Helping you Help Helping you Help Students Avoid Students Avoid Default: Default: Debt Management Tools Debt Management Tools for for Schools and Students Schools and Students Russell Judd Russell Judd Great Lakes Higher Education Corp. Great Lakes Higher Education Corp. Doug Falk Doug Falk National Student Clearinghouse National Student Clearinghouse Annual Conference 2008
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Helping you Help Students Helping you Help Students Avoid Default:Avoid Default:
Debt Management Tools Debt Management Tools for for
Meteor is a valuable tool that provides Meteor is a valuable tool that provides Financial Aid Professionals and Financial Aid Professionals and borrowers secure access to real-time borrowers secure access to real-time financial aid information.financial aid information.
Information from multiple data providers Information from multiple data providers is aggregated to assist the FAP and the is aggregated to assist the FAP and the borrower with the financial aid process, borrower with the financial aid process, repayment and default aversion.repayment and default aversion.
Meteor is a neutral, collaborative effort Meteor is a neutral, collaborative effort of the FFELP community.of the FFELP community.
Accurate, real-time information Accurate, real-time information Receive loan information and, in Receive loan information and, in
many cases, exit counseling in a many cases, exit counseling in a single web visitsingle web visit
Some implementations allow a Some implementations allow a student to do “what-if” analysis with student to do “what-if” analysis with counseling calculatorscounseling calculators
More likely to remember loan status, More likely to remember loan status, holder, etc. holder, etc.
Benefits to StudentsBenefits to Students
Legislative ChangesLegislative Changes
Legislative changes may make it Legislative changes may make it difficult for students and schools to difficult for students and schools to keep track of their debtkeep track of their debt Schools and students will need to work Schools and students will need to work
with more providerswith more providers Meteor can help!Meteor can help!
Single, impartial point of access to Single, impartial point of access to multiple loan providersmultiple loan providers
Software CustomizationSoftware Customization Mapping Your FutureMapping Your Future NYHESCNYHESC OthersOthers
The National Student ClearinghouseThe National Student Clearinghouse as the Meteor Index Provideras the Meteor Index Provider Campus Based AuthenticationCampus Based Authentication
Meteor OverviewMeteor Overview
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In the beginning….In the beginning…. Pre-Meteor Environment Pre-Meteor Environment
Lenders, Guarantors, Servicers, Schools Lenders, Guarantors, Servicers, Schools and others all offer independent, and others all offer independent, proprietary web servicesproprietary web services
Spring 2000: In response to Federal Spring 2000: In response to Federal Modernization Blueprint, NCHELP Modernization Blueprint, NCHELP members move to create a platform and members move to create a platform and program neutral information network to program neutral information network to provide aggregated financial aid provide aggregated financial aid information.information.
In the beginning….In the beginning…. Foundation PrinciplesFoundation Principles
Open SourceOpen Source Open CollaborationOpen Collaboration Freely AvailableFreely Available Controlled Participation NetworkControlled Participation Network Not tied to a specific website, school Not tied to a specific website, school
product, or organizationproduct, or organization Policy and Technology DecisionsPolicy and Technology Decisions
The technical solutions were easyThe technical solutions were easy The policy decisions required collaboration The policy decisions required collaboration
and teamwork…“co-opetition” and teamwork…“co-opetition” similar to CommonLine and CR:Csimilar to CommonLine and CR:C
The Result….The Result….
Non-proprietary, open source software Non-proprietary, open source software that brings together data from distributed that brings together data from distributed databases across the higher education databases across the higher education financing community.financing community.
Anyone can participate!Anyone can participate! LendersLenders GuarantorsGuarantors ServicersServicers SchoolsSchools U.S. Department of EducationU.S. Department of Education And others!And others!
Access real-time, student-specific Access real-time, student-specific financial aid information from multiple financial aid information from multiple sources with an intuitive user sources with an intuitive user interface and navigation interface and navigation
CurrentlyCurrently provides information on provides information on FFELP and alternative loans FFELP and alternative loans (capability exists to include Direct (capability exists to include Direct Loans & Perkins Loans)Loans & Perkins Loans)
Meteor FeaturesMeteor Features
Meteor TodayMeteor Today
14 Independent points of access to 14 Independent points of access to the Networkthe Network
20 Data providers20 Data providers Several customized implementationsSeveral customized implementations Leading the way for transitive trust in Leading the way for transitive trust in
Finance Authority of Maine New Hampshire Higher Education Assistance Foundation
Florida Office of Financial Assistance—Florida Office of Financial Assistance—OSFAOSFA
New York State Higher Education Services Corporation
Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corp.Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corp. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher EducationOklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
Great Lakes Educational Loan Services, Inc
Rhode Island Higher Education Assistance Authority
Student Loans of North DakotaStudent Loans of North Dakota
NOTE: EASFAA Region Providers are Highlighted
USA Funds
Meteor Real Time Meteor Real Time Data ProvidersData Providers
Data Available Data Available Through the Meteor Through the Meteor
NetworkNetwork
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Meteor Customization Meteor Customization Options and ExamplesOptions and Examples
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Meteor CustomizationMeteor Customization
Data integration to existing web applications i.e. several Meteor members have
integrated data from the Meteor Network into their exit counseling processes
Great tool for debt management and default aversion
One stop service – no need for the student to collect their outstanding loan information in separate sessions.
