; and (bb) other recruitment and marketing activities. (II) Securing or awarding financial aid to students for attendance at the institution, including— (aa) any involvement in a prospective student’s signing of a financial aid application; and (bb) completing financial aid applications on behalf of a prospective applicant (including activities authorized by the Department, such as the FAA Access tool, which can be used to enter, correct, verify, or analyze financial aid application data). (III) Improving job placement activities for students attending, or who have attended, the institution. (IV) Reducing the number of students who default on their student loans. (ii) Exclusion The term covered activity does not include— (I) the provision of student contact information for prospective students, if any payment for such service is not based on— (aa) any additional conduct or action by the third party servicer that contracts with such institutions or third party contractor or the prospective student, such as participation in preadmission or advising activities, scheduling an appointment to visit the enrollment office or any other office of the institution or attendance at such an appointment, or the signing, or being involved in the signing, of a prospective student’s enrollment agreement or financial aid application; or (bb) the number of students (calculated at any point in time of an educational program) who apply for enrollment, are awarded financial aid, or are enrolled for any period of time, including through completion of an educational program