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NEWS THE CLACKAMAS PRINT January 24,1990 Page 4 Defaults on student loans cause new regulations Me-Lissa Cartales Rhapsody Editor The U.S. Department of Education notified Clackamas Community College that its de fault rate on Guaranteed Student Loans is almost 31 percent and new regulations may cause hard ships for financial aid-dependent students. Clackamas was informed last summer by the Department of Education that its default rate on GSLs is 30.9 percent, according to a memo sent out by Financial Aid Coordinator Kathy Scheer. There are many reasons for this default rate being so high. One is the fact that community colleges serve a higher-risk popu lation than traditional four-year schools. According to Scheer’s memo, every community college in Oregon has a default rate rang ing from 16.8 to 32.8 percent, and only one of these colleges, Cen tral Oregon, has a default rate less than 20 percent However, when the Department of Education began penalizing institutions with findings upon. “They sent us about six i nches a high default rate, they did not of paperwork,” said Scheer. “We take this into account Another consideration the are now in the process of checking Secretary of Education did not that information against the indi take into account when handing vidual loan securer’s information. out these penalties is the fact that If we calculate the rate to be lower, the college itself has no control we will file a formal letter of pro test” Over the default rate. In fact, the Oregon State “We have no choice about whether or not to certify eligibil Scholarship Commission, which ity on these loans; we also cannot secures 98 percent of the GSLs at collect on these loans. Both of Clackamas, calculates the default these things are up to the loan rateat between 16and 17 percent Until the Financial Aid office securer, and not us. So, although it is not within our power to deny can finish its research and the eligibility or collect, we are penal Department of Education can ized as an institution for the de review its findings, “we intend to comply with the new regulations,” fault rate,” Scheer said. There is one more major said Scheer. Under these new problem with the default rate cal laws, the college must comply with culated by the Department of the following: TRACK RECORD DIS Education: says Scheer, “We don’t think (the percentage) is that high.” CLOSURE- Every college that The Financial Aid office has offers non-baccalaureate voca since then requested all of the tional training programs, regard information on which the Depart less of their default rate, must ment of Education based their disclose graduation rates, job placement rates, and state licens ingexam pass rates to all prospec tive students prior to enrollment for each vocational program in which they plan to enroll. These forms must be signed by the stu dents and retained by the institu tion for fiveyears. In addition, the institution must submit a copy of the completed form and the data required to the U.S. Department of Education. TRACKING- Attendance of loan recipients must be verified more than once a term. Until now, the financial aid office has waited until the end of the term to verify that the loan recipient has been attending classes the entire term. Under this regulation, the office must check attendance periodi cally throughout the term and notify the lender immediately if the student is not completing the attendance requirements of the loan. DELAYING DISBURSE MENT OF GSL AND SLS CHECKS FOR 30 DAYS- The financial aid office will now have to withhold loan checks for first time borrowers for 30 days into the term, beginning Winter Term 1990. This is to ensure that the students are attending classes and intend to continue to do so to meet their loan requirements. ADDITIONAL CONTACT WITH BORROWERS- The fi nancial aid office must now con tact student borrowers after they leave Clackamas to encourage them to pay back their loans. “Some of these things are good ideas,” Scheer commented on the new regulations. “There are some parts, however, that are going to cause hardships for the students.” “We want the students here to know that the financial aid of fice is still here to help. If any of these new regulations cause prob lems with the students, they should get in here to talk to us, and we will do our best to help them,” Scheer stressed. Poor enrollment forces Japanese II cancellation by Roseann Wentworth Copy Editor After enrollment of the sec ond year Japanese language class peaked at a mere four students by Friday, Jan. 5, Assistant Dean of Instruction John Hooley dropped the class from Clackamas' class schedule. This proved to be a contro versial decision as it caused some upset among the students involved as well as with foreign language instructors. According to a story in last week’s Clackamas Print, Hooley