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Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1992
This guide provides information to college-bound students on the Federal student aid programs that are available and how to apply for them. General information covers the student eligibility requirements, financial needs, dependency status, and steps for applying for financial assistance. In addition, any special circumstances that exist,…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Counseling, Eligibility, Federal Aid
Office of Student Financial Assistance (ED), Washington, DC. – 1994
The primary purpose of this handbook, which provides information on sources of financial aid and how to apply for it from the programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education, is to help financial aid administrators advise students in seeking financial aid for postsecondary education. The handbook is divided into three sections: (1) Part…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Federal Aid, Financial Aid Applicants, Financial Needs
Alsalam, Nabeel; Giertz, Seth; Zimmerman; Dennis – Congressional Budget Office, 2004
The cost of four years of undergraduate education, including living expenses, now averages nearly $80,000 at public colleges and over $100,000 at many private institutions. Tuition and fees have risen steadily since 1980, fueling concern that college is becoming prohibitively expensive for many families. This Congressional Budget Office (CBO)…
Descriptors: Paying for College, Financial Support, Undergraduate Study, Tuition
Perna, Laura Walter – 1997
The effects of financial aid on persistence to Bachelor's degree were studied using data from the national longitudinal Beginning Postsecondary Student Survey for 1989-90 freshmen. The subsample of 3,188 students were enrolled full-time in four-year institutions; persistence was defined as attainment of the Bachelor's degree from the institution…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Bachelors Degrees, Financial Needs, Grants
Department of Defense Education Activity, 2008
This report summarizes the postsecondary plans and scholarship monies of graduates of Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) high school seniors in SY07-08. Postsecondary plans represent the intentions of seniors the year after graduation. Students indicate whether they plan to attend a 4-year college/university, junior/community…
Descriptors: Vocational Schools, High Schools, Scholarships, Postsecondary Education
Office of Student Financial Assistance (ED), Washington, DC. – 1995
This guide discusses federal student aid programs for postsecondary education and how to apply for them. It begins by outlining sources for finding out about student aid, such as schools, state higher education agencies, guidance counselors, and organizations connected with particular fields of interest. It then offers tips on how to choose a…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Grants
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Office of Student Financial Assistance (ED), Washington, DC. – 1996
This booklet is intended to help high school students approaching graduation identify sources of financial assistance for postsecondary education. A question-and-answer format is used in the 10 sections which address the following topics: (1) general information (what is available from the Department of Education, criteria for applying, how to…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Educational Finance, Federal Aid, Financial Support
Breneman, David W.; Galloway, Fred J. – 1996
This analysis examines alternative ways to use the approximately $6 billion now spent annually on Pell Grants to produce higher maximum awards for low-income students. The need for such alternatives is based on the rapidly declining value of the maximum Pell Grant as a percentage of college costs. A table offers 5-year baseline projections under…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Change Strategies, Educational Finance, Educational Policy
Dennis, Marguerite J. – 1994
This short brochure offers practical advice and information to parents and students on financing a college education. It opens with 10 facts about financing a college education to serve as a backdrop for the advice and information offered in the following pages. The brochure offers its information in a question and answer format. Topics covered…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Eligibility, Grants, Higher Education
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Deacon, Russell – Higher Education Review, 1994
This study surveyed 228 students at 4 institutions of higher education in South Wales about their educational debt, finances, employment, and reason for pursuing higher education. It found that although 69% of them had not taken out loans, nearly a third of those who had taken out loans had debt levels above 1,000 pounds. (MDM)
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Students, Debt (Financial), Educational Attitudes
US Department of Education, 2006
The?future of?this country's colleges and universities is threatened by global competitive pressures, powerful technological developments, restraints?on public finance and serious structural limitations that cry out for reform. This report from The Secretary of Education's Commission on the Future of Higher Education, has recommended strategic…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Leadership Responsibility, Social Mobility, School Business Relationship
Office of Student Financial Assistance (ED), Washington, DC. – 1995
This guide describes federal student aid programs for postsecondary education and how to apply for them. It begins by outlining sources for learning about student aid, such as school financial aid administrators, state higher education agencies, foundations, organizations related to particular fields of interest, and toll-free telephone numbers…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Grants
O'Brien, Colleen – Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, 2005
In Fall 2004, the Pell Institute released the first "Indicators of Opportunity in Higher Education." The inaugural report was well-received, including praise from the higher education community, press coverage, and policymaker discussions of the issues and data presented in the report. We present this second report with the goal of…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Higher Education, Educational Opportunities, Access to Education
Lee, John B.; Clery, Suzanne B. – 1997
This report examines institutional aid awards for postsecondary education students for the academic year 1992-93, relating institutions students attended and student characteristics to receipt and size of institutional award. Data is based on the 1992-93 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study. Highlights include the following: (1) Institutional…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Students, Educational Finance, Grants
McMillion, Robin – TG (Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation), 2005
The signing of the Higher Education Act (HEA) in 1965 by President Lyndon Johnson marked the beginning of the federal government's explicit commitment to equalizing college opportunities for needy students. Since then, however, two trends have developed which are running at cross purposes to each other. The first is the emergence, shortly after…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Student Financial Aid, Federal Aid, Undergraduate Study
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