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Peer reviewedOzer, Katherine A. – Academe, 1986
The reauthorization of the Higher Education Act seeks to expand access to postsecondary education by recognizing the changing demographics of the campus community and by increasing potential funding for crucial programs. Other major changes enacted during the reauthorization process are discussed. (MLW)
Descriptors: Federal Government, Government Role, Grants, Higher Education
Peer reviewedFox, Edward A. – Educational Record, 1987
Financing higher education is a four-way collaboration between the government, state and federal; the students and their families; the private sector; and the higher education institutions. Placing the entire burden of higher education on one of these parties is unreasonable. (MLW)
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Federal Government, Government Role, Grants
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1988
A transcript is provided of the subcommittee hearing on the effect of Congressional Methodology (the system established to determine eligibility for federal student aid) on federal student financial aid eligibility. The statements of the following persons are provided: Francine Andrea, New Jersey Association of Student Financial Aid…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Government Role
Peer reviewedAtwell, Robert H. – Educational Record, 1987
The question of a balance in the supporting roles of students and families, governments, and institutions in college financing is discussed. In the context of that analysis, the question is then whether the current student aid system is the most cost-effective and fair way of meeting national needs. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Finance, Federal Government, Government Role
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1983
Hearings on the proposed federal fiscal 1984 budget are presented that focus on proposals for federal student financial assistance. One of the major recommendations of the Reagan administration's budget is to eliminate funding for the Pell Grant, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, and State Student Incentive Grant programs and to create…
Descriptors: Budgets, Federal Aid, Government Role, Grants
Consortium for Policy Research in Education, New Brunswick, NJ. – 1992
This paper outlines a proposal for restructuring student aid for higher education based on the book "Keeping College Affordable: Government and Educational Opportunity" by Michael S. McPherson and Morton Owen Schapiro. The paper argues that transferring costs to federal government programs will ensure that equal opportunity and human…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Federal Programs, Government Role, Grants
Andersen, Charles J. – Research Briefs, 1992
This monograph presents a history of developments in major student financial aid programs over the past 20 years. An opening section offers highlights of the topic. The article goes on to look at types of student aid, categorized as grants, loans, and work study. An examination of the effects of inflation shows that even taking into account…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Trends, Federal Legislation, Government Role
