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Mapping Your Future ® : Supporting Standards

Mapping Your Future ® : Supporting Standards. Presented by: Al Walser Senior Programmer Analyst. History.

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Mapping Your Future ® : Supporting Standards

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  1. Mapping Your Future®:Supporting Standards Presented by:Al WalserSenior Programmer Analyst

  2. History In 1996, guaranty agency leaders saw the need to deliver online services to schools and students. By working together, the agencies could meet those needs. They formed Mapping Your Future. In 1997, Mapping Your Future began offering Online Student Loan Counseling.

  3. OSLC usage • 16 counseling types • More to come • Proprietary sessions • 3,117 postsecondary schools participating • 8,210,219 counseling sessions completed

  4. Standards needed Guarantors eMN 3,117 FAMS numerous providers

  5. Standards needed • Efficient – saving money and resources • Effective – enables multiple perspectives on a process • Flexible – users can use what data elements they want from the standard • Collaborative – enables new projects that otherwise wouldn’t be possible

  6. Standards needed • Enable multiple systems to work with one another • Reduce need for IT development and support for schools • Enhance school flexibility to use data as needed

  7. Contact Al Walseral@mappingyourfuture.org(512) 255-0054

  8. Perspectives fromNational, Centralized DataExchange ServiceProviders Presented by: Ida Quamina, Director of Product Management

  9. Mutual Benefit Technology Services Company for Student Loan Data Exchange ELM provides application to disbursement data aggregation and mapping services Non for profit, funded by Member Lenders and Guarantors Over 2000 schools, 2100 lender codes and all guarantors participate with ELM Overview of ELM

  10. ELM currently supports the following data file formats CommonLine v4 CommonLine v5 CommonLine 96 ISIR EDE Proprietary Supporting File Formats

  11. Supporting File Formats % of Batch Schools by Data Format

  12. Schools using homegrown or older systems usually do not support the current CommonLine standard More schools moving to packaged systems 100% of Loan Providers using CommonLine v4 for batch transactions Supporting File Formats

  13. We prefer to receive batch files in an approved supported CommonLine format It takes twice as long to implement a participant using a non-standard format Additional coding and testing is required for non-standard formats Supporting File Formats

  14. Because we sit in the middle of the data exchange process, we have to be flexible by supporting multiple formats across participants. ELM translates data formats between participants. Supporting Customers

  15. Overhead in supporting multiple formats Regulatory changes (i.e. GradPLUS ) requires changes be made to all ELM supported formats Proprietary format customers require the most amount of work to make changes Significant testing required for each proprietary customer Challenges

  16. Decisions on when to no longer support a standard Balancing the needs of the customer with the needs of the business How long is too long? Challenges

  17. Coordinating the implementation of a new standard Adoption – Who and When are key questions Agreeing on implementation interpretations Working in partnership with key partners SIS Vendors Loan Providers Challenges

  18. One standard format accepted and used by all One standard format implemented in coordination with all trading partners Conclusion

  19. Questions?

  20. Ida Quamina, Director of Product Management iquamina@elmresources.com 866.629.4681 ext. 1833 Contact Information

  21. Perspectives from National, Centralized Data Exchange Service Providers Doug Falk, National Student Clearinghouse

  22. Agenda Introduction Standards at Work Challenges and Opportunities

  23. National Student Clearinghouse Founded in 1993 as a not-for-profit organization in affiliation with several educational associations including AACRAO, NASFAA COHEAO, NCHELP, et al. To serve as a neutral, centralized educational agent in fulfilling educational reporting needs

  24. Mission: To facilitate the exchange and understanding of student enrollment, performance, and related information in support of the education community

  25. Partners:

  26. Core Service Student Self-Service StudentTracker Transcript Ordering DegreeVerify Electronic Transcript Exchange EnrollmentVerify 4/2/2014 27

  27. Agenda Introduction Standards at Work Challenges and Opportunities

  28. Enrollment Data: EDI TS190 Transcript Request/Resp: EDI TS146/147 PESC XML Standard Transcript Delivery: PESC DTS Transcript Exchange: EDI TS130 PESC XML Transcript Single Sign-on: Shibboleth/ InCommon Enrollment & Degree Verification: HR-XML Department of Education: NSLDS Enrollment Reporting

  29. Upcoming Initiatives Interfacing with SIS for XML Transcript Requests Interfacing with Student Portals for Single-Sign on Expanding Enrollment Reporting to Include Institution and other Student IDs

  30. Agenda Introduction Standards at Work Challenges and Opportunities

  31. Challenges Implementing Standards and Making Changes Vendor Support Coordination of Effort Mandating Use of Standards What is the Role of a “Clearinghouse” Promote and Encourage Use of Standards Sensitive to Customer Capabilities Balance Ease of Use Versus Enforcement

  32. Opportunities More Collaboration with Vendors Coordinated Changes Through PESC Bottom Line: Differentiate on Product and Service, not Data

  33. Contact Doug Falk National Student Clearinghouse falk@studentclearinghouse.org (703) 742-4212 www.studentclearinghouse.org

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