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James Monogan – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2024
Pell eligibility for incarcerated people is a great rehabilitative opportunity, but several challenges remain. This article recaps five of the issues identified by the original research articles in this special issue. It also considers how solutions proposed in these studies may be beneficial across a variety of these issues and gathers…
Descriptors: Grants, Correctional Education, Educational Finance, Tuition Grants
Malatras, Jim – Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, 2018
There is a widening college access gap in the United States. The ever-rising cost of higher education, coupled with diminished government financial support and growing income inequality, have put college out of reach for many at a critical juncture when postsecondary education is essential for enhancing career prospects. The situation has been…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Access to Education, Educational Innovation, State Programs
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Bozick, Robert; Gonzalez, Gabriella; Engberg, John – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2015
The Pittsburgh Promise is a scholarship program that provides $5,000 per year toward college tuition for public high school graduates in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania who earned a 2.5 GPA and a 90% attendance record. This study used a difference-in-difference design to assess whether the introduction of the Promise scholarship program directly…
Descriptors: Merit Scholarships, College Bound Students, Enrollment Influences, Enrollment Management
Martin, Carolyn – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
The public focuses, understandably, on rising college tuition rates, but the actual cost of higher education is not covered by tuition. At Cornell University, for example, the cost of education per student is approximately double the price of tuition, and that holds for many other institutions of higher education as well. In effect, tuition is…
Descriptors: Financial Needs, Student Financial Aid, Tuition Grants, Land Grant Universities
New York State Education Dept. , Albany. Bureau of Research in Higher and Professional Education. – 1970
The "voucher system" refers to one type of system the government may employ to channel tax funds into public services. Its distinguisihing feature is that it distributes funds directly to individual citizens instead of public institutions, i.e., the individual is given a voucher to purchase the services he chooses. This report focuses on…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Finance, Educational Vouchers, Financial Support
Salisch, Marc S., Ed. – 1978
Information is presented on 141 public and private employers based on a survey of over 1,000 major employers in 14 counties of Northeastern New York State. This publication is designed to increase awareness and utilization of tuition assistance provided by these employers and can be used by the staff of colleges and other educational institutions…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Directories, Employers, Financial Support
Maldonado, Carmen – 1998
In an audit of the records and procedures for ASA Institute of Computer and Business Technology, Inc. (ASA), the New York Office of the State Comptroller determined that ASA was overpaid $696,352 because school officials incorrectly certified certain students as eligible for Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) awards. This error was discovered using…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Community Colleges, Compliance (Legal), Educational Finance
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Mullen, John K. – Economics of Education Review, 1982
Examines both a hypothetical and an actual expansion of New York State's direct tuition grants program in higher education. For both, the resulting redistribution of financing appears favorable to the lowest income groups but leads to only modest gains in enrollment levels. (Author/RW)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Enrollment, Enrollment Influences, Higher Education
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Moore, Gary A. – Journal of Human Resources, 1978
The paper estimates redistributional effects of New York's programs to improve equity in postsecondary education finance in its state university system, and also provides preliminary estimates of public-private enrollment effects. The programs appear to be giving disproportionate benefits to private institutions. (MF)
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Enrollment Influences, Equalization Aid, Postsecondary Education
Shaut, William E.; Rizzo, Linda M. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 1980
A study that examined the impact of state-funded programs on a potential students' college selection decision and the extent to which other variables influence their decision is discussed. A random sample of recipients of the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) in New York State was used. (MLW)
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Choice, Data Analysis, Family Income
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Berkner, Lutz; Wei, Christina Chang – National Center for Education Statistics, 2006
This E.D. TAB presents selected findings about the price of attendance and the types and amounts of financial aid received by in-state undergraduates enrolled in public 2-year, public 4-year, and private not-for-profit 4-year institutions during the 2003-04 academic year in 12 selected states. It is based on the undergraduate data in the 2003-04…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, In State Students, Tuition, Student Financial Aid
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1989
This report describes the status of State and federal financial assistance available to students enrolled in postsecondary institutions located in New York State during the two academic years, 1987-88 and 1988-89. The introduction contains a brief overview of State and federal student assistance programs and highlights recent developments in those…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Higher Education, Paying for College, Postsecondary Education
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Office of Postsecondary Policy Analysis. – 1988
This booklet provides updated information (as of August 1987) on state and federal financial assistance programs available to postsecondary students in the state of New York. Program descriptions are divided into two sections: state-administered programs and federal programs. Each program description provides information on application procedures,…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Higher Education, Program Descriptions
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1991
This report presents statistics and other information concerning trends in, and the current (1991) status of, various student financial aid programs in New York State. Among the report's findings are the following: (1) New York State spent more on student aid in 1990-91 than 1989-90 out of a smaller State higher education budget; (2) despite the…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Federal Aid, Financial Support, Higher Education
Hauptman, Arthur – 1990
This book is designed as a guide to existing and proposed higher education tuition financing plans. The first chapter looks at recent patterns in higher education financing and participation noting the rapid increase in tuition and other college costs and the corresponding changes in participation patterns. Chapter 2 examines tuition prepayments,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Finance, Higher Education, Income Contingent Loans
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