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• Over 1,800 college and university members (representing all sectors).
• ACE members represent about 80 percent of students enrolled
Who is ACE?
ACE Mission
ACE, the major coordinating body for all of the nation's higher education institutions, seeks to provide leadership and a unifying voice on higher education issues and to influence public policy through advocacy, research, and program initiatives.
• ACE role is to coordinate and lead
• Not everyone wants to be coordinated or led
ACE Representation
Public Private
Two-year
Four-year
UniversityAAU
AASCU
AACC
NAICU
APLU
UNCFNAFEO
HACU
CCCU
ACCU AJCU
AGB
ACEPresidential Associations
Price of College
Public, 2-yr
Public, 4-yr
Private, 4-yr
Health insurance
Median Income
New Car
Prescription Drugs
Medical Care
Housing-10%
10%
30%
50%
70%
90%
99-00 '01-'02 '03-'04 '05-'06 '07-'08 '09-'10
Student Outcomes
• Graduation/completion Rates
• Academically Adrift– Modest gain in critical thinking– Students don’t work hard
• Employment Rates
Policy Concerns for Higher Education
• Rising Cost
• Student outcomes
• Accountability/accreditation
Federal Efforts to Improve Postsecondary Education
• Increased reporting and disclosures
• College Affordability and Transparency Center
• Accreditation
• Gainful employment
Goal
“…While a majority of career colleges play a vital role in training our workforce to be globally competitive, some bad actors are saddling students with debt they cannot afford in exchange for degrees and certificates they cannot use.”
US Secretary of Education
Arne Duncan
In general, at a traditional institution, a gainful
employment program is a non-degree certificate program
of at least one year.
What is a Gainful Employment Program?
What is a Gainful Employment Program?
Is the program a degree
program?
Is the program at least one
academic year in length?
Stop, not a GE program. Also
excludes certificates
embedded in a degree
program.
No Yes
What is a Gainful Employment Program?
Is the program a degree
program?
Is the program at least one
academic year in length?
Stop, not a GE program. Also
excludes certificates
embedded in a degree
program.
No Yes
What is a Gainful Employment Program?
Is the program at least one
academic year in length?
Stop, not a GE program.
(Exceptions for certain
vocational education programs.)
Does the program lead to a certificate or
other non-degree
credential awarded by institution?
No Yes
What is a Gainful Employment Program?
Is the program at least one
academic year in length?
Stop, not a GE program.
(Exceptions for certain
vocational education programs.)
Does the program lead to a certificate or
other non-degree
credential awarded by institution?
No Yes
What is a Gainful Employment Program?
Does the program lead to a certificate or
non-degree credential
awarded by institution?
Stop, not a GE program.
Is the program at least two
years in length and fully
transferable to a bachelor’s degree?
No Yes
What is a Gainful Employment Program?
Does the program lead to a certificate or
non-degree credential
awarded by institution?
Stop, not a GE program.
Is the program at least two
years in length and fully
transferable to a bachelor’s degree?
No Yes
What is a Gainful Employment Program
Is the program at least two
years in length and fully
transferable to a bachelor’s degree?
Program is a GE program Stop, not a GE
program.
No Yes
Gainful Employment Consumer Disclosures
Disclosures by program on website by July 1, 2011
– Occupations
– Total program costs
– On-time completion rates
– Job placements
– Median loan debt
Gainful Employment Data
Data reported to ED by October 1, 2011
– Student identifier information (SSN, DOB, name)
– Program identifier information (OPEID, CIP)
– Private loan borrowing
– Institutional loans
– Enrollment information
Three Tests
Debt measures
– Repayment rate at least 35%
– Student debt payment less than 12 percent of graduate’s total income
– Student debt payment less than 30 percent of a graduate’s discretionary income
Three Tests
Consequences
• Fail one year = additional disclosures
• Fail two years = warnings to students
• Fail three years in four = loss of Title IV eligibility
Information Required to Be Disclosed Under the Higher Education Act of 1965: Suggestions for Dissemination
Why This Report?
• Compliance
• Needle in a haystack
• ESL– Graduation rates = Students Right to Know– Federal Disclosures
• List of Disclosures
Recommendations?
• Compliance and communication
• Single webpage to access information
• “3 Click” maximum
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