Press Release
Connecticut Community College System Signs Multi-Service Agreement With
National Student Clearinghouse
HERNDON, VA, January 12, 2004 - The National Student Clearinghouse, the
nation's largest, most trusted source for post-secondary student degree and
enrollment verification services, announced today that the Connecticut Community
College System (CCC) has signed an agreement to participate in all of the
Clearinghouse's services. The CCC consists of 12 two-year public institutions
with a system wide enrollment of 45,000 students.
As part of its agreement with the Clearinghouse, all CCC institutions
will participate in:
- DegreeVerify: Nationwide, the Clearinghouse provides degree
verification services at no charge to 600 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. The Clearinghouse
expects the service to provide accessibility to half of all degrees ever
issued by next summer.
- 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 to
participate in 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.
"Increases in student enrollments and reductions in state funding
have challenged our institutions to increase efficiency and productivity
with reduced staffing," said Chancellor Marc Herzog,
"Participating in the Clearinghouse as a system allows us to maintain
the service quality we provide for our students while also saving time and
cost for our colleges."
"The Clearinghouse is uniquely equipped to handle the large-scale
needs of state educational systems," said Daniel R. Boehmer, president
of the National Student Clearinghouse, "We're pleased to offer CCC, and
other state wide systems, a reliable, secure and no cost way to outsource
their verification workload."
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
