U.S. Code, Title 20—Education Chapter 28—Higher Education Resources and Student Assistance Subchapter IV—Student Assistance Part B—Federal Family Education Loan Program §1085 Definitions for student loan insurance program: §1085 (a)(2) Ineligibility based in high default rates [HEA §435(a)(2)]

U.S. Code, Title 20—Education Chapter 28—Higher Education Resources and Student Assistance Subchapter IV—Student Assistance Part B—Federal Family Education Loan Program §1085 Definitions for student loan insurance program: §1085 (m) Cohort Default Rate [HEA §435(m)]

34 CFR 668 Subpart N

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ED’s Default Management Website

Cohort Default Rate Guide

2020-21 FSA Handbook, Vol. 2

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

Are Student Loan Default Rates Linked to Institutional Capacity? (Journal of Student Financial Aid)

Behind the Numbers: Making Sense of Cohort Default Rates (Trellis Company)

Cohort Default Rates: Predicting the Probability of Federal Sanctions (Educational Policy: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Policy and Practice)

Costs and Risks in the Federal Student Loan Program: How Accountability Policies Can Protect Taxpayers (American Enterprise Institute)

CDR: What is it Good For? Absolutely Something. (The Institute for College Access and Success)

Detecting Early Signs of Default Risk at Austin Community College (Trellis Company)

Digging Deeper: An Analysis of Student Loan Debt in Texas (Trellis Company)

Do High Cohort Default Rates Affect Student Living Allowances and Debt Burdens? An Empirical Analysis (Journal of Student Financial Aid)

Does Student Loan Debt Hinder Community Well-Being? (International Journal of Community Well-Being)

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)

Fault Lines in Borrowing: Academic Outcomes of Students in Default (2020) (Association of Community College Trustees)

Financial Aid at the Crossroads: Managing the Student Debt Crisis in Texas (Trellis Company)

Helping Our Students to Help Us (National Association of College and University Business Officers)

Institutional Eligibility AskRegs Knowledgebase Q&As (National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators)

It’s Time to Move Beyond Cohort Default Rates (Robert Kelchen, Ph.D.)

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

Protecting the Cohort Default Rate from Forbearance Abuse (The Institute for College Access and Success)

Student Loan Default and Repayment in Kentucky (Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education)

Student Loan Default Has Serious Financial Consequences (The Pew Charitable Trusts)

Student Loan Repayment (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau)

TICAS Analysis of Official Three-Year Cohort Default Rates (FY17) (The Institute for College Access and Success)

Unaffordable Loans: When Should Schools Become Ineligible for Student Loan Programs? (Urban Institute)

U.S. Student Loans and Debt Levels Set Record: What’s a Legislature to Do? (National Conference of State Legislatures)

What Works: College Strategies for Reducing Student Loan Default (2020) (Association of Community College Trustees and The Institute for College Access and Success)

Why the Cohort Default Rate is Insufficient (Third Way)