Use and Applications of National Student Clearinghouse Enrollment Data for Research

1. Use and Applications of National Student Clearinghouse Enrollment Data for Research Roger Mourad – Washtenaw Community College William Everin – Washtenaw Community College Robert Roe – Alma College

2. Objectives • Robert • Brief intro to Clearinghouse • Demonstration of how to format a file • How to submit a file • What the return files looks like • Bill • How CH matches records • How to define the dataset • How to define the request MiAIR 2012

3. Objectives– Con’t • Robert • How to deal with issues in returned data file • Specific example of working with graduation files that contain multiple rows per student • Roger • An application of the use of Clearinghouse records in the 2-year institution context: longitudinal student outcome analysis MiAIR 2012

4. National Student Clearinghouse • The National Student Clearinghouse, a non-profit organization, was founded by the higher education community in 1993 • More than 3,300 colleges and universities, enrolling over 96% of all students in public and private U.S. institutions, participate in the Clearinghouse • Our degree verification service, DegreeVerify, represents over 80% of U.S. four-year degrees • More than 2,600 institutions participate in our enrollment verification service, EnrollmentVerify, representing nearly 90% of currently enrolled U.S. college students • More than 1,200 high school districts and nearly 4,200 high schools participate in the Clearinghouse MiAIR 2012

5. National Student Clearinghouse • All guarantors and most major student loan lenders and servicers participate in the Clearinghouse • Nearly 3,000 of the nation's largest employers, recruiters and background search firms have contracted with the Clearinghouse to perform secure, online academic verifications • The Clearinghouse performs more than half a billion electronic student record verifications annually • Over two million degrees are confirmed through DegreeVerify each year MiAIR 2012

6. Institutional Reporting • Participants in EnrollmentVerify service (core) submit a file to CH at census and at various points in the term • File contains first name, mi, last name, DOB, enrollment status (FT, HT, LH, W, etc.) • Example • Participants in the degree verify service submit a file to CH after each graduation containing first name, mi, last name, DOB, degree and degree date MiAIR 2012

7. Student Tracker • Student tracker is free if: • Participate in free DegreeVerify and EnrollmentVerifyservices, AND • Report these additional data elements: class level, college ID, and major and/or CIP MiAIR 2012

8. Student Tracker Process • Choose type of request • Create file to submit • Submit File • Retrieve file • Work with returned file MiAIR 2012

9. Preparing a File For Submission • For this example I used all students who were admitted to Alma but did not enroll (declines) • Want is to see where they ultimately enrolled • See Handout • Return Files • Example of use at Alma • William MiAIR 2012

10. Working with Returned File • For this example we look at all Alma Grads from past 15 years and look for post Alma Degrees • The issue is multiple rows per student MiAIR 2012