EIN: 430653369
UEI: HTJDGRK9M8J3
Audited by: Forvis Mazars, LLP
Cognizant agency: 84 [Department of Education]
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Data as of August 28, 2026
Management decision deadline — for entities that funded this organization
The FAC accepted this audit on February 24, 2021. Under 2 CFR 200.521(d), a pass-through entity that provided federal funds to this organization for this audit period must issue a management decision on these findings by August 24, 2021 (1830 days ago).
What is a management decision? →Criteria or specific requirement ? Special Tests and Provisions ? Disbursements To or On Behalf of Students Condition ? Federal regulations provide that the University must notify the student or parent in writing of (1) the date and amount of the disbursement; (2) the student?s right, or parent?s right, to cancel all or a portion of the loan or loan disbursement and have the loan proceeds returned to the holder of that loan or the TEACH Grant payments returned to ED; and (3) the procedure and time by which the student or parent must notify the institution that he or she wishes to cancel the loan, TEACH Grant, or TEACH disbursement. The required information was not communicated on a timely basis. Questioned costs ? None. Context ? Out of a population of 8,924 students who received federal aid during the fiscal year, a sample of 25 students were tested. Out of the 25 students tested, 4 students had deviations from notification requirements. Three of the deviations related to a batch error that impacted 912 student disbursements in total. Our sample was not, and was not intended to be, statistically valid. Effect ? Students or parents were not properly notified of the date and amount of disbursement, right to cancel all or a portion of the loan or return grant payments, and the procedure and time by which they must do so in accordance with federal regulations. Cause ? The notifications that were not sent timely to students or parents related to when the reports that list what students and parents need notification of a disbursement were run by the University. Identification as a repeat finding ? No. Recommendation ? We recommend the University review and modify procedures for disbursement notification to ensure the University is timely identifying and notifying students and parents of disbursements in a timely and accurate manner.
Show full finding ▾Hide full finding ▴Criteria or specific requirement ? Special Tests and Provisions ? Disbursements To or On Behalf of Students Condition ? Federal regulations provide that the University must notify the student or parent in writing of (1) the date and amount of the disbursement; (2) the student?s right, or parent?s right, to cancel all or a portion of the loan or loan disbursement and have the loan proceeds returned to the holder of that loan or the TEACH Grant payments returned to ED; and (3) the procedure and time by which the student or parent must notify the institution that he or she wishes to cancel the loan, TEACH Grant, or TEACH disbursement. The required information was not communicated on a timely basis. Questioned costs ? None. Context ? Out of a population of 8,924 students who received federal aid during the fiscal year, a sample of 25 students were tested. Out of the 25 students tested, 4 students had deviations from notification requirements. Three of the deviations related to a batch error that impacted 912 student disbursements in total. Our sample was not, and was not intended to be, statistically valid. Effect ? Students or parents were not properly notified of the date and amount of disbursement, right to cancel all or a portion of the loan or return grant payments, and the procedure and time by which they must do so in accordance with federal regulations. Cause ? The notifications that were not sent timely to students or parents related to when the reports that list what students and parents need notification of a disbursement were run by the University. Identification as a repeat finding ? No. Recommendation ? We recommend the University review and modify procedures for disbursement notification to ensure the University is timely identifying and notifying students and parents of disbursements in a timely and accurate manner.
Views of responsible officials and planned corrective actions ? The following items have been implemented to address the disbursement errors: The error that occurred on January 22, 2020, was due to the disbursement report being generated prior to the completion of aid transmittal that day. Due to the large volume of disbursements being processed at the beginning of the Spring 2020 semester, the financial aid transmittal took longer than usual to run and the disbursement report was generated prior to its completion. The issue was identified by the loan processor on February 6, 2020, and email notifications were sent within the 30 day window, but only one of the two batches from January 22, 2020, were processed. The larger batch of 4,500 disbursement notifications was sent but the smaller batch of 912 students with the same date was overlooked. The following items have been implemented to address the loan notification error: 1. In February, when the error was identified, the transmittal process was streamlined and automated after consulting with the Ellucian consultant. The process of reporting disbursements for notifications changed to run the report after the transmittal process has been completed. Additionally, the time stamp of the date range was changed to run it back to the last date run, to ensure no time stamp issues. 2. An alternative electronic notification delivery method is being implemented to ensure we meet our compliance needs and work solely within the system, reducing manual reporting and intervention. This notification links students directly to a secure login to NSLDS, which NASFAA confirms meets the Cash management loan disbursement notification requirements in 34 CFR 668.165(a) with the Department of Education. 3. Following implementation of this new method of loan disbursement notifications, we will be able to review all disbursements alongside their communication records to verify timely loan disbursement notification for all disbursement records. We anticipate this process will be implemented during the Fall 2020 semester.
