Imagine students attending colleges and universities around the country having their financial needs met without the use of federal loans, Pell Grants, and higher education tax credits. In "Starting from Scratch: A New Federal and State Partnership in Higher Education," New America's Higher Education Policy Program shares its vision for…

Education credits are available to help offset the costs of higher education for taxpayers, their spouses, and dependents who qualify as eligible students. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) amended the Hope Scholarship Tax Credit (Hope Credit) to provide for a refundable tax credit known as the American Opportunity…

(Purpose) The purpose of this study was to examine the correlation between certain characteristics of US states and their budgeting systems for higher education (HE), and to derive implications for Japanese HE budgeting policy from the results. (Methodology) The US's State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) conducted a 30-item…

Hong Kong has moved from elite to mass post-secondary education in a very short space of time and at little cost to the Government. Most of this spectacular expansion in participation has come through enrolments in 2 year associate degrees in recently founded community colleges, which have self-financing status. The achievement has been clouded by…

Describes the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant (BEOG) program, authorized in the 1972 Education Amendments. (Author/PG)

The author highlights the higher education situation in British Columbia, Canada, under the Bennett government. (PG)

Reviews past Canadian federal experience in postsecondary education and raises some questions to consider when assessing the desirable future federal role: (1) interpretation of goals for policy choices; (2) interregional equity; (3) shifting more of costs to students; and (4) the social benefits of higher education. (Author/PG)

Assuming that the student is central to the university, postsecondary funding should be through student fees with substantial student aid that will: (1) promote equal accessibility to all forms of postsecondary education: (2) effects a separation between government and the institution; and (3) gives the appearance of greater independence to the…

A brief presented by the Council of Ontario Universities (COU) addresses financial requirements for 1981-82 for the Ontario university system. The first section of the brief examines the government's announced funding level for 1980-81 and contrasts this with the implications of the advice submitted by COU and the Ontario Council on University…

Presents views of astrophysicist, Fang Lizhi, concerning lack of recognition for roles intellectuals can and should play in Chinese social progress. Laments lack of employment opportunities and intellectuals' tendency to become government lackeys. Challenges intellectuals to become independent, to assume a leading role. Sees hope in the 1980s…

A national disenchantment with knowledge, which sets up a contest between reason and mindlessness, and a strong tilt in the direction of conservative fiscal policy are cited as cause for those seeking support for science to take the initiative and negotiate a workable policy future. (JT)

The policies of most research-oriented universities with regard to reimbursement for faculty time from grants and contracts can probably be summed up in a single sentence: "Let's get as much as we can." Several areas of concern arise from this situation: (1) the university's ability to plan its future, develop real goals and objectives, govern and…

In accordance with a Legislative Budget and Audit Committee special request and the provisions of Title 24 of the Alaska Statutes, a review was conducted of the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education's experience with various collection contractors used to collect defaulted student loans. The primary purpose was to assess the success that…