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An explanation of the process used for the Gainful Employment product development.
Leah Aalderink
Director of University Compliance
Davenport University
 My role
 Compliance
 Non-technical
 What you are going to hear today
 What is Gainful Employment?
 Meetings/content
 Testing
 Summary
 2011 regs struck down by court in June 2012
 Final rules published for the second time in the fall of 2014, effective 07/01/15
 All short term/non-degree programs at all schools and all programs at proprietary
schools.
 Disclose and report data on GE programs
 Student level data for those who received Title IV aid
 Program, begin/end date, status at the end of the year (enrolled, withdrawn, graduated)
 Financial data including amount of tuition/fees, books, debt owed to institution
 Due annually by October 1st
 Six aid years (catch up) were due July 31, 2015
 Almost 40 participants
 15 institutions (public, private, 2 year, 4 year)
 Various roles
 Financial Aid
 IT
 Registrar
 Non-technical and technical focused
 Level of participation varied
 Meetings prior to release
 30-60 minute phone calls
 Kick off in March
 Monthly meetings for March, April, May
 Five meetings in June
 Meeting day before release in July
 Follow up and second phase
 Three meetings in August
 One meeting in September before release
 Testing – Average 2-4 hours per week during June
 Need support from IT and DBA!!!
 Testing environment options
 Package release – Put into pre-production OR
 Ellucian cloud-based environment
 Patches, patches, patches…………and more patches
 Oooops!! Didn’t test campus codes!
 Benefits
 Advance preparation
 Input
 Time Commitment
 Meetings and testing
 Lessons Learned
 Test, test, test
 Upcoming Groups
 IPEDS – Target release of mid-November. Contact [email protected]
 Achieving the Dream reporting – Target release of mid-December. Contact
[email protected]
 HR Salary Planner – Contact [email protected]