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Download full textSmole, David P. – Congressional Research Service, 2019
The William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) program makes several types of federal student loans available to individuals to assist them with financing postsecondary education expenses. This report presents a comprehensive overview of the terms and conditions that apply to federal student loans made through the Direct Loan program. It…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Loan Programs, Student Financial Aid, Federal Regulation
Delisle, Jason D. – American Enterprise Institute, 2018
The federal government's Direct Loan program dominates the student-loan market today, issuing 90 percent of all loans made across the country each year. Students pursuing everything from short-term certificates to master's degrees qualify for nearly $100 billion in loans every year at terms more generous than most private lenders would offer.…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Student Loan Programs, Student Financial Aid, Costs
Smole, David P. – Congressional Research Service, 2015
The William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (DL) program, authorized under Title IV, Part D of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), as amended, is the primary federal student loan program administered by the U.S. Department of Education (ED). The program makes available loans to undergraduate and graduate students and the parents of dependent…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Student Loan Programs, Federal Aid, Educational Legislation
Love, Ivy; Campbell, Colleen – Association of Community College Trustees, 2017
A quality education is the primary instrument of social and economic mobility in the United States. As open-access institutions, community colleges are the gateway to postsecondary education for millions of Americans. Many of these students would be unable to afford college without federal resources, such as student financial aid and tax credits.…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Student Needs
Direct linkKesterman, Frank – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2006
The use of Cohort Default Rate (CDR) as the primary measure of student loan defaults among undergraduates was investigated. The study used data extracted from the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS), quantitative analysis of Likert-scale survey responses from 153 student financial aid professionals on proposed changes to present metrics and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Students, Student Financial Aid, Student Loan Programs
Peer reviewedLake, John F.; Pedulla, Maria A. – Journal of College and University Law, 1990
Discussion of a ruling allowing state agencies to deny new educational loans to students with previous loans discharged in bankruptcy looks at the intent behind the Bankruptcy Code, specifically concerning the nature of educational loans and the "fresh start" policy. Potential conflicts between the state and federal statute is also…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Students, Court Litigation, Eligibility
Webster, Jeff, Ed. – 1988
This volume presents papers from a 1988 conference on collegiate student financial aid which focused on trends in the cost of higher education, student loan defaults, trends in borrowing, the impact of congressional legislation, and state-level financial aid research. The papers are grouped in five sections corresponding to the five topics, and…
Descriptors: Blacks, College Students, Educational Finance, Educational Trends
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1997
This report analyzes repayment patterns for federally supported student financial aid distributed through the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (FDLP), which includes an income-contingent repayment (ICR) plan that ties borrowers' monthly payments to income, family size, and loan amount. This report analyzes 3 year usage of ICR in…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Finance, Eligibility, Federal Legislation
Davis, Jerry S., Ed. – 1990
This proceedings contains 25 papers, the conference agenda, and summaries of other presentations of a 1989 conference on student financial aid. The following papers are included: "Minorities in Higher education in the 1970s and 1980s-What the Current Population Surveys Tell Us" (Paul M. Siegel); "Estimating Minority Participation in…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Blacks, College Students, Educational Finance
