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Junor, Sean; Usher, Alex – Educational Policy Institute (NJ1), 2007
There was a major change in Canadian student aid in the late 1990s, due largely to a package of measures adopted by the Government Canada as part of its "Canada Opportunities Strategy". At the time, what aroused the most comment was the creation in 1998 of the $2.5 billion Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation (Foundation). But while…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Federal Government, Student Financial Aid, Tuition
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1991
This guide describes Federal student aid programs, how to apply for them, and what these programs entail. Guidelines are provided on the ways to find out about student financial aid that is available and how to choose a school carefully. Additionally examined are student eligibility requirements, financial need rules, dependency status, steps in…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Financial Support, Grants, Guidelines
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Reed, Jr., Adolph; Szymanski, Sharon – Academe, 2004
The crisis of affordability in higher education is intensifying. Illustrations of its resonance abound: from the frequent news articles describing and amplifying the crisis and its sources to legislators' and candidates' proposed responses. Republicans' responses tend to be mainly punitive toward institutions; Democrats' proposals are more…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Access to Education, Public Colleges, Paying for College
Eyermann, Therese S. – 1995
This paper examines some of the factors that affect the college choice of students from low-income families, specifically as it relates to college costs, and presents the results of a qualitative study on the factors that motivated the college attendance and choice of eight students from low-income families enrolled at a small, moderately…
Descriptors: College Choice, College Students, Educational Attainment, Grants
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National Association of College and University Business Officers, Washington, DC. – 1996
This collection of charts is intended to be used by participants in the tuition discounting study to interpret and present institutional results vis-a-vis comparative peer groups. The three peer groups included in the study are: small colleges, lower tuition; small colleges, higher tuition; and large colleges and universities. The document is…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Educational Finance, Educational Vouchers, Grants
Stowe, Peter – 1990
This report, based on the 1987 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study, provides information on how different sources and types of student financial aid were combined to produce student aid awards or packages for 34,544 undergraduate students. First, aid awards are examined by the source of aid; second, by the type of aid; and third, by a…
Descriptors: Family Income, Federal Programs, Grants, Higher Education
Office of Federal Student Aid (ED), Washington, DC. – 2002
The Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG), and Federal Work-Study (FWS) programs are called "campus-based" programs because each school is responsible for administering them on its own campus. A school applies for and receives funds from the U.S. Department of Education, and the school's…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Federal Aid, Financial Aid Applicants, Grants
Lechuga, Vicente M. – 2000
This paper provides a basic understanding of the Pell Grant program and summarizes the evidence regarding its effectiveness. The Basic Educational Opportunities Program, known as the Pell Grant program, began in 1973 as a means of providing disadvantaged students access to a postsecondary education. The Pell Grant program has tried to keep up with…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Futures (of Society), Grants
Department of Education, Washington, DC. Student Financial Assistance. – 2001
This volume describes how a school calculates and pays Pell awards to eligible students and how it reports those payments to the Department of Education. The discussion covers what the school must do to process an eligible student's Pell award after the school has received documentation of the student's eligibility. The Federal Pell Grant Program…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Federal Aid, Financial Aid Applicants, Grants
Department of Education, Washington, DC. Student Financial Assistance. – 2001
The Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG), and Federal Work-Study (FWS) programs are called "campus-based" programs because each school is responsible for administering them on its own campus. A school applies for and receives funds direct from the U.S. Department of Education, and the school's…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Federal Aid, Financial Aid Applicants, Grants
Department of Education, Washington, DC. Student Financial Assistance. – 2001
The Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG), and Federal Work-Study (FWS) programs are called "campus-based" programs because each school is responsible for administering them on its own campus. A school applies for and receives funds direct from the U.S. Department of Education, and the school's…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Federal Aid, Financial Aid Applicants, Grants
Merisotis, Jamie P.; Wolanin, Thomas R. – 2000
This paper addresses the current context and general trends in community college financing. Financing of community colleges is becoming increasingly based on contracted government and private programs, as operating funds from state and local tax coffers decrease. More and more, students are being asked to pick up a larger portion of the tab.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Economic Impact, Educational Finance, Educational Improvement
Wisconsin Univ. System, Madison. – 1998
Highlights of this data on student financial aid in the University of Wisconsin (UW) system for 1997-98 include the following: 84 percent of student financial aid comes from federal sources; 56 percent of undergraduate students receive aid (up 2 percent from the previous year); 35 percent of graduate students receive aid (up 2 percent); 60 percent…
Descriptors: Debt (Financial), Graduate Students, Grants, Higher Education
St. John, Edward P. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2001
Summarizes prior studies with a focus on untangling how changes in student financial aid policy have influenced changes in opportunity. Also recommends new strategies for lowering student loan debt, increasing federal and state cooperation in providing adequate need-based grant aid, and developing policies that target debt forgiveness for…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Change, College Attendance, Debt (Financial)
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Carriuolo, Nancy E.; Rodgers, Aronda; Stout, C. Michol – Journal of Developmental Education, 2001
Presents an interview with Blenda Wilson, president and chief executive officer of the Nellie Mae Education Foundation. Discusses ways low income and minority students can afford college tuition, as well as areas in which the financial aid process must be revised. Suggests that community outreach is crucial, as is increased access to grant-based…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Colleges, Economically Disadvantaged, Financial Needs
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