Press Release
University & Community College System of Nevada Signs
Multi-Service Agreement With National Student Clearinghouse
Nevada Becomes First Statewide Educational System to Use
All of Clearinghouse's Services
HERNDON, VA, October 2, 2003 - The National Student Clearinghouse, the
nation's largest and most trusted source for post-secondary student degree and
enrollment verification, today announced that the University and Community
College System of Nevada (UCCSN) has signed a multi-service agreement to
participate in its online degree verification, enrollment verification and
educational research services (called DegreeVerify, EnrollmentVerify and
EnrollmentSearch, respectively). UCCSN is the first statewide educational system
to employ all of the Clearinghouse's services.
The UCCSN is Nevada's only system of higher education. It educates 93,000
students a year through its eight institutions: University of Nevada, Las
Vegas; University of Nevada, Reno; Nevada State College at Henderson; Desert
Research Institute; Community College of Southern Nevada; Great Basin
College; Truckee Meadows Community College; and Western Nevada Community
College.
As part of its agreement with the Clearinghouse, UCCSN will participate
in:
- DegreeVerify: Nationwide, the Clearinghouse provides degree
verification services at no charge to more than 580 participating
colleges and universities. On average, schools complete 1,000 degree
verifications per year for every 5,000 enrolled students. DegreeVerify
frees registrar office staff to work on more critical tasks instead of
handling degree verification requests by fax, phone and e-mail from
employers, background search firms and recruiters. Launched two years
ago, DegreeVerify is the largest single source of degree data, and
contains information on 40% of all degrees awarded in the US.
- EnrollmentVerify: More than 2,700 post-secondary institutions —
representing 91% of the nation's enrollment — outsource their enrollment
verification to the Clearinghouse. There is no cost to colleges for
EnrollmentVerify, which processes enrollment verification inquiries from
student loan providers, employers and providers of student-based
services, such as health insurers, credit grantors, travel companies,
and others.
- EnrollmentSearch: By subscribing to EnrollmentSearch, schools
can query our database of 60 million post-secondary enrollment and
degree records to assess student acquisition and retention performance.
They can also obtain up-to-date enrollment and degree data for
prospective, current and former students.
"Nevada is the nation's fastest growing state. Its growth is
reflected in the increased enrollment numbers at UCCSN's campuses, which
over time will lead to greater demand for enrollment and degree
verifications. Participating in the Clearinghouse's EnrollmentVerify and
DegreeVerify services will help ease and speed our verification processing
both now and in the future. At the same time, we plan to use its educational
research resource, EnrollmentSearch, to help us better understand and meet
the needs of our current students as well as those who may attend in coming
years." said Tyler Trevor, Assistant Vice Chancellor.
"It's very exciting to see a higher educational system as extensive
as Nevada's take advantage of all the services the Clearinghouse has to
offer," said Daniel R. Boehmer, president of the National Student
Clearinghouse, "We're pleased to have the opportunity to help UCCSN
leverage the many time-saving benefits of our services across all of its
institutions."
About The National Student Clearinghouse
The National Student Clearinghouse is the largest enrollment and degree
verification service in the US. A non-profit organization established by the
higher education community in 1993, the Clearinghouse serves as a central
repository and single point of contact for the collection and timely
exchange of accurate, comprehensive enrollment, degree and certificate
records on behalf of participating institutions.
More than 2,700 colleges, representing 91% of the nation's enrollment,
participate in the Clearinghouse. Student loan providers, employers, student
credit issuers, student health insurance providers, the federal government
and others access the Clearinghouse's registry over 100 million times
annually to conduct electronic student record verifications.
For more information, visit www.studentclearinghouse.org.
National Student Clearinghouse Contact:
Kathleen Dugan
Marketing Director
703-742-4208
dugan@studentclearinghouse.org
