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level data for those who received Title IV aid  Program, begin/end date, status at the end of the year (enrolled, withdrawn, graduated)  Financial data including amount of tuition/fees, books, debt owed to institution  Due annually by October 1 st  Six aid years (catch up) were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  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  Achieving the Dream reporting – Target release of mid-December. Contact  HR Salary Planner – Contact