Effective: November 14, 1999
Revised: September 27, 1999

1.

The presence of LOW-VALUES in data fields causes significant problems for several institutions in the receipt of student records. Please use some other appropriate character (e.g., SPACES) with which to initialize your records before sending them.

2.

Items 11 and 12, although not required, are all fields which can be used in the translation of the FASTER format to the SPEEDE format. If your institution can supply any or all of these fields, the SPEEDE transcript produced from the translation will be more complete. Also, when receiving a transcript from a SPEEDE institution, these fields may supply you with information useful in admissions and placement.

Field Characteristics: A = Alphabetic only A/N = Alphameric N = Numeric only Z = Zoned numeric P = Packed decimal R = Right justified with leading zeros L = Left justified				Format Characteristics: Name: 1999-2000 Term Header Record for Post-Secondary Transcript Number: P02 Effective Date: November 14, 1999 Record Size: 1020
1	1-3	3	A/N	Record Type* The record type for this transaction. The value will always be "P02".
2	4-13	10	A/N/L	Social Security Number* The student's social security number
	4-12	9	N	Social Security Number
	13-13	1	A/N	Filler
3	14-19	6	N	Term Designator* This is a six digit code that designates the term. The first four digits indicate the year in which the term began. The last two digits designate the month in which the term began. For example, a term which began in January 1987 would have a term designator of 198701. If an institution felt that all courses which began in January, February or March of 1987 should be considered in the same term, they could designate all these courses with the same term designator of 198701. Format: YYYYMM
4	20-20	1	N	Term Tag Number* This is a sequential number assigned to this header record. This same number will be assigned to all course records to follow this header. If a remark segment is to be associated with this header, it will bear the same number. This number will normally be 0 if there is only one header for each term designator. If there are multiple term headers for each term designator, this will allow for it and will keep the courses together with the appropriate header.
5	21-27	7	A/N	Number of Institution* This is the FICE Code Number of the institution which awarded the credit in the course segments which follow. If the code of the institution does not exist or is not known, use 9999999. Use 9999999 if the credit was not from another institution, such as Advanced Placement or CLEP credit.
6	28-35	8	N	Beginning Date* This is the date of the beginning of the term. It is intended to be the date that all the classes under this header began. Format: MMDDYYYY If this exact date is not available, the year and month may be taken from the date indicated in the Term Designator (Item 3), above. The day may be chosen arbitrarily, as long as it is a valid day for that month. Placing zeroes here indicates that the Beginning Date is unknown.
7	36-43	8	N	Ending Date* This is the date of the end of the term. All zeroes for the Ending Date indicate that this date is unknown. Format: MMDDYYYY
8	44-53	10	A/N/L	Term Description This is a free form description of the term (for example, "FALL 87-88", "WNTR 87-88", "SUMR 85-86", etc.).
9	54-83	30	A/N/L	Institutional Name This is an optional field to give the name and address of the original institution which awarded the transfer credit which follows. For example, UNIV OF THE ANDES, CHILE. It should always be used if Item 5 above does not contain a FICE or IPEDS Number.
10	84-84	1	A/N	Grades Converted Flag(Required for SPEEDE transmission) If Number of Institution (item 5) is not the same as the sending institution AND the transcript is addressed to a SPEEDE/ExPRESS institution, then this field is required and indicates whether or not Grades Assigned for COURSES taken during this TERM have been converted to the sending institution's grading scale. Code Definition Y Grades Assigned have been converted to the sending institution's grading scale. N Grades Assigned have not been converted to the sending institution's grading scale.
11	85-106	22	A/N	Curriculum Code A code identifying the program in which the student was enrolled.
	85-86	2	A/N	Curriculum Code Qualifier The code set used to identify the Curriculum Code. Code Definition 81 Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) coding structure. 82 Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) coding structure. CA Canadian College Course Codes CC Canadian University Curriculum Codes
	87-106	20	A/N	Curriculum Code Examples: Qualifier Code Program 81 1301.01 General Education (the decimal is transmitted as part of the value in this case) 82 0909 Electrical Engineering
12	107-141	35	A/N	Curriculum Code Name The name of the program in which the student was enrolled.
13	142-1011	870	A/N	Filler
14	1012-1020	9	A/N	Filler Reserved for Local Use