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Love, Ivy; Campbell, Colleen – Association of Community College Trustees, 2017
A quality education is the primary instrument of social and economic mobility in the United States. As open-access institutions, community colleges are the gateway to postsecondary education for millions of Americans. Many of these students would be unable to afford college without federal resources, such as student financial aid and tax credits.…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Student Needs
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Office of Postsecondary Education, Washington DC. Student Financial Assistance Programs. – 1998
This directory lists changes to the list of the low-income schools at which teachers with loans from the Federal Perkins Loan and national Direct Student Loan programs can have a portion of their loans canceled for each year of teaching service. A list of state agency contact persons precedes the main body of the directory. Listings are…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Loan Repayment, Low Income
Department of Education, Washington, DC. Student Financial Assistance. – 2000
This 6-page pamphlet shares what the Student Financial Assistance (SFA) Office of the Ombudsman has learned from cases it has handled. An initial section offers information on the case management process, noting that the ombudsman process depends on the case's complexity and that many are revolved quickly. Next, it examines customer-reported case…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Higher Education, Loan Repayment, Ombudsmen
Vonderbrink, Gerald W.; Hart, John E. – Business Officer, 1987
The means by which students can discharge loan obligations through bankruptcy are reviewed, and issues and procedures for the institution-creditor to consider are presented. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Role, College Students, Higher Education
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1998
Intended for financial aid counselors, this document provides guidelines to the Federal Direct Consolidation Loan Program for borrowers who are in school, as well as those in repayment, or in default. An introductory section explains the basics of the consolidated loan program, loan categories, and interest rates. Next, standards for borrower…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Higher Education, Loan Default, Loan Repayment
Tanaka, Paul – 1986
Provisions of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code that affect the right of colleges to withhold transcripts as a means of collecting student debts are considered. Automatic stay provisions state that the filing of a petition for bankruptcy relief prohibits actions to collect obligations of the debtor. The discharge injunction provides that once a discharge…
Descriptors: Academic Records, College Students, Compliance (Legal), Debt (Financial)
Cronin, Joseph M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1986
Student loans have become an essential ingredient of financial planning for college. The Guaranteed Student Loan Program's default rate is over 10 percent. World Bank and other international data suggest three solutions: longer repayment terms, graduated repayment schedules, and forgiveness for individuals choosing public service. (8 references)…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Financial Problems, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Department of Education, Washington, DC. Default Management Div. – 1997
This guide, which is sent to postsecondary schools, provides them with draft cohort default rates for student loans under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program and the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program. The guide is intended to assist schools in understanding how a cohort default rate is calculated, reviewing loan record…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Data Collection, Eligibility, Higher Education
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Riddle, Wayne – Journal of Education Finance, 1986
Discusses major characteristics of the Reagan Administration's proposal to make National Direct Student Loan repayments contingent on borrowers' income. Summarizes alternative repayment schemes and legislative action to conduct an income-contingent demonstration project for 1987 through 1991. The proposal shifts loan program costs to students and…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Federal Programs, Higher Education, Income Contingent Loans
Spencer, Lee E. – Business Officer, 1992
A study at California State University, Fresno investigated the relationship between Perkins' Loan recipients' (n=429) credit records, loan default rates, and age. For eight different age groups, credit checks revealed student distribution in four credit categories. Results show credit checks could have saved the program a great deal of money.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Administration, Credit (Finance), Financial Aid Applicants
McAlvey, Warren – 1984
A guide for college administrators who are responsible for loan collection in the repayment of National Direct Student Loans (NDSL) is presented. Attention is focused on the difficulties created by loans with different terms and conditions. Repayment terms are discussed, and formulas are presented that are necessary to calculate the number and…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Federal Aid
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Dresch, Stephen P. – Economics of Education Review, 1986
Following a brief critical review of the federally sponsored student loan system, this paper develops fundamental principles for overhauling the system and creating an Educational Credit Trust. This federally chartered corporation would determine lender eligibility requirements, monitor lenders' financial performance, and sanction student loan…
Descriptors: Credit (Finance), Educational Finance, Finance Reform, Higher Education
Cross, Dolores; Olinsky, Arlene – 1984
The characteristics of student loan borrowers and differences between those who repay their loans and those who default are examined. Data are based on the New York State Higher Education Services Corporation Guaranteed Student Loan database and responses to a questionnaire mailed in spring 1984 to a sample of New York State student loan…
Descriptors: Credit (Finance), Economic Factors, Employment, Financial Problems
Harrison, Mark – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 1995
Historical data concerning the federal Guaranteed Student Loan Program/Stafford Student Loan Program/Family Education Loan Program are presented, tracing default rates since 1980 and the population distributions for borrowers by institution type (overall, collegiate, noncollegiate, public or private, two- or four-year, proprietary). Individual…
Descriptors: Costs, Educational History, Federal Programs, Higher Education
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McLaughlin, Margaret A.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1991
A survey of Rush Medical College (Illinois) alumni included questions concerning indebtedness and its perceived effect on professional and personal lives. Results show little effect on practice setting and family plans, but substantial reported impact on lifestyle. Specialization and debt change over time were also factors. (MSE)
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Careers, Debt (Financial), Financial Problems
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