Designed to be used with "A Guide for Cooperative Vocational Education" (ED 037 564), this resource manual summarizes selected facts and suggestions to help state staffs in developing and planning cooperative vocational education programs. Sections are: (1) an introductory section describing cooperative vocational education, (2)…

The ways in which 24 private and 24 public AAU universities have established this student assistance policy are examined. Consideration is given to some of the implications for universities and especially graduate students. (Author/LBH)

Guidelines for students seeking financial aid are provided for six federal programs. General information about seeking financial aid and rights and responsibilities of the student as consumer are outlined. The following federal aid programs are covered: the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant Program, the Guaranteed Student Loan Program, the…

The Teacher Education Cooperative Program, begun in 1965-66 at New Mexico State University, provides capable students with invaluable experiences in the work and study phases, as well as an opportunity to finance their education. The work and study phases alternate, each approximately 6 months long. The curriculum for the study phase consists of…

Testimony relative to the Vocational Education Improvement Act Amendments of 1967 as given in three Committee sessions is presented in the form of verbatim oral questions and answers, prepared statements, letters, and supplemental materials. Major prepared statements were by (1) Harold Howe II, (2) Grant Venn, (3) The Division of Adult and…

The 1973-74 annual report of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency covers three main areas. (1) The State Higher Education Grant Program, previously called the State Scholarship Program, awarded grants to 28,133 persons who were 1973 high school graduates, 56,728 "renewals" (also had awards in 1972-73), and 21,613…

Higher education in Nigeria, until recently, has been one of the economic sectors that was accorded top priority funding. In the last few years, however, government support has been reduced. Data show that higher education in Nigeria has progressively suffered cuts in the allocation of funds. The roles of public finance (government) and that of…

Since 1972, the Nixon and Ford administrations have sought to terminate two major "campus-based" student aid programs (Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants and National Direct Student Loans), and to reduce funding of a third, College Work-Study. The policy has been renounced by both Congress and the academic community. (LBH)

This document reports the amount and availability of student financial aid resources for Kentucky undergraduate students planning to attend an institution of postsecondary education in the Commonwealth. Institutions providing education beyond the high school surveyed for student financial aid resources were public and nonpublic four-year colleges…

Federal Student Aid's core mission is to ensure that all eligible Americans benefit from federal financial assistance--grants, loans and work-study programs--for education beyond high school. The programs administered comprise the nation's largest source of student aid: during the 2005-06 school year alone, approximately $78 billion in new aid was…

Information is given on the number of Mexican American students that received aid from College-Work Study, National Direct Student Loans, and Supplemental Education Grants in the 1972-73 school year. Data are based on the 1970 Census and the 1972-73 fiscal operations forms filled out by student aid officers to account for Federal funds spent in…

This volume describes and discusses numerous educational programs for minorities and women conducted and/or supported by academic and nonacademic institutions and organizations. Included are general assistance programs conducted at black, minority, and women's colleges and specific/career oriented programs supported by corporations. Information is…

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…