E-LIBRARY

The NCHER e-Library is a collaborative effort to provide the latest and most complete source of reference materials relating to higher education financing and the federal loan programs.

We are currently reviewing the e-Library content and will be making changes to the retention of older items over the next several months.

To submit suggested changes to the NCHER e-Library or to offer an opinion on which materials should be retained, please make your suggestions via email to info@ncher.org.

Overview

The NCHER e-Library has many sections of information. So many, in fact that they will not all fit in the sub-menu of the e-Library in the header of the website. The following index of topics should assist you with your browsing of the NCHER e-Library. You may also use the search feature located at the bottom of the page to find information.

Index

A listing of major topics and of materials that are contained in the NCHER e-Library’s pages / menu sub-headings.

Common Manual	Consumer Credit	Daily Briefing
Common Manual resources are now located on the Common Manual website.	CFPB Consumer Protecting Forms and Documents FCC Documents Laws, Rules & Regulations Federal Consumer Protection Law Links	Current Year Daily Briefings Daily Briefing Archives (2020-2022) Daily Briefings from prior to 2020 have been archived.
Dear Colleague Letters	Disaster \| Pandemic	Electronic Standards
Definitions of the Types of DCLs Electronic Announcements 2019-20 Forms and Pandemic Guidance Only General (GEN) 2016-20 Key FFELP DCLs and Disaster \| Pandemic Only Dear Colleague Letters from previous years have been archived from the website	CARES Act Pandemic Guidance Disaster Guidance	CommonRecord CommonLine℠ (CRC) Documentation CommonLine℠ R4 and R5 Documentation CommonLine℠ Testing Tools CAM (Common Account Maintenance) Electronic Data Exchange Documentation Implementation Status Rehabilitation Notification File for FFELP
Historic Initiatives	Key FFELP Information	Loan Repayment Info
College Access Initiative Meteor Reauthorization (Historical Proposals) TCPA Reform Information	Contains Key Dear Colleague Letters, Documents, Manuals, Guides, & Guidance from over 30 years of the FFEL Program.	Student Loan Ombudsman Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Student Loan Ombudsman Definitions of Subsidized and Unsubsidized Loans Repayment Plans Repayment Tips Additional Information and Links Related to Student Loan Repayment
Manuals & Guides	Presentations	Reference Materials
Industry Manuals & Guides: AWG, Common Claims, GAFR, etc. NSLDS Specifications & Publications U.S. Dept. of ED Handbooks, Manuals, & Guides: Audit Review Guides, Cohort Default Rate Guides	Presentations from Recent Conferences and Events (2023) Presentation Archives (2016-2022) Presentations from 2015 and earlier have been archied from the website.	Americorps Online Payment System Borrower Contact Matrix FFELP/DL Comparison Glossary of Initials and Acronyms Spanish Glossary Financial Literacy Materials Identity Theft Awareness Initiative Industry Best Practices Interest Rate Information Military & Servicemember Resources Other Non-Subregulatory Letter Guidance 9-11 Attacks Guidance Regs Topical Index Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) Discharge
Regulations	Regulations Matrices	Training Modules
Higher Education Act (HEA) and Integrations Negotiated Rulemaking Materials, Integrations, and Consensus Docuements Regulations Integrations Other Student Loan-Related Regulations Training Modules	NPRMs, Industry Comments, Final Rules, NCHER Regulations Committee Prepared Side-by-Side Documents and Integrations sorted by year and topic dating back to 1986.	General Training Gainful Employment Program Integrity

e-Library File Search

This search tool searches the Titles and Text of e-Library Document Files. If you wish to restrict the search to a certain date range, please use the Filter Section located below the Search box.