5th Annual Conference
on Technology &
Standards
April 28 – 30, 2008
Hyatt Regency Washington
on Capitol Hill
www.PESC.org
Standards Initiatives in
Development
Eddie Upton
5th Annual Conference
on Technology &
Standards
Standards Initiatives in
Development for PESC
• Data Exchange Along the Student
Lifecycle Project
• Standards Forum Workgroups in
Development
• Standards Post-Approval Maintenance
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Student Lifecycle Project
Cultivate
Relationships
Retain
Students
Identify
Markets
Student
Generate
Prospects
Cultivate
Inquirers
Enroll
Determine
Students Provide Aid
Admits
Collect Fees
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Student Lifecycle Project
• Identify Key Areas Where Data Exchange
Occurs Along the Student Lifecycle.
– Secondary to Postsecondary
– Postsecondary to Postsecondary
• Use Information in the Candidate
Submission Process
• Strategic Direction for Workgroup Creation
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Standards Forum Workgroups in
Development
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Admission Application
Course Inventory
Education Test Score Reporting
Online Loan Counseling
Seal of Approval
Student Aid Inquiry
Taxonomy
IPEDS
Common Origination and Disbursement
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Admission Application
• Develop National XML Standard for the Application for Admission
to College/University.
• Began In June 2006.
• Involvement From Applications On-line, Apply Yourself Recruiting
Solutions, Solutions, Citibank, College Summit, ConnectEdu,
Jenzabar, KEL Group, Inc., Online Business Systems, Oracle
Corporation, Rapid Data Interchange, SunGard Higher
Education, The College Board, The Common Application, Inc.,
Wachovia Corporation, Xap Corporation And 18
Colleges/Universities.
• Current Status – Schema Completed, Implementation Guide In
Development, Looking for Volunteers to Map Their Application to
the Schema, and Send to CCB next month.
• Approved Standard – 4th Quarter 2008.
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Course Inventory
• Develop Standard Course Definitions and Data in XML for the
Course Catalog.
• Began In April 2007.
• Involvement From Oracle Corporation, Iowa State University,
University of Mississippi, SunGard Higher Education, University of
North Carolina, AcademyOne, Inc., University of Lethbridge,
Instruction Media + Magic, Inc., College Source, Georgetown
University, CSIS, ACCRAO SPEEDE, and Smart Catalog.
• Current Status – Development of XML Schema.
• Approved Standard – 1st Quarter 2009.
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Education Test Score Reporting
• Development of an XML Standard that can be Used by Any Testing
Agency to Fully Communicate Test Score Information to High
Schools, Colleges and Universities, Affiliated Third Parties
(Clearinghouses, Employers, Research Facilities, Etc.), and Local,
State and Federal Agencies.
• Begin April 2006.
• Involvement from ACT, LSAC, Oracle, USG, ACCRAO SPEEDE,
Iowa State University, SunGard Higher Education, College Board,
CSIS, SFSU, Jenzabar, National Transcript Center, University of
Lethbridge, and University Systems of Georgia.
• Current Status – Development of XML Schema and Implementation
Guide.
• Approved Standard – 4th Quarter 2008.
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Online Loan Counseling
• Development of Standard for Schools, Guarantors, Lenders,
Servicers, and Others to Retrieve or Receive Loan Counseling
Records from the Counseling Providers.
• Begin April 2006.
• Involvement from Access Group, Chase, College Assist, EDFUND,
Education Assistance Corporation, Great Lakes Educational Loan
Services Incorporated, Illinois Student Assistance Commission,
Mapping Your Future, Michigan Higher Education Assistance
Authority, NCHELP, Nelnet, North Carolina State Education
Assistance Authority, Northwest Education Loan Association,
Northwestern University, Oracle Corporation, Regent, SallieMae,
SunGard, TG, U.S. Department of Education, United Student Aid
Funds, Inc., Wachovia Education Finance, and Wells Fargo.
• Current Status – Completed XML Schema, Standard was Submitted
for Public Comment, and Working on detailed Implementation
Guide.
• Approved Standard – 3rd Quarter 2008.
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Seal of Approval
• To ensure some level of uniformity in implementation among trading
partners and wants to ensure that a level playing field is provided in
the market for organizations already using and exchanging PESC
standards.
• Begin February 2008.
• Involvement from Great Lakes, National Transcript Center, Docufide,
University of North Carolina, Regent, SunGard Higher Education,
Accenture, American Education Services, Mapping Your Future,
NCHELP, USAFunds, Northwestern University, and Florida
International University.
• Current Status – To be Determined.
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Student Aid Inquiry
• Development an XML standard to be used to allow organizations the
ability to respond to any type of student aid inquiry. The standard would
be built on the existing PESC Core Components and would include
application, origination, disbursement, repayment, default and any other
related student aid data that the participants would require.
• Begin January 2006.
• Involvement from AcademyOne, Inc., AES, ASA, Campus Management,
Citibank, College Board, Columbia University, Datatel, Education Loan
Servicing Corp, ELM Resources, FSA, Great Lakes, Higher Education
Services Corporation, National Student Clearinghouse, NSLP,
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, Pearson, Pensacola Jr.
College, Sigma Systems, South Carolina, Sungard, TGSLC, University
of S. Florida, NASFAA, and University System of Georgia.
• Current Status – To be Determined.
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Taxonomy
• Formed to work collaboratively with the higher education community
to develop an Education Taxonomy. Information is to be gathered
and submitted to the community to assist in facilitating this
conversation.
• Begin January 2007.
• Involvement from U.S. Department of Education – FSA and
SunGard Higher Education.
• Current Status - Collecting Information Regarding Education
Related Standards Groups and the Data Standardization Work that
has been Completed.
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IPEDS
• Department of Education - National Center for Education Statistics is
working on development of XML standards for all IPEDS reports for
use by educational institutions to upload their reports.
• Standards to be reviewed by the PESC Change Control Board and
a receive the 30-day public comment period.
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Common Origination and
Disbursement (COD)
• Department of Education - FSA is working on development of XML
standards for direct lenders.
• Standards to be reviewed by the PESC Change Control Board and
a receive the 30-day public comment period.
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Standards Post-Approval
Maintenance
• Communicate the standards to the community.
• Provide a repository of approved standards for
development and future reference.
• Support a process for updating the standards, as
community needs change.
• Formation of User Groups???
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