perwork of the cancelled class, informing Foreign Language Head Magdalena Ladd and Japanese instructor Kyoko Daniels -within the first week, which is our usual time line," Hooley added. . .Hooley has.been at Qacka- tnasfctt'ovfer 22 years.' “It’s the first time in 15 years that I’ve had to cut a second year class. Usually we don’t see these low numbers until at least Spring term, if then. But this year foreign language enrollment is unusually low,” stated Hooley. Enrollment is 17 percent lower made the decision to drop the classes during the second week of winter term and the decision was an “oversight;” neither of those statements is correct “Only three people originally signed up for Japanese II when I made this decision on the first Friday of the term," Hooley said. There was another person who attended that had already taken Japanese II but was taking Japa- nese-298; then there was another student who was going to enroll, but I never heard from him again.” “Everything transpired, the pa FREE CLASSIFIEDS* Classified ads FREE to all students and staff of Clackamas Community College! Why not sell your car, boat, or used books. Looking for a girl or boy friend? Why not put a classified ad in the Clackamas Print? The Clackamas Print gets results! What? You're not a student at Clackamas Community College! That's O.K The Clackamas Prints classified rates are relatively inexpensive. Only $2 for the first 15 words and $.15 a word thereafter per issue. ^NAME ___ ________________________________________ _______ .__________ ¡ADDRESS ______________________________________________ ' ■CITY, STATE, ZIP ___________________________________________________ ■ ¡PHONE__________ :_______________ ,_____________________________ ! from last fall according to Hooley, social sciences) where there are while English and social science more students,” said Hooley. Although the allocated Japanese classes were up 20 percent. Even according to Ladd, Japa - funds were distributed elsewhere, nese has never had an overabun .they officially did not go outside dance of students in the five years of the department. Now that the class has been the class has been offered. Hooley blames the low en officially cancelled, Hooley says rollment on the demands of the the department will be cutting back “I think we’ll continue to of Block Transfer program where students are required to take many fer first year Japanese, but I think general education credits where we shouldn’t offer second year,” “sometimes, sadly enough, there commented Hooley. “ If too many isn’t room in a student’s schedule foreign language classes get too for two years of foreign language- small, we have to prune whether -but there is room for one year,” we like to or not. “I didn’t single out that class; said Hooley. “The block transfers are pushing a lot of students into it’s just that it was so small. I had humanities, social sciences, speech, to do something,” Hooley said. “What I really hate was stranding and writing.” “What we did was make an those students in the middle pf economic decision and shifted the theyear. I’d love to offer Japanese money to other areas (English and II, but I can’t do it for three stu dents.” Staff wins awards Two members of The Clacka mas Print won awards at the CCOS AC Newspaper competition held at Mt Hood Community College last weekend which fea tured community colleges from around the state. Clackamas Print Editor Jim Titus won an award of merit for an editorial on the smoking ban, and a first place award for a column on a 1985 plane crash in Newfound land. Titus also was co-winner along with Feature Editor Angela Wilson for a news story which they wrote on a smoking protest which took place in President Keyser’s office. ■WRITE YOUR AD COPY HFRF:___________________________________ ! Dr. Doob: is he doomed? Continued from Page One ■ 1 V..................................................................... J Clackamas $rint 19600 S. Molalla Ave. Oregon City, Oregon 97045 657-6958 Ext. 578 •SOME RESTRICTIONS MAY APPLY. CONTACT THE CLACKAMAS PRINT FOR INFORMATION. inches L a’ b ■ 1 39.12 13.24 15.07 “If students want activities in the mall they should be allowed to have them. But they should re member that people are trying to get work done in the offices in the Community Center,” Laferriere said. Noise level readings taken earlier this month by Debbie Baker, director of Student Activities, show that there is about a ten decibel difference between normal noise levels and the level of activities in the Community Center. According to a memo from Baker, the noise level in the main mall at 10 a.m. was 60-65decibels. A reading taken in the same loca tion during a performance by “Dr. Doob” in the Fireside Lounge showed noise levels at 70-75 deci bels. Readings taken at 10 a.m. in the testing room showed a level of 35-40 decibels. 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