Release 5.2 Product Brief

Product Release Summary

This Product Brief includes a summary of Regent 5.2 and direction to additional documentation and information.  The last major release was Regent 5.1, but interim release 5.1.0.3 included the following items:

• Disbursement Schedule Option to Require Attendance in all Program Applicable Units for the Term Before Disbursing
• ‘Unlink MPN’ Functionality
• Ability to Reset a Student for the Conversion Process
• Task to Alert when ISIR and Program Levels Do Not Match

Product Release Description

The 5.2.0.0 release addresses product defects as listed in the “Bugs” section of the Release Notes, and also enhancements and new features including:

• Introduction of ‘What If I Change My Course Enrollment’ Tool for Regent Plan
• Option for Passive Acceptance Students to Decline/Reduce Loan Amounts
• Regent Access Questionnaires for 2021-2022
• Option to Add Federal Work Study from Two Federal Years in a Crossover Payment Period
• Ability to Start Nonterm Academic Plan with Program B when Student did not Attend Program A

Release Notes

Further details on enhancements/new features and a complete list of bug fixes can be found in the Release Notes.   The Release Notes are made available externally via Customer Zone.

The Release Notes also contain information on new configuration options, and a list of updates to the Admin Guide and User Guide.

Other Documentation

In addition to the Product Brief, the following documentation is also available:

System Requirements

Any client currently using Regent Award may take the Regent 5.2 version of Student Experience for UAT and ultimately production upgrade.

Any client currently using Regent Review may take the Regent 5.2 version of Student Experience for UAT and ultimately production upgrade.

New Feature Overview for Regent 5.2

• The ‘What If I Change My Course Enrollment’ Tool for Regent Plan is the next in the series of ‘what if’ planning tools available to students in Regent Plan.  It builds on the ability for students to see what happens if they change their borrowing choices that was delivered with My Borrowing, to allow term-based students to see the potential impact of changes in course load with respect to program length, affordability, and total loan indebtedness.

 Introductory information as the students land on the tools first page is entirely configured by the client, and students are presented with their current plan, costs, and fund eligibility.  Moving through the experience, the student can increase or decrease the number of units or courses (the client determines which) for future terms, and upon completion, the student sees a new estimated plan based on the changes that were made.  These changes are not persisted onto the Regent Award Academic Plan, as those official changes are guided by course information received in the Student Batch Load (SBL), but students can name and save multiple estimated plans for future reference within Regent Plan.  Client users with ‘Advisor Assist’ access and permissions will be able to view the student’s saved hypothetical enrollment plans.

• Option for Passive Acceptance Students to Decline/Reduce Loan Amounts:  Regent’s Student Experience has been enhanced so that students with passive acceptance awards, those that are created already in ‘Accepted’ status, can opt to adjust or decline their loan amounts via the Financial Aid module in Regent Award or the My Borrowing feature in Regent Plan.   They will experience the same Portal actions and flow previously available only to students with Active acceptance awards.  The Add Award Wizard (AAW) and Modify Award Wizard (MAW) both support consistent behavior for both Active and Passive flow awards.  Student accepted amounts and client user entered accepted amounts and dates are stored separately, and Regent Award packaging will honor those amounts, using the most recent of the two if there are entries in both fields. If the client has reduced the "offered amount" in MAW, the student will not be able to increase the award above that amount. 

• Regent Access Questionnaires for 2021-2022 are included in Regent 5.2 incorporate the new $27,000 cap for Automatic Zero EFCs and utilize Department of Education EFC tables updated for the upcoming 2021-2022 Federal Award Year.

• Option to Add Federal Work Study from Two Federal Years in a Crossover Payment Period  Title:  The Regent Add Award Wizard (AAW) has been updated to enable users to add Federal Work Study awards from both Federal Award Years (FAYs) during a single crossover payment period.  The awards for each year will display separately to both students and client users.  Calculation of Remaining Unmet Need and Remaining Unmet Cost of Attendance will adjust appropriately including amounts from both FAYs. Reporting, including FISAP, will reflect only funds for the selected FAY. The payroll section of Regent Award Federal Work Study already supports reporting of funds from two FAYs in one payment period.

• Ability to Start Nonterm Academic Plan with Program B when Student did not Attend Program A  provides for the Academic Year Start Dates to shift automatically from the date scheduled for an initial program the student does not attend to a later program Start Date associated with a program with actual attendance.  This functionality applies for nonterm, substantially equal program changes to ensure the Academic Year start date aligns with the program the student commences. 

Known Issues for Regent 5.2