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Jarret Cummings

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Posted By Jarret Cummings 03-27-2024 12:09:00 PM
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If your institution is still trying to glean what information it can about how Institutional Student Information Records (ISIRs) have changed due to the launch of the new FAFSA, Federal Student Aid (FSA) has scheduled a public webinar for Friday, March 29th, from 3:00 - 4:00 PM, EDT, to discuss "changes ...
Posted By Jarret Cummings 03-25-2024 12:25:12 PM
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The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE), a program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced that it has additional funding available to support regional partnerships for the expansion of cybersecurity education that include institutions of higher education. ...
Posted By Jarret Cummings 03-25-2024 08:40:00 AM
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Federal Student Aid plans to hold its 2024 training conference online from Dec. 3 - 6. Over the last few years, the agenda has included at least a few sessions on cybersecurity issues in relation to student financial aid data, so you may find it worthwhile to see what FSA is saying to your financial ...
Posted By Jarret Cummings 03-15-2024 08:04:37 AM
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Federal Student Aid (FSA) has provided a new listing of resources available to help institutions with receiving and processing Institutional Student Information Records (ISIRs) generated from the new 2024-25 FAFSA: https://fsapartners.ed.gov/knowledge-center/library/electronic-announcements/2024-03- ...
Posted By Jarret Cummings 03-15-2024 07:55:00 AM
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Federal Student Aid (FSA) will hold a webinar on Monday, March 18, to present information about the slow-rolling release of student financial aid records from the new FAFSA (i.e., Institutional Student Information Records, or ISIRs) to institutions as well as the updated FSA software via the Student ...
Posted By Jarret Cummings 03-14-2024 08:36:10 AM
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Federal Student Aid (FSA) released the following notice indicating that more institutions have started to receive at least some Institutional Student Information Records (ISIRs), i.e., the student financial aid data records generated from the FAFSA: Update on Production 2024–25 ISIR Delivery ...
Posted By Jarret Cummings 03-14-2024 08:31:40 AM
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Federal Student Aid (FSA) has released a patch for its EDExpress for Windows software to fix a problem that institutions have encountered when importing test versions of Institutional Student Information Records (ISIRs), i.e., the student financial aid data records generated from the FAFSA. Please see ...
Posted By Jarret Cummings 03-05-2024 03:01:00 PM
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The U.S. Department of Education (ED) provided more details yesterday on its plans to provide student financial aid data from the new FAFSA to colleges and universities. The announcement covers options for institutions to get support from ED in preparing to receive Institutional Student Information Records ...
Posted By Jarret Cummings 02-28-2024 07:54:00 AM
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Federal Student Aid (FSA) released another round of updates yesterday about its efforts to help institutions prepare their systems for the data from the new FAFSA that will be coming their way in early-to-mid March. (https://fsapartners.ed.gov/knowledge-center/library/electronic-announcements/2024-0 ...
Posted By Jarret Cummings 02-22-2024 12:54:40 PM
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In yesterday's message regarding the survey on potential FAFSA data processing issues (please see below), EDUCAUSE President John O'Brien mentioned that we were hopeful that the deadline for completing the survey would be extended beyond this Friday, Feb. 23, at 11:59 PM, Eastern Time. I'm happy to say ...
Posted By Jarret Cummings 02-21-2024 03:43:00 PM
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The FAFSA Specifications Guide, which is intended in part to help institutions with the intake and handling of federal student aid data, has been updated as of late last week: https://fsapartners.ed.gov/knowledge-center/library/handbooks-manuals-or-guides/2023-05-31/draft-2024-25-fafsa-specification ...
Posted By Jarret Cummings 02-21-2024 03:34:00 PM
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Federal Student Aid (FSA) recently announced that it has made more test versions of Institutional Student Information Records (ISIRs) available to help institutions prepare to receive and process the real 2024-25 ISIRs that will start coming their way in early-to-mid March as a result of the new FAFSA. ...
Posted By Jarret Cummings 02-14-2024 08:01:00 AM
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Federal Student Aid (FSA) recently released announcement with important information regarding the ongoing, much-delayed transition to the new FAFSA and subsequent distribution of student financial aid data (via Institutional Student Information Records, or ISIRs) to institutions: A Feb. 13 notice ...
Posted By Jarret Cummings 01-31-2024 08:03:00 AM
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Just in case news media reports or campus discussions haven't reached you yet, I wanted to highlight the Department of Education's announcement yesterday that it will miss the deadline it announced late last year for releasing FAFSA data to institutions, which was today. The new deadline for releasing ...
Posted By Jarret Cummings 01-26-2024 12:33:12 PM
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Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sent its proposed final regulations on web and mobile app accessibility under Title II of the ADA to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eoDetails?rrid=371713 The notice gives no indication of what those ...
Posted By Jarret Cummings 01-26-2024 12:15:50 PM
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You may remember that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) posted proposed regulations for web and mobile app accessibility last year under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which sets accessibility requirements for state and local government entities. The EDUCAUSE Policy team provided ...
Posted By Jarret Cummings 01-04-2024 07:55:41 AM
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Hi, All - The General Services Administration has released its FY23 report on federal agency compliance with Section 508. The executive summary (https://www.section508.gov/manage/section-508-assessment/2023/executive-summary/) shows that federal agencies are generally lagging in compliance with 508 and ...
Posted By Jarret Cummings 01-02-2024 12:34:27 PM
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Hi, Terrill – From my quick scan of each, the Sept. memo addresses accessibility issues in relation to the design of federal websites and content, but goes on to address other issues related to website design and mgt., such as cybersecurity. The more recent memo covers similar ground on web accessibility, ...
Posted By Jarret Cummings 01-02-2024 08:43:00 AM
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Hi, All - Shortly after Christmas, the Dept. of Defense released its proposed new regulations and guidance docs for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program: Proposed regs: https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-27280 Proposed guidance docs: https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-27281 ...
Posted By Jarret Cummings 01-02-2024 08:31:07 AM
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Hi, All - I hope everyone had a great holiday season. In case you didn't access the 171 Group's Slack channel between Christmas and New Year's or have a colleague drop a heads-up in your inbox during that time, our friends at the DoD took the opportunity to release their proposed new CMMC regulations ...