High School Lookup

The High School Lookup Table stores information about pre-college education for prospects, applicants, and students, and is accessible through the Admissions module.

To Add New Entry Or Maintain An Existing Entry:

From the CAMS Enterprise Home page, click Admissions >Lookups >High School.
Use the search criteria to locate an existing entry for maintenance or to simply confirm that the listing does not already exist.
Right-click in the High School data grid to open a new high school entry form.
Enter school information, including the required HS Name.
The HS Code field is not used. High School codes should be entered in the Codes grid (see below).
Click Add to save this information, or Cancel to exit without saving.
To delete a high school, highlight the row in the High School grid then click Delete.

Note: A high school cannot be deleted if it has been used anywhere in CAMS.

High School Codes

Multiple high school codes can be associated with each high school in the grid. The following types of codes can be added once for each high school.

ACT (4 characters) - The unique identifier for postsecondary educational institutions assigned by American College Testing available at www.act.org
ATP (6 characters) - The unique identifier for the Admissions Testing Program assigned by the College Board for each data exchange partner.
CCD (12 characters) - The unique identifier assigned by National Center for Education Statistics as the Common Core of Data for each data exchange partner.
CEEBACT (6 characters) - The unique identifier assigned by the College Entrance Examining Board and ACT for each K-12 data exchange partner.
CSIS (6 characters) - The unique identifier assigned by the Statistics Canada Canadian College Student Information System for each postsecondary data exchange partner.
DUNS (9 characters) - Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS), unique nine character company identification number issued by Dun and Bradstreet Corporation.
ESIS (8 characters) - The unique identifier assigned by the Statistics Canada Enhanced Student Information System for each data postsecondary exchange partner.
FICE (6 characters) - The unique identifier once maintained for the Federal Interagency Committee on Education by the National Center for Education Statistics for each postsecondary data exchange partner.
IPEDS (6 characters) - The unique identifier for Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System assigned by the National Center for Education Statistics for each postsecondary data exchange partner.
NCHELPID (3 - 8 characters) - The unique identifier assigned by National Council on Higher Education Loan Programs for each data exchange partner.
OPEID (3 - 8 characters) - The unique identifier assigned by the Office of Postsecondary Education for each data exchange partner.
PSIS (8 characters) - The unique identifier assigned by the Statistics Canada Enhanced Student Information System for each data postsecondary exchange partner.
PSS (8 characters) - The unique identifier assigned by the US Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics for each private K-12 school data exchange partner.
USIS (6 characters) - The unique identifier assigned by the Statistics Canada University Student Information System for each data postsecondary exchange partner.

To Add High School Codes:

From the CAMS Enterprise Home page, click Admissions >Lookups >High School.
Use the search criteria to locate an existing entry.
Select the row in the High School grid for the entry to which you wish to add a code. Any existing codes associated with the selected high school will display in the bottom grid.
Right-click in the Codes grid to create a new entry.
Select the Code Type from the drop-down.

Note: Multiple codes may be added for a high school however each Code Type may be used only once for any high school entry..

Enter the Code.
Click Add to save or Cancel to exit without saving.
To delete a code associated with a high school, highlight the row in the Codes grid then click Delete.