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Jarret Cummings

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CUPA-HR Webinar on Title IX Changes

Posted By Jarret Cummings 04-19-2024 01:06:00 PM
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The U.S. Department of Education just released its final overhaul of the Title IX regulations, which prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex in federally funded educational programs or activities. Our colleagues at CUPA-HR are hosting a free webinar on April 30th from 1:00 - 2:30 PM, EDT, to review ...

Fed Student Aid Reminder on FTI as CUI

Posted By Jarret Cummings 04-19-2024 08:22:20 AM
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Hi, All - Federal Student Aid has issued a reminder about the confidentiality restrictions and controlled unclassified information (CUI) marking requirements that accompany Federal Tax Information (FTI) received via an Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR) generated from the new version of ...

Fed Student Aid Reminder on FTI as CUI

Posted By Jarret Cummings 04-19-2024 08:21:00 AM
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Hi, All - Federal Student Aid has issued a reminder about the confidentiality restrictions and controlled unclassified information (CUI) marking requirements that accompany Federal Tax Information (FTI) received via an Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR) generated from the new version of ...

RE: April 10 Member Quick Talk: Federal Policy Update

Posted By Jarret Cummings 04-08-2024 10:48:04 AM
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Hi, Nathan – Yes, we'll have a recording of the QuickTalk available from the event page within a day or two after the session. - Jarret _______________________________________________ Jarret S. Cummings (he / him) Senior Advisor, Policy and Government Relations EDUCAUSE Uncommon Thinking ...

April 10 Member Quick Talk: Federal Policy Update

Posted By Jarret Cummings 04-05-2024 08:52:00 AM
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I hope that you can join my colleague, Katie Branson, and me for an EDUCAUSE Member Quick Talk on April 10 from 4:00 - 5:00 PM, EDT. We plan to discuss the federal policy developments that EDUCAUSE addressed in the first quarter of this year as well as CISA's major cyber incident reporting rulemaking, ...

Fed. Policy QuickTalk: Apr. 10, 4 - 5 PM, EDT

Posted By Jarret Cummings 04-03-2024 08:42:11 AM
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Please plan to join my govt. relations colleague, Katie Branson, and me for an EDUCAUSE Member QuickTalk next Wed., April 10th, from 4:00 - 5:00 PM, EDT. We will be discussing the federal policy landscape that EDUCAUSE has encountered so far this year and what we're seeing in the near future: http ...

FAFSA technical questions webinar, April 5, 3:00 - 4:00 PM, EDT

Posted By Jarret Cummings 04-02-2024 08:05:36 AM
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Federal Student Aid has announced an open webinar for Friday, April 4, from 3:00 - 4:00 PM, EDT, during which it will "present answers to some of the most common technical questions we have received from schools, software developers, and states to date." More information about the session as well as ...

Possible tax data problem with new FAFSA/ISIRs

Posted By Jarret Cummings 04-01-2024 08:01:04 AM
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For EDUCAUSE members who may be involved in helping their institutions conduct the intake and processing of Institutional Student Information Records (ISIRs) from the new FAFSA, Federal Student Aid has announced that there may be problems with some of the tax information automatically imported into the ...

March 29 Fed Student Aid Webinar on ISIRs

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 ...

Fed funding for regional cybersec ed partnerships

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. ...

Fed Student Aid 2024 Conf. (Online): Dec. 3 - 6

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 ...

FSA resources to help with ISIRs delivery/processing

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- ...

FSA March 18 webinar on ISIRs distribution

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 ...

More institutions to start receiving ISIRs

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 ...

FSA releases patch to fix ISIRs import problem

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 ...

Dept of Ed Update on FAFSA Data Release

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 ...

Fed Student Aid FAFSA Data Updates

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 ...

NEW DEADLINE: FAFSA Data Processing Survey

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 ...

2024-25 FAFSA Specifications Guide Updated

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 ...

Test Records, Tools Available to Prep for '24-25 ISIRs

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. ...