NATIONAL STUDENT CLEARINGHOUSE

We are offering this solution to meet the requests of many institutions that the National Student Clearinghouse, a nonprofit, provide a national K-20 transcript and data exchange system, addressing the concerns of many educators reluctant to provide for-profit companies with direct access to their student data. Unlike nonprofit organizations, for-profit companies must answer to their stockholders and/or investors, who are primarily focused on maximizing profit. There may be little or no oversight regarding data mining of student information, a growing concern as cloud-based applications become more popular. Additionally, for-profits can be sold, merged, or closed with little or no notice, putting the security of student information at risk. These troubling scenarios are deeply worrisome for educators, parents, and policymakers... The Clearinghouse is the largest provider of electronic student record exchanges and postsecondary transcript ordering services in the U.S., performing more..