Standards Initiatives in

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Standards Initiatives in Development Eddie Upton
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Standards Initiatives in Development for PESC

• Data Exchange Along the Student Lifecycle Project
• Standards Forum Workgroups in Development
• Standards Post-Approval Maintenance

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Student Lifecycle Project
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Student Lifecycle Project

• Identify Key Areas Where Data Exchange Occurs
  Along the Student Lifecycle.
• Secondary to Postsecondary
• Postsecondary to Postsecondary
• Use Information in the Candidate Submission
  Process
• Strategic Direction for Workgroup Creation

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Standards Forum Workgroups in Development

• Admission Application
• Course Inventory
• Education Test Score Reporting
• Online Loan Counseling
• Seal of Approval
• Student Aid Inquiry
• Taxonomy
• IPEDS
• Common Origination and Disbursement

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Admission Application

• Develop National XML Standard for the Application
  for Admission to College/University.
• Began In June 2006.
• Involvement From Applications On-line, Apply
  Yourself Recruiting Solutions, Solutions,
  Citibank, College Summit, ConnectEdu, Jenzabar,
  KEL Group, Inc., Online Business Systems, Oracle
  Corporation, Rapid Data Interchange, SunGard
  Higher Education, The College Board, The Common
  Application, Inc., Wachovia Corporation, Xap
  Corporation And 18 Colleges/Universities.
• Current Status Schema Completed, Implementation
  Guide In Development, Looking for Volunteers to
  Map Their Application to the Schema, and Send to
  CCB next month.
• Approved Standard 4th Quarter 2008.

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Course Inventory

• Develop Standard Course Definitions and Data in
  XML for the Course Catalog.
• Began In April 2007.
• Involvement From Oracle Corporation, Iowa State
  University, University of Mississippi, SunGard
  Higher Education, University of North Carolina,
  AcademyOne, Inc., University of Lethbridge,
  Instruction Media Magic, Inc., College Source,
  Georgetown University, CSIS, ACCRAO SPEEDE, and
  Smart Catalog.
• Current Status Development of XML Schema.
• Approved Standard 1st Quarter 2009.

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Education Test Score Reporting

• Development of an XML Standard that can be Used
  by Any Testing Agency to Fully Communicate Test
  Score Information to High Schools, Colleges and
  Universities, Affiliated Third Parties
  (Clearinghouses, Employers, Research Facilities,
  Etc.), and Local, State and Federal Agencies.
• Begin April 2006.
• Involvement from ACT, LSAC, Oracle, USG, ACCRAO
  SPEEDE, Iowa State University, SunGard Higher
  Education, College Board, CSIS, SFSU, Jenzabar,
  National Transcript Center, University of
  Lethbridge, and University Systems of Georgia.
• Current Status Development of XML Schema and
  Implementation Guide.
• Approved Standard 4th Quarter 2008.

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Online Loan Counseling

• Development of Standard for Schools, Guarantors,
  Lenders, Servicers, and Others to Retrieve or
  Receive Loan Counseling Records from the
  Counseling Providers.
• Begin April 2006.
• Involvement from Access Group, Chase, College
  Assist, EDFUND, Education Assistance Corporation,
  Great Lakes Educational Loan Services
  Incorporated, Illinois Student Assistance
  Commission, Mapping Your Future, Michigan Higher
  Education Assistance Authority, NCHELP, Nelnet,
  North Carolina State Education Assistance
  Authority, Northwest Education Loan Association,
  Northwestern University, Oracle Corporation,
  Regent, SallieMae, SunGard, TG, U.S. Department
  of Education, United Student Aid Funds, Inc.,
  Wachovia Education Finance, and Wells Fargo.
• Current Status Completed XML Schema, Standard
  was Submitted for Public Comment, and Working on
  detailed Implementation Guide.
• Approved Standard 3rd Quarter 2008.

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Seal of Approval

• To ensure some level of uniformity in
  implementation among trading partners and wants
  to ensure that a level playing field is provided
  in the market for organizations already using and
  exchanging PESC standards.
• Begin February 2008.
• Involvement from Great Lakes, National Transcript
  Center, Docufide, University of North Carolina,
  Regent, SunGard Higher Education, Accenture,
  American Education Services, Mapping Your Future,
  NCHELP, USAFunds, Northwestern University, and
  Florida International University.
• Current Status To be Determined.

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Student Aid Inquiry

• Development an XML standard to be used to allow
  organizations the ability to respond to any type
  of student aid inquiry. The standard would be
  built on the existing PESC Core Components and
  would include application, origination,
  disbursement, repayment, default and any other
  related student aid data that the participants
  would require.
• Begin January 2006.
• Involvement from AcademyOne, Inc., AES, ASA,
  Campus Management, Citibank, College Board,
  Columbia University, Datatel, Education Loan
  Servicing Corp, ELM Resources, FSA, Great Lakes,
  Higher Education Services Corporation, National
  Student Clearinghouse, NSLP, Oklahoma State
  Regents for Higher Education, Pearson, Pensacola
  Jr. College, Sigma Systems, South Carolina,
  Sungard, TGSLC, University of S. Florida, NASFAA,
  and University System of Georgia.
• Current Status To be Determined.

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Taxonomy

• Formed to work collaboratively with the higher
  education community to develop an Education
  Taxonomy. Information is to be gathered and
  submitted to the community to assist in
  facilitating this conversation.
• Begin January 2007.
• Involvement from U.S. Department of Education
  FSA and SunGard Higher Education.
• Current Status - Collecting Information Regarding
  Education Related Standards Groups and the Data
  Standardization Work that has been Completed.

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IPEDS

• Department of Education - National Center for
  Education Statistics is working on development of
  XML standards for all IPEDS reports for use by
  educational institutions to upload their reports.
• Standards to be reviewed by the PESC Change
  Control Board and a receive the 30-day public
  comment period.

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Common Origination and Disbursement (COD)

• Department of Education - FSA is working on
  development of XML standards for direct lenders.
• Standards to be reviewed by the PESC Change
  Control Board and a receive the 30-day public
  comment period.

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Standards Post-Approval Maintenance

• Communicate the standards to the community.
• Provide a repository of approved standards for
  development and future reference.
• Support a process for updating the standards, as
  community needs change.
• Formation of User Groups???

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