FAC accepted this audit on November 7, 2019 — management decision was due May 7, 2020.
Student Financial Assistance Cluster, CFDA #84.063 ? Federal Pell Grant Program, 84.268 ? Federal Direct Loan Program, 84.038 ? Federal Perkins Loan Program, U.S. Department of Education and 93.264 ? Nursing Faculty Loan Program, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2018 ? 2019 Program Year Criteria or specific requirement ? Special Tests and Provisions ? Enrollment Reporting Condition ? Federal regulations provide that the University is responsible for notifying the National Student Loan Data System (?NSLDS?) of changes in enrollment, graduated or withdrawn students. Twelve student enrollment status changes were not communicated to the NSLDS on a timely basis, were reported incorrectly or were not reported. Questioned costs ? None Context ? Out of a population of 4,469 students who received federal aid and had changes in enrollment, withdrew or graduated during the fiscal year, a sample of 60 students were tested. Out of the 60 students tested, 11 students? change of status had deviations from reporting requirements, including two students who had been timely reported as withdrawn but not reported as graduated once graduation was conferred, four students that were not reported on a timely basis, two students who were not reported and three students who withdrew during a semester but the withdrawal was not reported. Our sample was not, and was not intended to be, statistically valid. Effect ? The NSLDS was not properly notified of student enrollment status changes of Direct Student Loan recipients in accordance with federal regulations. Such submissions are required to allow for proper calculation of the students? allowed grace and repayment period. Cause ? The student enrollment status changes that were not reported timely or correctly related to the University?s lack of strong procedures in place entailing performing periodic review of a sample of student enrollment changes for proper reporting to NSLDS. Identification as a repeat finding ? Yes. Recommendation ? We recommend the University refine its policies and procedures for enrollment reporting to ensure the University is reporting changes in a timely and accurate manner.
Show full finding ▾Hide full finding ▴Student Financial Assistance Cluster, CFDA #84.063 ? Federal Pell Grant Program, 84.268 ? Federal Direct Loan Program, 84.038 ? Federal Perkins Loan Program, U.S. Department of Education and 93.264 ? Nursing Faculty Loan Program, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2018 ? 2019 Program Year Criteria or specific requirement ? Special Tests and Provisions ? Enrollment Reporting Condition ? Federal regulations provide that the University is responsible for notifying the National Student Loan Data System (?NSLDS?) of changes in enrollment, graduated or withdrawn students. Twelve student enrollment status changes were not communicated to the NSLDS on a timely basis, were reported incorrectly or were not reported. Questioned costs ? None Context ? Out of a population of 4,469 students who received federal aid and had changes in enrollment, withdrew or graduated during the fiscal year, a sample of 60 students were tested. Out of the 60 students tested, 11 students? change of status had deviations from reporting requirements, including two students who had been timely reported as withdrawn but not reported as graduated once graduation was conferred, four students that were not reported on a timely basis, two students who were not reported and three students who withdrew during a semester but the withdrawal was not reported. Our sample was not, and was not intended to be, statistically valid. Effect ? The NSLDS was not properly notified of student enrollment status changes of Direct Student Loan recipients in accordance with federal regulations. Such submissions are required to allow for proper calculation of the students? allowed grace and repayment period. Cause ? The student enrollment status changes that were not reported timely or correctly related to the University?s lack of strong procedures in place entailing performing periodic review of a sample of student enrollment changes for proper reporting to NSLDS. Identification as a repeat finding ? Yes. Recommendation ? We recommend the University refine its policies and procedures for enrollment reporting to ensure the University is reporting changes in a timely and accurate manner.
Views of responsible officials and planned corrective actions ? The following items have been implemented to address the enrollment reporting errors: 1. A team of four has been identified to work together to ensure accuracy, timeliness and stability in both data and reporting. 2. We will be reporting enrollment twice a month. The Clearinghouse only submits once a month but depending on when the data is gathered, the report along with corrected rejects will never be more than two weeks old. 3. We will be making a monthly random selection from the SIS (not the submission report) of withdrawn and graduated students after submission to ensure the data has been submitted to NSLDS and is correct. 4. We have developed a completely online withdrawal process, which began as of the beginning of the 2019-2020 academic year. This streamlined process will improve internal lag time and remove human intervention in establishing and reporting changes in enrollment data. 5. A consultant was hired from Ellucian Colleague from September 30 ? October 3, 2019, to review the entire process and to make the necessary changes to the set-up to ensure the reporting is being done accurately.
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FAC accepted this audit on October 31, 2018 — management decision was due May 1, 2019.
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FAC accepted this audit on November 12, 2017 — management decision was due May 12, 2018.
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FAC accepted this audit on October 30, 2016 — management decision was due April 30, 2017.
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