Straight answers from the desk

Usually, yes. When an institution closes, its student records are handed to someone: a successor school, a state education agency, an accreditor's archive or a district office. We trace who holds the files now and file the request with that custodian. If the records truly did not survive, you get a written account of every office we checked.

The name you trained under, including any earlier names, the school or provider, the program, and the rough years of attendance. A student number helps if you still have it, but it is rarely required. Everything else — the right office, the right form of request — is the desk's job.

Yes. Education records research runs nationwide, because registrars and state custodians answer written requests from anywhere. The desk itself is in Loveland, Colorado, and Colorado work is where we know the offices closest.

We work the chain: successor institutions that absorbed the programs, the state agency that oversaw the school, the accreditor's files, and district or county offices where the training was sponsored. Each step is documented, so the file shows how the custodian was identified and not just who it turned out to be.

Then we say so in writing. You receive a summary of the search: which offices were contacted, which indexes were checked, what each of them answered. That document itself is useful — it shows an employer or a board that the search was real and thorough.

We run index-level checks of the state license listings for trades and technical occupations, and report the issuing board and the license status exactly as published on the day of the check. We do not interpret what an entry means — we show you what the index says and name the office that holds the full record.

Yes. Apprenticeships are recorded by the sponsoring body: program completion, hours served and certificates earned. We gather those records into a timeline of the training you finished, with the issuing body named for every certificate.

Tradespeople, career changers, veterans, self-taught technicians, and employers who hire for skills rather than diplomas. If your ability has to be proven to someone else — a hiring manager, a licensing board, a benefits reviewer — this desk builds the proof.

No. No Degree Required is a research desk, not a law firm. We find records, request them and document what they say. For questions about your legal position, talk to a licensed attorney.

Use the message form on the contact page, email [email protected], or call +1 (646) 555-0173 Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Mountain Time. Describe the training and the record you need; Ryan will tell you plainly whether the desk can get it.