This document provides information for postsecondary institutions to allow them to review and correct errors in the federal student loan program cohort default rate data that the guaranty agencies provide to the U.S. Department of Education prior to the final calculation of official cohort default rates. Data are provided to schools through a new…

The issues, options, and procedures for annually measuring overall payment error in the Pell Grant program are specified in detail. Guidelines for establishing a definition of Pell Grant payment error are provided, and the design issues related to error measurement are examined. A comparison is made of options for selecting a study sample and for…

Extensive workshop materials are presented in this 1997 training guide for fiscal officers, business officers, bursars, loan managers, and others who have responsibility for Title IV college student financial aid programs. Workbook type material is provided for nine workshop sessions that cover the following topics: (1) Institutional…