This report, which is the collaborative effort of the 23-member institutions of the consortium, proposes a financial aid structure that would provide access and a degree of choice in postsecondary education. Its overriding concern is with the structure of financial aid. The consortium recommends redirecting benefits under existing laws so that…

This survey was designed to collect information for the 1974-75 academic year on the extent of student participation in Office of Education programs, the characteristics of aid recipients, student charges and the amounts and sources of student aid available at institutions of higher education, and to elicit suggestions for improving the operation…

Two contentions are examined in this report: that community colleges receive a smaller amount from state and federal assistance programs than they should in view of the less affluent population they serve, and that there is, on the other hand, a prevalence of individual over-awarding at these colleges. The report first discusses the difficulties…