Title: Tenth Federal
1Tenth Federal Higher Education PKI Coordination
Meeting
- PESC Update
- Wednesday December 15, 2004
Michael Sessa Executive Director
Communicate Collaborate Innovate
2Agenda
- Overview of PESC
- Industry Partners
- Current Activities
- Future Activities
3Overview of PESC
- Mission
- Established in 1997 and located in Washington,
D.C., the Postsecondary Electronic Standards
Council (PESC) is a non-profit, community-based,
umbrella association of colleges and
universities professional and commercial
organizations data, software and service
providers and state and federal government
agencies. - PESCs mission is to lead the establishment and
adoption of data exchange standards in education. - The goals of the mission are to enable the
improvement of institutional performance and
foster collaboration across educational
communities in order to lower costs, improve
service, and attain system interoperability.
4Overview of PESC
- Board of Directors
- Michael Berberet, Manager of Business
Development, Government Solutions, Pearson - Steve Biklen, Treasurer, President (retired),
Citibank Student Loan Corp, Represents NASLA - Judith Flink, Director of Student Financial
Services, University of Illinois _at_ Chicago - Bill Hollowsky, Senior Director of Applications
Development, Oracle Corporation - Mark Jones, Vice Chair, Vice President of
Marketing and Business Development, National
Student Clearinghouse - Dallas Martin, President, NASFAA
- David Moldoff, Represents Sungard SCT
- Robert Morley, Associate Registrar, University
of Southern California, Represents AACRAO - Pete Nalli, Secretary, Director of Software
Architecture, Datatel - Keith Riccitelli, Chair, Director of Global
Sourcing, Sallie Mae - Michael Sessa, Executive Director, PESC
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5Overview of PESC
- Steering Committee
- Ed Hauser, General Manager for SCT Banner
Student and Financial Aid Systems, Sungard SCT,
Chair - Holly Hyland, Management Analyst, Office of
Federal Student Aid, US Department of Education - Robert King, Director of Strategic Development,
Citibank - Adele Marsh, Vice President of E-Commerce
Initiatives, AES - Bruce Marton, Associate Director, Student
Information Systems, University of Texas at
Austin -
6Overview of PESC
- Members
- AACRAO, AES, California Community College
System, CBA, Citibank, COHEAO, CollegeBoard,
Columbia University, Community College of the Air
Force, Datatel Inc., edfinancial, Educaid, EFC,
ELM Resources, Florida State University, George
Washington University, Iowa State University, Law
School Admission Council, Lumina Foundation,
Miami University-DARS, NACUBO, NASFAA, NASLA,
National Student Clearinghouse, NCHELP, Nelnet,
Northern Illinois University, Oracle, Pearson,
PeopleSoft, Princeton Review, Purdue University,
Sallie Mae, Sungard SCT, SLSA, Susquehanna
University, Texas A M University, University of
Illinois at Chicago, University of Illinois
System, University of Maryland University
College, University of Minnesota, University of
Northern Iowa, University of Oklahoma, University
of Phoenix, University of Texas at Austin,
University of Virginia, USA Funds, US Department
of Education, Virginia Polytechnic Institute - Affiliates
- Access Group, ACT Inc, ACE, California School
Information Services, Docufide,
Educause, First Marblehead Education Resources,
IDAPP, IMS Global Learning Consortium,
Jenzabar, KHEAA, RDA Corporation, SIF
7Overview of PESC
- Operational Schedule
- Board Meetings Every other month
- Steering Committee Meetings Every month
- Membership Meetings Twice per year
- Workgroup Summits Twice per year
- Winter Summit held in partnership with
SPEEDE San Diego 2/17/05 2/18/05 - Fall Summit held in partnership with
AACRAOs Technology Conference Atlanta
10/11/05 10/12/05 - Annual Conference on May (held in partnership
