Federating with NIH, NSF, and the National Student Clearinghouse Kenneth L. Servis Dean of Academic Records and Registrar University of Southern California November 4, 2009 3:50- 4:40 PM

University of Southern California Private, 4 Year, Not-for-Profit, Research 1 Established 1880 in Los Angeles 34,824 enrolled students, 16,751 undergraduate Largest International student enrollment of all universities in USA: 6,431 18 Schools and Colleges

National Student Clearinghouse Non- profit established in 1993 More than 3,300 U.S. college participants Covers over 92% of U.S. college enrollment Services include: Electronic Transcript Exchange EnrollmentVerify DegreeVerify Transcript Ordering Student loan verification (aka, Core service) Student Self-Service StudentTracker

Student Self-Service launched in 2002 Provides students with 24/7 online access to several Clearinghouse services: Print enrollment certificates View enrollment history View student loan deferments Check enrollment verifications sent by the Clearinghouse to student service providers Order or track a transcript Link to real-time information on their student loans

SSS Implementation using the Server to Server Approach Server to server connection established between USC server and NSC server. USC server authenticates to the NSC server and passes student credentials. The school is authenticated and an HTML response is returned. The USC server passes the HTML response to the student’s browser. Considerations: Provides higher level of security Requires expertise related to the school’s application server environment

SSS Implementation Using Shibboleth and InCommon Provides for a standardized implementation process Service available to students who do not have an SSN( international students) Readily accessible through MyUSC portal single sign-on services

Implementation Requirements Add 10-digit USCID to existing data feed from USC to Clearinghouse Configure USC Shibboleth Identity Provider to release student USCID and USC OPEID to Clearinghouse at student login Update Clearinghouse link in OASIS to new Clearinghouse site. Less than 40 hours of effort Relied heavily on Stanford pilot

Documentation Internet2 Clearinghouse Pilot documentation https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/InCCollaborate/National+Student+Clearinghouse+Pilot USC Setup Documentation https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/InCCollaborate/USC-Clearinghouse+Setup

Acknowledgement Brendan Bellina, Identity Services Architect; Mgr, Enterprise Middleware Development, USC Russell Beall, Shibboleth Identity Provide(IdP) Administrator, USC Kyunghee Choi, National Student Clearinghouse

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