGE 005463 NC GRAHAM 12/07/2005 $6.50 $5.00 ALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY 002885 NY ALBANY 01/31/2007 $7.50 $6.00 ALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY 002885 NY ALBANY 01/31/2007 $7.50 $6.00 OF UNION UNIVERSITY ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY 001544 GA ALBANY 07/18/2003 $6.50 $5.00 ALBANY TECHNICAL COLLEGE 005601 GA ALBANY 06/18/2007 $6.50 $5.00 ALBUQUERQUE TECHNICAL 004742 NM ALBUQUERQUE 11/20/2006 $6.50 $5.00 VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE ALCORN STATE A&M COLLEGE 002396 MS ALCORN STATE 04/09/2004 $6.50 $5.00 ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY 002396 MS ALCORN STATE 04/09/2004 $6.50 $5.00 ALEXANDRIA AREA VOCATIONAL