The State University of  New York 
Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act
HEA Overview
?	HEA passed both houses of Congress on July 31st, 2008. (a mere 5 years later than the 
statutory deadline)
?	Over 1,150 pages long
?	Over 150 new reporting requirements
?	64 new programs only a fraction will be funded
?	Effective date August 14th, 2008 unless otherwise noted.  Several provisions need to 
go through negotiated rulemaking to clear up ambiguities.
?	Most student aid provision are effective July 1st, 2010.
?	Authorized until Sept. 30th, 2014


Important items in the bill  
that you should know about  

?	College Cost Lists
?	Net Price Calculator
?	Multi-year tuition calculator
?	P2P
?	Preferred Lender Agreements
?	FFELP, DL and Private loans
?	Textbooks
?	Alumni Reporting
?	Graduation Rates
?	Campus Emergency Response

College Costs Lists
?	July 1, 2011 lists are available to the public
?	9 institutional categories of top 5% of institutions
?	Highest tuition and fees
?	Highest net price
?	Largest % increase in tuition and fees
?	Largest % increase in net price
?	"Net Price definition"- Net price is determined by subtracting need based aid provided 
per aided student from the cost of attendance. "average yearly price actually charged 
to a first-time full-time undergraduate student receiving student aid...after deducting 
such aid."
?	State higher education spending
?	"MOE"

College Costs- Cont. 
Dept of Ed College Navigator website
?	Dept of Ed will have available on the college navigator site:
?	 post 27 categories of "consumer information" about each institution that 
participates in title IV.  
?	a "net price calculator" that will provide any potential student a more personalized 
estimate. Institutions must post (or create their own and post) on each their website 
within 2 years of the bill's enactment.  
?	A "Multi-year tuition calculator" that will estimate future years of tuition at an 
institution based on the institutions previous tuition increases.  
?	It will also show "other institution's increases".  
?	A disclaimer that these are non-binding and subject to change will be posted as well.

Student Financial Aid -  
Preferred Lender Agreements
?	FFELP Institutions- must make certain disclosures regarding FFELP loans such as: 
?	their obligation to process FFELP loans irrespective of who the student chooses as a lender.
?	FFELP Dept of Ed- The department  is determining what the minimum disclosures should be for FFELP 
loans offered under the preferred lender agreements and will develop a model form that each institution 
participating in FFELP will have to use for such disclosures. 
?	FFELP Lenders- The act also requires that lenders make certain disclosures regarding loan terms and 
conditions to borrowers at specific times, including prior to disbursement.
?	DL Dept of Ed: The department will provide DL institutions a model disclosure form that must:
?	be provided to every potential borrower
?	institutions must also provide information concurrently with any private loan information that they offer.

Student Aid Disclosures cont.
?	Guaranty Agencies- (FFEL lenders) are limited with this act in what they 
can provide (gifts, materials, meals) to institutions, lenders, or their 
employees.  They must also work with institutions to distribute financial 
literacy materials to students and families.
?	Private Lender Provisions
?	Prohibited conduct- gifts, revenue-sharing, co-branding
?	Preferred lender arrangements re: private loans
?	Disclosures to borrowers
?	Self-certification

Textbooks
?	Effective July 1, 2010
?	Institutions must provide:
?	ISBN numbers in every course catalog
?	Every required and recommended and any additional supplemental materials 
?	Retail price information must also be included.
?	"To be determined" permissible if needed.
?	Publishers are required to provide faculty with all pertinent information: 
?	price 
?	copyright date of 3 previous editions 
?	list any substantial revisions from one edition to the next
?	textbook alternate format options with pricing
?	bundled vs. unbundled formats

Peer to Peer File Sharing
?	Institutions have annual disclosure requirements to students that:
?	1) states that sharing copyrighted material on a P2P file-sharing program makes them subject to 
civil and criminal penalties.
?	2) states the civil and criminal penalties for sharing copyrighted materials through a p2p network
?	3) provides the institutions policies on p2p file-sharing.
?	Institutions must develop a plan to stop student distribution of copyrighted materials 
on their network, and that plan institutions must consider technology based deterrents.
?	Technology-based deterrents include: bandwidth shaping" and "traffic monitoring".  
?	Institutions, must also offer to the "extent practicable" alternatives to illegal 
downloading. 

Alumni Reporting Requirements
?	Requires institutions to report to the Department of Education information 
on: 
?	employment placement of graduates
?	types of employment obtained by their graduates
?	graduates that enroll in graduate or professional education programs 

?	Information may be gathered from such sources as:
?	alumni surveys, 
?	student  satisfaction surveys
?	other relevant sources 

Graduation Rates
?	Requires institutions to disaggregate data on the following completion and 
graduation rates based on:
?	student gender, 
?	race/ethnicity
?	receipt of a Pell Grant, 
?	receipt of specific federal loans but not a Pell Grant
?	non-receipt of a Pell Grant nor other specific federal loans (except when the 
disclosure of data would not yield statistically reliable information or would 
reveal personally identifiable information). 
?	Community college outlook- seeking improvements in Neg-Reg... 

Campus Emergency Response
?	Requires institutions to disclose "a statement of current campus policies regarding 
immediate emergency response and evacuation procedures, including the use of 
electronic and cellular communication (if appropriate), which policies shall include 
procedures to-
?	(i) immediately notify the campus community upon the confirmation of a significant 
emergency or dangerous situation involving an immediate threat to the health or safety of 
students or staff occurring on the campus, unless issuing a notification will compromise efforts 
to contain the emergency; 
?	(ii) publicize emergency response and evacuation procedures on an annual basis in a manner 
designed to reach students and staff; and 
?	(iii) test emergency response and evacuation procedures on an annual basis." 

What could have been...
?	"30 minute rule"
?	Stricter college costs lists
?	HEPI watch-lists
?	Mandatory endowment payouts
?	Teacher training (title II) directly impacting the entire institution's 
financial aid (title IV) eligibility.
?	Stricter peer to peer language
?	4 year tuition outlook
?	Etc...

Next Steps
?	Timeline-
?	September 19, 2008, at Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas
?	September 29, 2008, at the University of Rhode Island, Providence Campus, Paff Auditorium, 
Providence, Rhode Island
?	October 2, 2008, at Pepperdine University, Malibu, California
?	October 6, 2008 at Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, North Carolina
?	October 8, 2008, at the U.S. Department of Education, 8th Floor Conference Center, 1990 K 
Street, N.W., Washington, DC
?	October 15, 2008 at Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio

New Administration Impact
?	McCain administration vs. Obama administration, which could 
have a significant impact on the neg-reg of HEA, and the 
implementation. 
?	Political appointments...  

The State University of New York