The prevalence of default on student loans among an institution’s alumni is regarded as an indicator of the value of its academic program and its ability to administe...

The prevalence of default on student loans among an institution’s alumni is regarded as an indicator of the value of its academic program and its ability to administer student financial aid. High default rates result in sanctions; very high default rates preclude participation in the Direct Loan or Pell Grant programs.

Related terms: Administrative capability

The prevalence of default on student loans among an institution’s alumni is regarded as an indicator of the value of its academic program and its ability to administer student financial aid. High default rates result in sanctions; very high default rates preclude participation in the Direct Loan or Pell Grant programs.

Related terms: Administrative capability

PDF A Closer Look at the Trillion: Borrowing, Repayment and Default at Iowa's Community Colleges (2015)

(Association of Community College Trustees)

Web URL Are Student Loan Default Rates Linked to Institutional Capacity?

(Journal of Student Financial Aid)

PDF Behind the Numbers: Making Sense of Cohort Default Rates

(Trellis Company)

Web URL CDR: What is it Good For? Absolutely Something.

(The Institute for College Access and Success)

Web URL Cohort Default Rates: Predicting the Probability of Federal Sanctions

(Educational Policy: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Policy and Practice)

Web URL Costs and Risks in the Federal Student Loan Program: How Accountability Policies Can Protect Taxpayers

(American Enterprise Institute)

PDF Detecting Early Signs of Default Risk at Austin Community College

(Trellis Company)

PDF Digging Deeper: An Analysis of Student Loan Debt in Texas

(Trellis Company)

Web URL Do High Cohort Default Rates Affect Student Living Allowances and Debt Burdens? An Empirical Analysis

(Journal of Student Financial Aid)

Web URL Does Student Loan Debt Hinder Community Well-Being?

(International Journal of Community Well-Being)

Web URL Driving Down Default: How to Strengthen the Cohort Default Rate to Further Reduce Federal Student Loan Default Risk

(The Institute for College Access and Success)

PDF Fault Lines in Borrowing: Academic Outcomes of Students in Default (2020)

(Association of Community College Trustees)

PDF Financial Aid at the Crossroads: Managing the Student Debt Crisis in Texas

(Trellis Company)

Web URL Helping Our Students to Help Us

(National Association of College and University Business Officers)

Web URL Institutional and State-Level Factors Related to Paying Back Student Loan Debt Among Public, Private, and For-Profit Colleges

(Journal of Student Financial Aid)

Web URL Institutional Eligibility AskRegs Knowledgebase Q&As

(National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators)

Web URL It’s Time to Move Beyond Cohort Default Rates

(Robert Kelchen, Ph.D.)

PDF Lost in the Trillion: A Three-State Comparison of Community College Borrowing and Default (2017)

(Association of Community College Trustees)

Web URL Protecting the Cohort Default Rate from Forbearance Abuse

(The Institute for College Access and Success)

Web URL Student Loan Default and Repayment in Kentucky

(Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education)

Web URL Student Loan Default Has Serious Financial Consequences

(The Pew Charitable Trusts)

PDF Student Loan Repayment

(Consumer Financial Protection Bureau)

Web URL TICAS Analysis of Official Three-Year Cohort Default Rates (FY17)

(The Institute for College Access and Success)

PDF Unaffordable Loans: When Should Schools Become Ineligible for Student Loan Programs?

(Urban Institute)

PDF What Works: College Strategies for Reducing Student Loan Default (2020)

(Association of Community College Trustees and The Institute for College Access and Success)

Web URL Why the Cohort Default Rate is Insufficient

(Third Way)

Web URL 668.202(a)(4)

See top list entry for Perkins Loan Program

Web URL 668.206(g)
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