Chapter 7: Conversion Specification from SPEEDE TS130 to FASTER Postsecondary Transcript Format - DEG Loop (segments DEG through NTE) and SE
  SPEEDE Transaction Set 130
Student Educational Record (Transcript)
Source Segment Name, Position and Data Elements
(See SPEEDE/ExPRESS Manual)
  FASTER Postsecondary Response Conversion Specifics
  DEG - Degree Record - at position 2/310

Provides notice of academic awards made to the student whose record is being transmitted.

 
  DEG01 - Academic Degree
 
  P07-05 Degree Level
 
2.1 Postsecondary Cert or Diploma; < 1 yr
 
à 3 - Postsecondary Cert or Diploma; < 1 yr
 
2.2 Postsecondary Cert or Diploma; 1-3 yr
 
à Q - Other Postsecondary Undergraduate with comment
 
2.3 Associate Degree
 
à J - Associate Degree, AA/AS unknown, with comment
 
2.4 Baccalaureate Degree
 
à B - Baccalaureate
 
2.5 Baccalaureate (Honours) Degree
 
à B - Baccalaureate with comment
 
2.6 Postsecondary Certificate or Diploma (one year or more but less than two years)
 
à 4 - Postsecondary Certificate or Diploma (one year or more but less than two years)
 
2.7 Postsecondary Certificate or Diploma (two years or more but less than four years)
 
à O - Other Postsecondary Graduate with comment
 
3.1 First Professional Degree
 
à P - First Professional (other than F, L, V, W or X)
 
3.2 Post Professional Degree
 
à O - Other Postsecondary Graduate with comment
 
4.1 Graduate Certificate
 
à T - Postsecondary Graduate Certificate with comment
 
4.2 Master's Degree
 
à M - Master's
 
4.3 Intermediate/Specialist Graduate Deg
 
à S - Specialist with comment
 
4.4 Doctoral Degree
 
à D - Doctorate
 
4.5 Post Doctoral Award
 
à O - Other Postsecondary Graduate with comment
 
else
 
à O - Other Postsecondary Graduate with comment
 
DEG02 - Date/Time Format Qualifier
 
  See DEG03
 
CM = CCYYMM
CY = CCYY
D8 = CCYYMMDD
DB = MMDDCCYY
 
  DEG03 - Date Degree Awarded
 
 
DEG02 = CM or CY  
à P07-07 Degree Date with Month and/or Day sent as zero
  DEG02 = D8 or DB  
à P07-07 Degree Date
  DEG04 - Degree title   P07-09 through 07-32 Comments Field (as many as needed)
  DEG05 - Honors Level of Degree
 
  P07-33 Honors Level of Degree
 
B35 = Awarded with Highest Honors Available
 
àB35 - Awarded with Highest Honors Available
 
B36 = Awarded with Second Highest Honors Available
 
àB36 - Awarded with Second Highest Honors Available
 
B37 = Awarded with Third Highest Honors Available
 
àB37 - Awarded with Third Highest Honors Available
  SUM - Academic Summary - at position 2/320

Provides summary totals of credit hours and grade point averages for an academic session. It may also be used to send summary totals for all work taken at a certain level (lower division, undergraduate, graduate, etc.)

 
  SUM01 - Academic Credit Type Code
 
A = Adult
C = Continuing Education Unit (CEU) Credit
G = Carnegie Units (PK?12 schools)
N = No Credit
Q = Quarter Hour Credit
S = Semester Hour Credit
U = Units
v = Vocational Credit
X = Other Type Credit
  Ignored
  SUM02 - Summary Level
 
