Default Prevention Internet Resources

For more information, contact:

Joe Braxton,
(800) 252-9743,
ext. 4696, or
Rett Anderton,
(800) 252-9743,
ext. 4765,
or send an e-mail to positivebalance@tgslc.org.

ED's Cohort Default Rate Guide Quick Reference — A quick summary of how ED calculates a school's cohort default rate and what schools should do during the draft and official cohort default rate cycles.
ED publications designed to guide school users, data managers, and Default Prevention and Management personnel through the online, paper-less processes used in the eCDR Appeals system:

http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/DCS/ — As part of the United States Department of Education's default management process and public awareness campaign, the Department's Debt Collection Service (DCS) has created this Web site to aid you with repaying your defaulted student loans.
Mapping Your Future - Consortium of guarantee agencies site with entrance and exit counseling.
Adventures in Education — A TG web site that helps students make wise postsecondary education choices.

Statistical Analysis Report: Early Labor Force Experiences and Debt Burden — This report uses data from the Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B) and Beginning Postsecondary Student (BPS) studies to examine the early labor force experiences of postsecondary education participants who graduated or left without a degree or certificate; their borrowing for postsecondary education.

School Fact Sheets — Convenient reference sheets that can help you learn more about a particular school and its use of student aid programs. Includes ED and TG default rates for each Texas school.
Lender Fact Sheets — The lender fact sheets are a tool to help you understand more about the lenders that guarantee loans through TG. Information includes address, lender code, average borrower indebtedness, loan volume, lender servicing and secondary loan holder arrangements, and the schools with the largest loan volumes with the lender.