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      "term": "Carnegie unit",
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      "definition": "The number used to determine federal aid eligibility, replacing the EFC.",
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      "definition": "The federal system collecting data from all Title IV institutions.",
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      "abbreviation": "—"
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      "category": "Coding",
      "definition": "A federal taxonomy that assigns codes to fields of study.",
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      "definition": "The share of borrowers who default on federal loans within a set window.",
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      "url": "https://studentaid.gov/help-center/answers/topic/glossary",
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  "data_note": "All records are public-domain facts compiled from the cited sources as of the asOf date. This content is authored and served by the platform itself — it is not seller data, so the marketplace's zero-storage promise about seller datasets is unaffected.",
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