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Lawmakers and higher education experts looking to hold institutions accountable for student outcomes and ensure taxpayer dollars in the form of financial aid are being spent responsibly often question whether some colleges and universities may actually harm students, rather than arming them with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed after completing their programs.

Federal Student Aid said this week it is working to resolve a COD system issue related to intermittent outages on StudentLoans.gov, which impacted processing on Monday. According to FSA, the issue is not yet resolved and institutions may still see delays in processing. For further assistance, FSA is encouraging institutions to contact the COD School Relations Center at 1-800-848-0978, or [email protected].

Under the Title IV regulations, schools are not required to send award letters. However, under 34 CFR 668.165(a)(1), "Before an institution disburses title IV, HEA program funds for any award year, the institution must notify a student of the amount of funds that the student or his or her parent can expect to receive under each title IV, HEA program, and how and when those funds will be disbursed. If those funds include Direct Loan program funds, the notice must indicate which funds are from subsidized loans, which are from unsubsidized loans, and which are from PLUS loans.” View the full answer to this question to learn more and search for answers to your other pressing regulatory and compliance questions, in NASFAA's AskRegs Knowledgebase.

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Federal Student Aid released two new reports that provide snapshots of the number of applications and resulting loan discharges processed as a result of borrower defense to repayment and the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, as of June 30, 2018. The new reports were posted to the FSA Data Center along with a series of updates to the quarterly application, disbursement, and portfolio reports that include data through June 30, 2018.

The U.S. Department of Education continues to require the collection of this information from borrowers who believe they have cause to invoke the borrower defense to loan repayment forgiveness of a student loan. There is no change to statutory or regulatory requirements. This collection continues to be necessary to ensure Heald, Everest and/or WyoTech College borrowers who wish to invoke the borrower defense against repayment of federal student loans can do so in a uniform and informed manner.

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