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Well it's that time again the Department of Education is gearing up for negotiated rule making and it will be interesting to see how it turns out.  A few items that we should expect to be placed on the table are gainful employment, military veterans and overall program integrity.  As we recall programs had to meet one of three benchmarks: At least 35 percent of graduates had to be repaying federal student loans, or have total loan debt of less than 30 percent of their discretionary income or 12 percent of their overall income. They would lose eligibility if… >>>

As far as homework what is the standard we are responcible for? I have gotten differnt answers and am a little confused!

THanks good thing to think about!

 

I think this is important not only to students but to those of us out there with student loans.

Radio Higher Ed’s most recent podcast features Dr. Mark Schneider, president of College Measures and vice president at the American Institutes for Research. Dr. Schneider and the hosts of Radio Higher Ed discuss what students should know before attending higher education institutions, the economic values of different degrees and majors from various universities and the relationship between student loan debt and earnings outcomes.

 

@JayHollowell : It should educate and guide them through their journey to educating others. There should be a new instructor orientation which lays out what is expected of each instructor, a list of what the instructor needs to do class wise to include how much homework to give, how many quizzes and exams, grading, and Turnit in, as well as any Audio Visual trainings that may need be needed. Computer training should be offered as well.

Cindy,

Your post contains great information.  I have seen ineffective hotlines that did not follow the practices you outlined.  I believe the biggest problems have been:

  • Hotline implemented only to impress students, staff, and especially regulators and accreditors.
  • A hotline that is poorly communicated will quickly be ignored.  Stakeholders need to have some kind of feedback on the use and responses from the hotline(i.e. # of items submitted and replied to for each month),  to avoid the negative perception of don't use the hotline...it won't do any good...
  • Campus leadership need to be communicated with and involved in the submissions to the
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Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released the criteria it will use in examining private student loan lenders, which is an extension of the Bureau’s General Supervision and Examination Manual that will be used as a field guide by CFPB examiners to ensure that private student lenders comply with federal consumer financial laws.

 

Through passage of the Dodd-Frank Act, the CFPB has the authority to supervise large banks, as well as nonbanks, that make private student loans, CFPB notes that the examination procedures released today may be used to examine both types of lenders. According to the… >>>

I just saw that more than 500 colleges have now agreed to use the Shopping Sheet

http://www.ed.gov/blog/2012/11/more-than-500-colleges-agree-to-adopt-financial-aid-shopping-sheet/ 

It’s hard to believe that it has been over a year since the Program Integrity rules were published and everyone was scurrying around to meet the regulations.  Schools had to work very quickly to create disclosures, link them to their websites and inform their students. Another area that necessitated attention was the formalization and streamlining of the student complaint process.

 

Schools can't afford to be naïve and unaware about illegal and unethical activity taking place. Confronted with these realities, and understanding that students and employees do not want to work in an unsafe or unethical environment, management understands that… >>>

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