This tutorial walks participants through the complete Postsecondary Data Partnership (PDP) process managed by the National Student Clearinghouse. Participants will explore how institutions submit cohort, course, and optional financial aid files; how the Clearinghouse validates, merges, and processes these data; and how institutions access powerful dashboards and analysis-ready files without licensing barriers. Designed for institutional researchers, data managers, and decision-makers new to the PDP or seeking a clearer understanding of submission and reporting workflows, this course clarifies how the PDP simplifies data sharing, strengthens analytics capacity, and fuels continuous student success efforts across campus.

Learning Outcomes:

• Understand the three phases of the PDP process: submission, processing, and reporting.
• Identify the types of data files institutions must submit to the PDP.
• Explain the validation and quality assurance steps applied to institutional data.
• Describe how PDP dashboards and analysis-ready files are generated and accessed.
• Recognize how the PDP reduces reporting burden and expands data access institution-wide.