Since the Accounting systems will not be on SmartStream by that date, the need to convert became necessary. The old Clipper system that handled receipts for the housing office was converted to a mainframe based application. The Department of Education proposed new regulations on the amount of Title IV program funds to be returned when a student withdraws from an institution prior to completing a payment period. The Bursar s office asked that we automate the calculation of refunds due back to Title IV programs. The new policy will go into effect October 2000.
Programming is complete.
In addition to programming the Title IV refunds, some new enrollment reporting programs have been written in order to identify students who left school without withdrawing. The Budget Office is looking for a better way to allocate summer school money to the departments. New programming has been done that compares what fees a student should have paid and what was actually collected on the AR system. Programming has been completed and files have been created. Many administrative staff desired a more user-friendly access to student demographic, academic, financial aid and student account data.