COMPLIANCE -
Create a Compliant Culture within Your Career College
Build a compliant workplace culture that strengthens your institution's compliance program and enhances institutional effectiveness >>>
CM101 - Internal Audits - Building a Compliant Campus
Facilitator: Traci Lee- This course provides an overview of the methodology and guidelines to help you outline an audit plan for your school(s). You will learn how to define audit scope and determine the audit approach which fits your organization. The course provides tips for successful audits and reviews audit areas for each functional department of a typical campus, including admissions, financial aid, student accounts, education/academics, and career services. Other business areas including marketing and advertising, human resources, information security and other key areas are also reviewed to provide you with a full scope audit outline. The course concludes with information on reports, audit documentation, and follow-up recommendations following the field audit activities.
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CM104 - Compliant Interactions: Acting with Integrity
Facilitator: Cindy Bryant- This course is designed to give you a clear and practical understanding of the federal and state regulatory standards that govern the conduct of your institution and correspondingly underlay the performance of your job. The purpose of the course is not to train you to be a regulatory expert, but to provide the information you need to do or say the right thing when interacting with both prospective and enrolled students, as well as the consequences of doing or saying the wrong thing whether by mistake or with intent. More importantly, the course emphasizes that 'Doing the Right Thing' is more than compliance and supports the mission and values of your institution. It ensures that we provide an environment of trust where prospective students receive the information they need to make informed decisions about their education. In short, it helps us help our students change their lives.
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CM105 - Beyond Compliance: Doing the Right Thing
Facilitator: Cindy Bryant- This course is designed to give you a clear and practical understanding of the federal and state regulatory standards that govern the conduct of your institution and correspondingly underlay the performance of your job. The purpose of the course is not to train you to be a regulatory expert, but to provide the information you need to do or say the right thing when interacting with both prospective and enrolled students, as well as the consequences of doing or saying the wrong thing whether by mistake or with intent. More importantly, the course emphasizes that 'Doing the Right Thing' is more than compliance and supports the mission and values of your institution. It ensures that we provide an environment of trust where prospective students receive the information they need to make informed decisions about their education. In short, it helps us help our students change their lives. This course is intended for members of the Coalition for Educational Success. The course includes The Standards of Responsible Conduct and Transparency promulgated by the Foundation for Educational Success.
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CM106 - Creating a Compliant Culture: Do's and Don'ts
Facilitator: Cindy Bryant- This course is designed for campus management and employees at all levels seeking a better understanding of creating a compliant culture in today's regulatory environment. It summarizes the importance of creating a culture that aligns with regulatory oversight as the cornerstone of an organization. A synopsis is provided on the interwoven relationship of the Triad with emphasis on the Program Integrity rules. This course also explores the "Do’s and Don’ts" for communicating with students throughout their education whether it is during enrollment, financial aid, education or career services. Additionally, specific sections provide management with a more comprehensive review of Program Integrity rules and how they impact faculty and staff interactions with students.
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CM129 - Compliant Communications with Students (Illinois)
Facilitator: Cindy Bryant- If your institution is licensed by Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) and participates in federal financial aid programs, then this course is a must for you. This course is designed for employees of all roles and levels at institutions governed by IBHE. The course provides an awareness of prohibited acts which could adversely impact operations. Topics focus on Federal Department of Education Program Integrity rules and IBHE regulations with references to other agencies' impact on student communications including the Federal Trade Commission guidelines. The course covers requirements which must be adhered to in order to maintain good standing with both state and federal regulators. Emphasis is on areas of misrepresentation related to advertising and recruitment activities, interactions with prospective students and appropriate communication of disclosures and other publications.
Sponsored by The National Association of State Administrators
and Supervisors of Private Schools (NASASPS)
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CM251 - Students with Disabilities: Legal Obligations and Opportunities
Facilitator: Dr. Jane Jarrow- This course provides faculty, staff, and administrators with an understanding of the legal mandates regarding equal access for students with disability. More importantly, it provides a practical framework to help institutional personnel know what to say and do in the context of their defined role and interactions with students with disabilities. Topics include the civil rights nature of applicable Federal law, definitional issues, the impact of disability on traditional education activities and pursuits, reasonable accommodations, and the unique responsibilities of faculty, staff, and administrators as prescribed by their position.
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CM310 - Understanding the Role of State Regulators
Facilitator: TBD TBD- This course is designed to provide state regulators, program specialists, and site review teams with an overview of the career college sector as it applies to state agents and their duties. An introduction to the history of the for-profit sector, federal regulations, financial aid, and the benefits of accreditation will be provided. Additionally, the course articulates the relationship between recruitment efforts and the state regulatory environment. The course will further examine required disclosures, misrepresentation, transparency, and competitive integrity. Finally, you will gain insight regarding common complaints and maintaining a compliant environment as it relates to your role in a state agency.
This course was a collaborative effort of several state regulators who offered their advice and expertise regarding the role of employees at their state agency.
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ED201 - Students with Disabilities in the College Classroom
Facilitator: Dr. Jane Jarrow- This course introduces the participant to teaching students with disabilities in the career college environment. It provides descriptions of the physical, sensory, mental, psychological, and learning disabilities most likely to be encountered, as well as the effects these disabilities have on students and their learning. The course also introduces participants to accommodations and strategies that may help to support students with disabilities and foster their academic success.
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FA110 - Developing an Efficient Financial Aid Office
Facilitators: Chyrl Ayers and David McGuffee- This course provides a blueprint for running an effective financial aid office in the career college setting. You will learn to optimize the performance of your financial aid office with a minimum of waste, expense, and unnecessary effort. The course covers the cornerstones of an efficient financial aid office: timeliness, accuracy and customer service. You will also be advised of pitfalls to avoid in the realm of Title IV compliance. You will learn the key points to building an effective business office processing procedure. Reports and notifications required by the Department of Education are also explained. In addition, you will be given pointers on preparation for the annual Student Financial Aid audit and alerted to the most common triggers for Department of Education Program Reviews.
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FA120 - Default Prevention: A State of Mind
Facilitators: Mary Lyn Hammer and Cheryl Kesson- This course offers proven-successful techniques that ultimately prevent student loan delinquencies and defaults. Because there is not one miracle that reduces the chance of student loan defaults, this compilation of ideas and practices collectively greatly reduces those risks by giving ownership of the loan responsibilities to the students who benefit from them. By integrating effective borrower education and interaction from the day your students walk through your front door, your students will embrace the state of mind needed to give them lifetime accountability for their Federal Student Loans obligations.
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