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Gladieux, Lawrence E., Ed. – 1989
The federal student loan program is examined with focus on how well it will serve the country's needs in the 1990s and beyond. A series of papers are presented in two parts. Part one, Student Loan Policy and Proposals for Change, includes the following papers: "Appearance and Reality in the Guaranteed Student Loan Program" (M.…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Federal Aid, Financial Support, Higher Education
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1988
A transcript is provided of the subcommittee hearing on the effect of Congressional Methodology (the system established to determine eligibility for federal student aid) on federal student financial aid eligibility. The statements of the following persons are provided: Francine Andrea, New Jersey Association of Student Financial Aid…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Government Role
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1986
Hearings on reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965 that were held in St. Louis, Missouri, are presented. Student assistance programs are the centerpiece of the Higher Education Act and play a critical role in achieving the federal objective of equal educational opportunity. The Higher Education Act also contains programs to assist…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Developing Institutions, Eligibility, Federal Legislation
National Inst. of Independent Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC. – 1982
Student aid records from a national sample of aid recipients attending independent colleges and universities with enrollments of more than 500 students were evaluated. It was found that recent reductions in federal student assistance and restrictions placed on program eligibility reduced substantially the number and proportion of low-income…
Descriptors: Dependents, Economically Disadvantaged, Eligibility, Federal Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1983
Hearings on the proposed federal fiscal 1984 budget are presented that focus on proposals for federal student financial assistance. One of the major recommendations of the Reagan administration's budget is to eliminate funding for the Pell Grant, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, and State Student Incentive Grant programs and to create…
Descriptors: Budgets, Federal Aid, Government Role, Grants
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1983
Specifications of the current student financial aid system, with attention to the Pell Grant, Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL), and campus-based programs, are provided. The methodology used to develop the specifications is also described. The campus-based programs include the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant Program, the College Work Study…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Eligibility, Federal Aid, Financial Aid Applicants
College Entrance Examination Board, Washington, DC. – 1981
The Reagan Administration's proposals concerning the Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) Program and possible alternatives are examined. A variety of proposals are analyzed in terms of the estimated cost savings and potential effects on the supply of and demand for student loans. Background is also included on the history of legislative changes and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Students, Cost Effectiveness, Eligibility
Doyle, Denis P.; Hartle, Terry W. – Atlantic, 1986
Federal aid is seen as not only essential to many college students but also as a mainstay of U.S. economic growth and social progress. The reauthorization of the Higher Education Act represents the best chance for reform, and Congress needs to do more than ratify existing programs. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Students, Federal Aid, Federal Government, Federal Legislation
Office of Student Financial Assistance (ED), Washington, DC. – 1988
Information for postsecondary institution financial aid administrators on the major federal student financial aid programs authorized under Title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965 and its amendments is provided. Nine chapters cover the following: (1) introduction (office of student financial assistance organization, debt collection and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Finance, Eligibility, Federal Aid
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Subcommittee on Education, Arts and Humanities. – 1981
Hearings held before the Senate Subcommittee on Education, Arts, and Humanities on the Student Assistance Amendments of 1981 are presented, along with the text of S. 1108. A major objective of the bill is to amend Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to emphasize the element of need in the Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) program and the…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Eligibility, Family Income, Federal Aid
Colorado Student Loan Program, Denver. – 1992
This guide and training manual, in loose-leaf format, is intended to assist lenders and schools participating in the Colorado Student Loan Program (CSLP). The manual consists of a series of single page (front and back) "ready references." Each ready reference includes a title followed by information on the subject and suggestions for…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Financial Services, Higher Education, Loan Default
McPherson, Michael S.; And Others – Rockefeller Institute Conference Proceedings, 1985
This paper examines the problem of determining how effective student aid programs have been in promoting the college enrollment of lower income and disadvantaged students and analyzes the institutional means through which federal aid policies have been implemented. The importance of considering the key role of state and institutional responses to…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Educational Economics, Educational Finance, Educational Policy
Douma, Wallace H. – 1985
Ways to improve college student loans, work-study, and grants programs are suggested, based on the experience of the financial aid director at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It is recommended that emphasis be shifted from the Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) Program to the National Direct Student Loan (NDSL) Program, which is more…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cost Effectiveness, Eligibility, Federal Aid
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1983
A guide for analyzing the effects of the current student aid delivery system and for estimating the effects of system alternatives is presented. Attention is directed to measures, data sources, and analysis methods needed to evaluate the effects of each delivery system activity on the various participants (e.g., lenders, financial aid applicants,…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Eligibility, Evaluation Methods, Federal Aid
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1983
An evaluation model for the student aid delivery system is described, and extensive tables that make up the model are presented. The model can be used to evaluate the effects of specific activities and subsystems of the delivery system for major participants, as well as to estimate the likely effects of activity changes. A conceptual model for…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Eligibility, Evaluation Methods, Federal Aid
