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Peterson's Guides, Inc., Princeton, NJ. – 1992
This book on financial aid for college education is designed to be a guide to sources and an aid to the process of obtaining financial assistance. An introductory essay titled "The Twenty Most-Asked Questions About Financial Aid" gives a basic orientation on the issues and expert advice on how to tackle the problems of filling out forms,…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Finance, Eligibility, Federal Programs
Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board, Olympia. – 1990
This handbook on obtaining college financial aid for students in the state of Washington offers step-by-step instructions for applying for aid and a reference guide to state, federal, and institutional types of aid available. A first section describes how to begin and introduces the book. A following section details the general considerations in…
Descriptors: College Applicants, College Bound Students, College Students, Federal Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1997
This 10th and final hearing in a series related to the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, focused on three specific areas: (1) the challenges posed by demographic changes in the college student population--nearly half of all students attend community colleges where the average age of students is 29; (2) the challenges and opportunities…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Distance Education, Educational Change, Educational Finance
Maryland State Higher Education Commission, Annapolis. – 1997
This report presents the types of financial support (grants, loans, scholarships and student employment) received by students at Maryland colleges and universities during the 1995-96 academic year. Data tables are organized in the following sections: undergraduate students by segment, graduate students by segment, community colleges, public…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Graduate Students
Selective Service System, Arlington, VA. – 2000
This document is intended to help teachers teach their students about the Selective Service registration requirement and the need for young men to register with the Selective Service System in order to maintain their eligibility for federal loans, grants, and other educational benefits. The first 50% of the document consists of 10 sections devoted…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Behavioral Objectives, Compliance (Legal), Computer Uses in Education
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Department of Defense Education Activity, 2004
At the end of every school year, each high school in the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS) and the Domestic Dependents Elementary and Secondary Schools (DDESS) is asked to complete a record indicating senior students' plans after graduation. This summary report provides a look at the aggregate numbers collected from these high…
Descriptors: Vocational Schools, High Schools, Scholarships, Postsecondary Education
Department of Defense Education Activity, 2007
This report presents a summary of postsecondary plans and scholarship monies of graduates of Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) high school seniors in SY06-07. Postsecondary plans represent the intentions of seniors the year after graduation; students indicate whether they are planning on attending a 4-year College/University,…
Descriptors: Vocational Schools, High Schools, Scholarships, Postsecondary Education
Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Education, 2008
The work of the Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Education (ACPE) is guided by a 5-year strategic plan. The purpose of the plan is to provide focus for the activity of this small agency and its nine staff members in order to increase productivity and impact in the areas of its statutory authority. The mission and goals were accepted by …
Descriptors: Productivity, Strategic Planning, Higher Education, Grants
Virginia State General Assembly, Richmond. Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission. – 1999
This study, mandated by Virginia law in 1999, reviews need-based student financial aid programs. The mandate specifies that the study must review policies and implementation strategies used in other states; present alternative policies and administrative structures for need-based programs in Virginia; provide alternatives for a simplified,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Finance, Eligibility, Financial Aid Applicants
Heller, Donald E. – 2000
This paper analyzes data from the 1989-90 and 1995-96 National Postsecondary Student Aid Studies to examine the awarding of institutional need-based versus non-need grants to undergraduate students. The study examines how the use of the different types of scholarships has changed in recent years; characteristics of students who receive the grants;…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Asian American Students, Black Students, College Students
Department of Defense Education Activity, 2005
At the end of every school year, each high school in the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS) and the Domestic Dependents Elementary and Secondary Schools (DDESS) is asked to complete a record indicating senior students' plans after graduation. This summary report provides a look at the aggregate numbers collected from these high…
Descriptors: Vocational Schools, High Schools, Scholarships, Postsecondary Education
Schlachter, Gail Ann; Weber, R. David – 1996
This biennial directory of educational services for the disabled and their families lists 1,052 programs, services, and directories designed primarily or exclusively for persons with disabilities and members of their families, sources of state benefits, and other financial aid directories. An introductory section explains the purpose of the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Categorical Aid, Dependents, Disabilities
Heller, Donald E. – 1996
This research examined the impact of state policies regarding tuition rates and financial aid budgets on access to public higher education. The study addressed two specific issues: (1) whether undergraduate enrollment rates of students in different racial groups changed during the period 1976-94, and (2) the impact of increased tuition at public…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Education, College Admission, College Attendance
Vedder, Richard – American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 2004
The dramatic rise in university tuition costs is placing a greater financial burden on millions of college-bound Americans and their families. Yet only a fraction of the additional money colleges are collecting--twenty-one cents on the dollar--goes toward instruction. And, by many measures, colleges are doing a worse job of educating Americans.…
Descriptors: Paying for College, Higher Education, State Universities, Grants
Gladieux, Lawrence E. – 1996
This report traces the history of the collection of programs for disadvantaged students known as the TRIO programs and federal student financial aid policies, and finds that national efforts to equalize college opportunities have been losing ground for the past 15 years. The report cites, for example, a study showing that in 1994 a student from a…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Eligibility
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