Clearinghouse History

2010

• Digital signature and rights management  added to Transcript Ordering options

2009

• Transcript Ordering delivery options expanded to include electronic transcript PDF delivery
• Number of records in Clearinghouse database grows to more than 100 million
• Number of participating schools passes 3,300; 
• Clearinghouse creates its secondary education research initiative, funded in part from a major grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The initiative will provide the first national secondary education research and reporting system.
• Clearinghouse participation increases to 92% enrollment

2008

• Clearinghouse celebrates its 15th year of service to the education and student lending communities
• Transition of DegreeChk™ institutions to DegreeVerify successfully completed. More than 3.6 million degrees added to the Clearinghouse database. Total participation exceeds 75% of US degrees.
• Electronic Transcript Exchange service launched
• Number of participating colleges passes 3,200
• 500th Student Self-Service school milestone reached
• Clearinghouse names new president, Ricardo D. Torres 

2005-2007

• Number of participating colleges passes 3,000
• Number of participating high schools passes 1,000
• 1,000th DegreeVerify school milestone reached
• 2,000th EnrollmentVerify school milestone reached
• Total Enrollment Reporting Process (TERP) participation reaches 97% of FFELP guaranteed student loan volume
• Clearinghouse releases results of Hurricane Katrina student tracking analysis

2003-2004

• Clearinghouse participation increases to more than 2,700 schools and 91% enrollment
• 500th DegreeVerify school milestone reached
• Transcript Ordering service launched
• High school analysis service launched, Successful Outcomes (now StudentTracker for High Schools)
• TERP participation reaches one-third of FFELP guaranteed student loan volume

1999-2002

• DegreeVerify, EnrollmentVerify, Student Self-Service, and LoanLocator services launched
• Second generation of enrollment analysis launched, EnrollmentSearch (now StudentTracker)
• Department of Education Direct Loans program begins Clearinghouse participation
• Name changed to National Student Clearinghouse

1997-1998

• First enrollment analysis service, Transfer Track, launched 
• Full guarantor participation achieved
• 10 million-student milestone reached

1995-1996

• Participation reaches 25% of US post-secondary enrollment
• Participation reaches 60% of student borrowers

1993-1994

• National Student Loan Clearinghouse incorporated in Virginia
• Pilot concludes with 34 schools, five guarantors and 
  14 lenders/servicers