T = Transfer
  Ignored
  SUM03 - Cumulative Summary Indicator   Ignored
  SUM04 - Academic Credit Hours Attempted and in GPA   Ignored
  SUM05 - Academic Credit Hours Attempted or Paid For   Ignored
  SUM06 - Academic Credit Hours Earned   Ignored
  SUM07 - Lowest Possible Grade Average   Ignored
  SUM08 - Highest Possible Grade Average   Ignored
  SUM09 - Academic Grade Point Average   Ignored
  SUM10 - Excessive GPA Indicator   Ignored
  SUM11 - Class Rank   Ignored
  SUM12 - Class Size   Ignored
  SUM13 - Format for Date of Class Ranking   Not used in TS130
  SUM14 - Date of Class Ranking   Not used in TS130
  SUM15 - Days Attended   Not used in TS130
  SUM16 - Days Absent   Not used in TS130
  SUM17 - Quality Points Used to Compute Student's GPA   Not used in TS130
  SUM18 - Academic Summary Source   Not used in TS130
  FOS - Field of Study (Postsec Only)- at position 2/240

Provides information about the field of study associated with the academic awards made to the student.

 
  FOS01 - Academic Field of Study Level or Type Code
 
A = Concentration
E = Endorsement
G = Graduate Non-degree
L = Licensing
M = Major
N = Minor
S = Specialization
T = Teaching
V = Visiting Scholar
  P07-09 through P07-32 - Comment Field

NOTE: For P07 Comment Fields, if the number of comments exceeds 24, then the 24th comment field will indicate that some information was truncated.

  FOS02 - Field of Study Qualifier
 
  See FOS03
 
81 = Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) coding structure
82 = Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) coding structure
CA = Statistics Canada Canadian College Student Information System Course Codes
CC = Statistics Canada University Student Information System Curriculum Codes
 
  FOS03 - Field of Study
 
 
  FOS02 = 81   à P07-08 Program Code
  FOS02 = 82, CA or CC   à P07-09 through P07-32 Comments Fields
  FOS04 - Field of Study Literal
  P07-09 through P07-32 Comments Fields
  FOS05 - Field of Study Honors Literal
  P07-09 through P07-32 Comments Fields
  FOS06 - Years of Study   Not used in TS130
  FOS07 - Grade Point Average   Ignored
  N1 - Override Institution Name - at position 2/335

Identifies the institution awarding the degree if different from the sender by name and/or code.

 
  N101 - Entity Identifier Code
 
OS = Override Institution; this is not the institution sending the record
 
  N102 - Institution Name (35 chars)   P07-6b Institution Name (truncated)
  N103 - Institution Code Qualifier
 
71 = Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
72 = The College Board's Admission Testing Program Code(ATP)
73 = Federal Interagency Commission on Education (FICE)
74 = American College Testing Program 4-Digit Code of Postsecondary Institutions (ACT)
75= State Assigned
77 = National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data 12-digit number for Pre-K-Grade 12 Institutes (NCES)
78 = The College Board and ACT 6 digit code list of secondary educational institutions
CB = Statistics Canada Canadian College Student Information System Institution Codes
CS = Statistics Canada University Student Information System University Codes
    NOTE: No current code for OPEID
  With N104, used to crosswalk to FICE or OPEID Code for P07-5a Institution Code Qualifier and P07-06 Institution Code.

If can't be crosswalked to FICE or OPEID, then P07-5a Institution Code Qualifier will be '99' and P07-06 Institution Code will be '9999999'.

  N104 - Institution Code
 
  With N103, used to crosswalk to FICE or OPEID Code
 
FICE found à P07-5a = '73'
  à P07-06 Institution FICE Code
OPEID found à P07-5a = 'OP'
  à P07-06 Institution OPEID Code
not found à P07-5a = 'ZZ'
  à P07-06 = '9999999'
  N105 - Entity Relationship Code   Not used in TS130
  N106 - Entity Identifier Code   Not used in TS130
  NTE - Note/Special Instruction (Postsec Only) - at position 2/340

Provides additional information about the degree awarded the student.

 
  NTE01 - Note Reference Code   Ignored
  NTE02 - Free-Form Message   P07-09 through P07-32 Comments Field
  SE - Transaction Set Trailer - at position 2/350

Marks the end of a student's transaction.

 
  SE01 - Number of Included Segments

Transaction rejected if disagrees with actual count.

 
  SE02 - Transaction Set Control Number

Transaction rejected if not the same as the value sent in ST02.

 

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