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Taylor Maag; Tamar Jacoby – Progressive Policy Institute, 2024
America's labor market presents a paradox. Although the unemployment rate is just 3.9%, there are more jobs open than people who can fill them. Nationwide, there are roughly 68 workers for every 100 open jobs. Many factors contribute to this workforce shortage, but one of the most significant is a growing skills gap -- millions of workers across…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Postsecondary Education, Labor Force Development, Government School Relationship
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Ari Anisfeld; Elizabeth Bell; Oded Gurantz; Dennis Kramer – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2023
The administration of college financial aid is a key venue through which colleges can affect the likelihood that students will make it to graduation. We investigate the effects of an understudied yet consequential federal student aid policy: Return of Title IV Funds (R2T4). Under R2T4, students "earn" Federal Student Aid over a term or…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Financial Aid, Federal Aid, Educational Legislation
Green, Jimmy; Donovan, Brittney; Palius, Marjory – John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, 2022
The Newark Opportunity Youth Network (NOYN) contracted with the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the youth workforce development system within the state. The study documents how the youth workforce system developed in New Jersey since the federal…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Youth Employment, Federal Legislation, Labor Legislation
Dortch, Cassandria – Congressional Research Service, 2023
The Federal Pell Grant program, authorized by Title IV-A-1 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, (HEA; P.L. 89-329), as amended, is the single largest source of federal grant aid supporting undergraduate students. The program provided approximately $26 billion in aid to approximately 6.1 million undergraduate students in FY2021. Pell Grants are…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Grants, Paying for College, Federal Legislation
Weir, Cate; Boyle, M. – Institute for Community Inclusion, 2023
This Insight Brief discusses how students with intellectual disability can utilize federal financial aid to help pay for college. This publication is updated annually to reflect current legislation and policy related to federal financial aid for students with intellectual disabilities. The information provided is current as of January 2023.
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Federal Aid
Horn, Michael B. – American Enterprise Institute, 2020
As conservatives consider ways to crash through the growing choke hold that college degrees have held in employers' hiring processes, one idea that has gained currency is allowing federal student aid to follow students to unaccredited providers of education. Conservatives have also shown interest in funding competency-based programs--in which…
Descriptors: Political Attitudes, Higher Education, Educational Innovation, Accountability
Hillman, Nick – Institute for College Access & Success, 2022
The Pell Grant is targeted to students with the greatest financial need, and many policymakers find the Pell Grant a useful policy lever for promoting access and success for students from lower- and moderate-income backgrounds. There are several examples where policymakers use Pell eligibility to allocate resources and hold colleges accountable…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Grants, Access to Education, Enrollment
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, 2024
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators' (NASFAA's) National Student Aid Profile is an annual publication designed to give a high-level overview of the federal student financial aid programs that provide funding to millions of students each year. This profile includes an overview of: (1) The Federal Pell Grant Program; (2) The…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Student Financial Aid, Federal Aid, Grants
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, 2024
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators' (NASFAA's) National Student Aid Profile is an annual publication designed to give a high-level overview of the federal student financial aid programs that provide funding to millions of students each year. This profile includes an overview of: (1) The Federal Pell Grant Program; (2) The…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Student Financial Aid, Federal Aid, Grants
Hill, Catharine Bond – ITHAKA S+R, 2021
As policy makers consider revisions to the Higher Education Act (HEA), understanding the impact of increasing the size of Pell grants is important if it is to have the intended impact of improving educational outcomes for lower income students across the various types of colleges and universities. Understanding institutional behavior is a place to…
Descriptors: Grants, Federal Aid, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Collins, Benjamin; Dortch, Cassandria – Congressional Research Service, 2022
Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA; P.L. 89-329, as amended) authorizes the primary sources of federal aid to support postsecondary education students. Title IV programs made over $118 billion in aid available to postsecondary students in FY2020 through Direct Loans and other forms of aid, including $27 billion in Pell Grants. The…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Higher Education, Federal Aid
Collins, Benjamin; Dortch, Cassandria – Congressional Research Service, 2022
The Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA; P.L. 89-329, as amended), authorizes numerous federal aid programs that provide support to both individuals pursuing a postsecondary education and institutions of higher education (IHEs). The FAFSA Simplification Act (FSA; Title VII, Division FF of P.L. 116-260) makes significant changes to the underlying…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Higher Education, Federal Aid
Dortch, Cassandria – Congressional Research Service, 2021
This report provides descriptions of key elements of the Pell Grant program and information on recipient demographics, award levels, award value, program costs, and program funding prior to the effective date of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Simplification Act (FSA). For information on key changes authorized by the FSA that…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Grants, Paying for College, Federal Legislation
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Cameron, Margaux; Johnson, Ruby; Lacy, T. Austin; Wu, Joanna; Siegel, Peter; Holley, Jordan; Wine, Jennifer; Hunt-White, Tracy – National Center for Education Statistics, 2023
This First Look publication provides the first results of the 2019-20 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:20), the most comprehensive national study of student financing of postsecondary education in the United States. This report includes information for about 80,800 undergraduate students and 19,700 graduate students attending 2,200…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Institutional Characteristics
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Cameron, Margaux; Johnson, Ruby; Lacy, T. Austin; Wu, Joanna; Siegel, Peter; Holley, Jordan; Wine, Jennifer; Hunt-White, Tracy – National Center for Education Statistics, 2023
This First Look report presents selected findings about student financial aid during the 2019-20 academic year. These findings are based on data from the 2019-20 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:20). NPSAS:20 is a national study of undergraduate and graduate students enrolled any time between July 1, 2019, and June 30, 2020, in…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Institutional Characteristics
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