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Hall, Stephanie; Curtis, Ramond; Wofford, Carrie – Century Foundation, 2020
State policy leaders have an opportunity to take leadership in protecting students--and especially student veterans--from being targeted by predatory colleges. Given failings by the federal government to police for-profit colleges and to ensure basic rights for students to attend college without being defrauded, it now falls to the states to step…
Descriptors: Proprietary Schools, State Policy, Veterans, Deception
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1983
Data that is needed on student financial aid applicants are discussed in hearings held as part of fact finding prior to reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. Topics include: types of students who apply for student financial assistance, the income levels of their families, the types of institutions they choose, and the degree to which the…
Descriptors: College Choice, Dependents, Federal Aid, Financial Aid Applicants
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1983
Hearings concerning research done for the National Commission on Student Financial Assistance are presented, along with the Commission's recommendations. The recommendations concern modifications of the current law to facilitate greater access for low- and middle-income students and to improve the quality of postsecondary education in the country.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Advisory Committees, Agency Role
National Commission on Student Financial Assistance, Washington, DC. – 1983
Current federal student financial assistance programs are described, and their impact on access to and choice of postsecondary education are assessed. In addition, recommendations and policy options for promoting educational opportunity are offered. Findings of the following eight studies are analyzed: (1) changes in college attendance and student…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Choice, College Students, Cooperative Education