with CBA, EFC, and NCHELP) - Technology and Standards 2nd Annual Washington
DC 5/2/05 5/4/05
8Industry Partners
- US Department of Education
- Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA)
- AACRAOs SPEEDE Committee
- NCHELPs ESC Committee
9Current Activities
- Focus on Membership
- Support for EDI
- Authentication
- Standards Forum for Education
- Development Initiatives
- XML Registry and Repository
- Policies and Procedures
- Hierarchy
10Focus on Membership
- Site Visits
- Interviews
- Sponsorships
- PR Meetings, Conferences, Advisory Boards,
Speaking Engagements
11Support for EDI
- Continuing to promote usage statistics and
implementation as provided by the Internet Server
at the University of Texas at Austin - Continuing to include appropriate EDI sessions at
conferences and summits - Communicating that SPEEDE continues to serve as
experts on the subject of EDI development and
implementation
12Authentication
- Analyze, evaluate, and communicate issues and
initiatives for the Membership - Educate PESC membership and higher education
community - Identify how authentication might be applied in
the education space - Evaluate leverage points, benefits, and issues
presented by employing standard student
authentication in education- related initiatives - Track major influential organizations Federal
Government, FSA, EAP - Make recommendations for further PESC action
13Standards Forum for Education
- XML Postsecondary Transcript
- Jointly developed by the Standards Forum for
Education, SPEEDE, and ESC - Based on PESC XML Technical Specifications and
Education Data Dictionary - July 2004 version 1.0 approved by PESC Members
and released as PESC approved standard
14Standards Forum for Education
- Common Record (loans and grants)
- For PELL and Direct Lending
- 2002-3 Early adopters
- 2003-5 Optional
- 2005-6 Required
- For FFELP and Alternative Loans
- 2002-3 CommonLine 5
- 2004-5 Convergence to CRC begins
- 2005-6 Industry convergence
15Standards Forum for Education
FAFSA - ISIR
Graduation
Sales
Certification
Repayment
Delinquency
MPN
Payoff
Cure - Claim
Consolidation
Guarantee
Subrogation
Disbursement
Deferment
NSLDS
799 - LARS
Changes
Forbearance
Life of the Loan
16Standards Forum for Education
?
CommonLine 4
Phases out CL95, CL96, CL3
?
CommonLine 5
Common Record
Phased out
PELL
Required
Optional
Early Adopters
Phased out
Optional
1.0 Required
Direct Lending
Phased out
Campus-Based
FAFSA/ISIR
Begin Migration?
Servicing/CAM
2001
2003
2002
2005
2004
2006
17Standards Forum for Education
- Initiatives in Process
- Request/Response of XML Postsecondary Transcript
- Request/Response of Degree Audit
- Online Loan Counseling
- Secondary to Postsecondary (S2P) XML Transcript
- Data Transport
- Requests made for Admissions Application,
Test Scores, Course Catalogue
18Standards Forum for Education
- Policies and Procedures
- Released to PESC Membership in October 2004 for
comment period - Released to Education Community in December 2004
- Focus is on collaboration, submission, approval,
and maintenance - XML Registry and Repository
- Developed and owned by FSA
- Administered by PESC
- Stores PESC approved standards
19Standards Forum for Education
Hierarchy
Board of Directors
Steering Committee
Technical Advisory Board
Submission Advisory Board
Change Control Board
Workgroups
Transcript Request/Response
Loan Counseling
Data Transport
S2P Transcript
Degree Audit Request/Response
20Future Activities
- Certification Services
- Open Source
- Wireless Technology
- Membership in OASIS
- Reauthorization of HEA
21Additional Info
- www.PESC.org
- The Standard
- Winter Workgroup Summit 2005
- 2nd Annual Conference on Technology and
Standards - Fall Workgroup Summit 2005
22Tenth Federal Higher Education PKI Coordination
Meeting
PESC Update
Michael Sessa Executive Director PESC Sessa_at_PESC.o
rg 202-293-7383