Gainful Employment Disclosures University of Houston – Downtown 2018

What is Gainful Employment? Under the Higher Education Act (HEA), to be eligible to participate in the Title IV student assistance programs (federal financial aid), an educational program that does not lead to a degree awarded by a public or non-profit postsecondary institution must lead to gainful employment in a recognized occupation. At UHD, only programs so far that fit this requirement are stand alone graduate certificates Disclosures are required to be accessible to prospective applicants, other disclosures will be added after the program has completers

Data that can be provided to College CIP code for program Name of program Credential level: Graduate Certificate Tuition and fees the institution charges a student for completing the program within the normal time Typical costs for books and supplies The URL for other program cost information available on the institution’s website pursuant to Sec. 668.43(a). Note: IR and Financial Aid will compile and provide in one package to college

Data Colleges need to collect Occupations for which the program prepares students to enter Use US Department of Labor’s Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) codes (online) Normal time to complete the program, as published in the institutional catalog or other publications Text for Context box (2,000 character limit) [Optional] Please enter any additional information that should be included on the disclosure template to provide information/context to students related to this program and the information provided on this disclosure input template

Tasks Colleges need to do Gather the needed data Enter all data into the template provided by federal government (instructions available) Template provides no way to save the data – must have all collected to enter in one sitting. Place link on the homepage for the certificate program and other relevant pages Any other webpage containing general, academic, or admissions information about the program must have a prominent and direct link to the single webpage that contains all the required information. Due date: Oct 7 (suggested date to align to promotional materials production) Place link in promotional materials All promotional materials….must prominently include the disclosure template or, where constraints prevent that, the URL or a direct link to the disclosure template URL or link is prominent, clear, and direct and the institution identifies it as “Important information about the educational debt, earnings, and completion rates of students who attended this program” Going forward, data in template must be updated annually.

Other Affected Areas Admissions Direct distribution to prospective students Before a prospective student signs an enrollment agreement, completes registration, or makes a financial commitment to the school, it must provide him or someone on his behalf a copy of the disclosure template as a separate document. The disclosure template may be provided by hand delivery, as part of a group presentation, or via the email address the school uses to communicate with the prospective student about the program.  

Example Disclosures (MBA certificate) Must be a link on home page of certificate program: MBA homepage UHD also places on the financial aid page: Financial Aid plan to rework the page so Gainful Employment link there will go to page to display all disclosures

Example Promotional Materials (MBA certificate) Appears on bottom of one-sheet promotional materials

Requirements after have completers Please note that additional reporting will be required once there are completers of the certificates. IR and Financial Aid will provide what we can (number of completers, on-time completion rate, debt load) The academic areas will need to be able to track students’ employment as that also has to be reported back to Department of Education

Questions/Help Questions: Web Tech help Carol Tucker (TuckerCa@uhd.edu, x8269) LaTasha Goudeau (GoudeauL@uhd.edu, x8162) Web Tech help Belinda Hernandez (Hernandezb@uhd.edu, x5324) –she created links for MBA certificate programs; is willing to help other web techs