Appendix D

Abbreviations and
Acronyms
These shortened forms appear in cohort default rate loan record detail reports, on
spreadsheets, and throughout various appeal instructions.
BCD Beginning Class Date ICR Income Contingent
Repayment
BUD Backup Data ICRD Income Contingent
(Loan Record Detail Report) Repayment Date
CDR Cohort Default Rate LDA Last Day of Attendance
CPD Claim Paid Date LRDR Loan Record Detail Report
DD Default Date LS&T Limitation, Suspension, and/or
Termination
DER Date Entered Repayment LTH Less-Than-Half-Time
DF Default Neg-am Negative Amortization
DL Direct Loan NSLDS National Student Loan Data
System
DLS Direct Loan Servicer OSD Out of School Date
DMD Default Management Division SLS Supplemental Loans for
Students
ECD Ending Class Date SSCR Student Status Confirmation
Report
FDLP Federal Direct Loan Program SSL Subsidized Stafford Loan
FFEL Federal Family Education Loan SF Stafford
Program
FY Fiscal Year SU Unsubsidized Stafford Loan
GA Guaranty Agency

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