Student sees THEIR actual outstanding loan debt in the counseling session.
Mapping Your Future’s Mapping Your Future’s Online Student Loan Online Student Loan
CounselingCounseling Integration of real-time data Integration of real-time data
NYHESC/Meteor/MYF ImplementationNYHESC/Meteor/MYF Implementation Advice on borrowing conservatively Advice on borrowing conservatively
and maintaining debt and maintaining debt Debt/salary wizard Debt/salary wizard Optional budget calculatorOptional budget calculator School customization options School customization options
USA Funds Exit CounselingUSA Funds Exit Counseling
Using the XML data provided in a Using the XML data provided in a Meteor inquiry response, USA Funds Meteor inquiry response, USA Funds populates their exit counseling loan populates their exit counseling loan screens with real-time data from the screens with real-time data from the Meteor NetworkMeteor Network
Meteor CustomizationMeteor Customization
Style sheet changesStyle sheet changes Integration of data into other online Integration of data into other online
servicesservices
Meteor network data is
presented in NELA
branded style sheets
Other Customization Other Customization OptionsOptions
How Could You Use Meteor Data?How Could You Use Meteor Data? Integration into Debt Management Integration into Debt Management
SolutionsSolutions Integration into CSR/Call Center SolutionsIntegration into CSR/Call Center Solutions
What’s the Catch?What’s the Catch? Need prior approval from M.A.T.Need prior approval from M.A.T. Need to implement Meteor Access Need to implement Meteor Access
ProviderProvider
Online Award Letter PilotOnline Award Letter Pilot
Will serve as a debt management tool Will serve as a debt management tool Borrowing history presented BEFORE a new Borrowing history presented BEFORE a new
award is acceptedaward is accepted Ensures that borrower is aware of the Ensures that borrower is aware of the
potential impact of increasing his potential impact of increasing his aggregate loan(s) amountaggregate loan(s) amount Total current outstandingTotal current outstanding New total outstanding with the addition of the New total outstanding with the addition of the
new loannew loan Repayment scenarios based on aggregatesRepayment scenarios based on aggregates
The National Student The National Student ClearinghouseClearinghouse
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The NSC as the Meteor The NSC as the Meteor Index ProviderIndex Provider
100% (over 25 million) of FFELP guarantee volume
100% (over 6.5 million) of Direct Loan Program accounts
Over 19.2 million FFELP servicer accounts Over 2.9 million Perkins/Private/Alternative
Loan servicer accounts
NSC Campus Based NSC Campus Based AuthenticationAuthentication
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Campus Based Campus Based AuthenticationAuthentication
Schools that have entered into an Schools that have entered into an electronic services agreement with the electronic services agreement with the NSC will act as Authentication Agents.NSC will act as Authentication Agents.
NSC will review the school’s NSC will review the school’s authentication policies & procedures authentication policies & procedures
Students campus issued credentials will Students campus issued credentials will be utilized to access Meteor and other be utilized to access Meteor and other NSC services via NSC Student Self-Service NSC services via NSC Student Self-Service Web siteWeb site
NSC Student Self-ServiceNSC Student Self-Service
Meteor is integrated into NSC Student Meteor is integrated into NSC Student Self-Service ApplicationSelf-Service Application
For schools that wish to provide students For schools that wish to provide students with Meteor access, Meteor loan detail is with Meteor access, Meteor loan detail is incorporated into the LoanLocator displayincorporated into the LoanLocator display
For More Information….For More Information…. Interactive Web Site Launched
www.MeteorNetwork.org Audio presentation Interactive demonstration version of the
software Link to the Meteor project site
Project Documentationwww.NCHELP.org/Meteor.htm Implementation Information Current Provider List User Guide and other
documentation
Tim CameronTim CameronMeteor Project ManagerMeteor Project Manager(954) 565-7229(954) [email protected]@nchelp.org