Department IFAP Notice

AACS would like to remind you that it is vitally important for your institutions and those within your organization responsible for Gainful Employment sign up for the Department of Ed’s webinars: "Reading Your Draft GE Debt-to-Earnings (D/E) Rates Files," and "Submitting Draft GE Debt-to-Earnings (D/E) Challenges." 

 

The first webinar will discuss how to read and interpret the information that supports the calculation of the draft rates. It will also discuss an enhanced, standalone import tool and reader. It will be provided by Federal Student Aid to assist institutions with reading their GE Debt Measures Backup Data detail files. This training is intended for anyone who plans to work with the draft GE D/E rates, and anyone who needs to understand how to effectively manage and respond to the data. Federal Student Aid staff will present this webinar in a 90-minute session offered on Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at 1:30 P.M. (ET).

 

The second webinar, "Submitting Draft GE Debt-to-Earnings (D/E) Challenges," will discuss the process for institutions to submit a challenge to the data that the Department used to calculate the draft GE D/E rates. The webinar will describe how to submit challenges on the NSLDS Professional Access website, and review the types of supporting documentation that institutions must provide to the Department when submitting challenges.This training is intended for anyone who plans to work with the draft GE D/E rates and who needs to understand the challenge process. Federal Student Aid staff will present this webinar in a 90-minute session offered on Thursday, October 20, 2016, and again on Thursday, October 27, 2016, both at 1:30 P.M. (ET). 

 

To register for one or both of these webinars, click on this link.

 

Advance registration is required for this training, and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. To allow for as many participants as possible, the Department strongly encourages groups to view the webinar from a single location if accommodations allow. If viewing as a group, only one person from the group needs to register.