A study examined the use of educational aid provided by employers to employees, including the types of employees and educational and training programs that employers support. Two National Center for Education Statistics data sets provided the data for the analysis: National Household Education Survey, which provides information describing all…

This report is the first publication based on the 2003-04 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:04), conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) within the U.S. Department of Education. NPSAS is a comprehensive study that examines how students and their families pay for postsecondary education. The study includes…

Examines individual high school graduates' postsecondary enrollment decisions, focusing on effects of institutional cost and proximity. Estimates a multinomial logit model of enrollment probability, using data from the 1980 High School and Beyond Survey. Improving vocationally oriented youths' financial accessibility to two-year colleges is more…

The 2008-09 Counselors and Mentors Handbook on Federal Student Aid provides useful information to help high school counselors, TRIO and GEAR UP staff, and other mentors advise students about financial aid for postsecondary education. This book focuses on the federal student aid programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education. It contains…

This paper presents facts about postsecondary access and success. They include: (1) Ensuring that more students succeed in postsecondary education is vital to the nation's economic health; (2) Too few students from low-income backgrounds and from underrepresented minority groups graduate from high school prepared for college; (3) Enrolling in…

This report presents statistics and other information concerning trends in, and the current (1991) status of, various student financial aid programs in New York State. Among the report's findings are the following: (1) New York State spent more on student aid in 1990-91 than 1989-90 out of a smaller State higher education budget; (2) despite the…

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…

The report provides information on the possible impact of revised eligibility requirements on the volume of supplemental loans for students (SLS). These are market-rate loans made to postsecondary students in addition to or in lieu of other financial aid, such as Stafford loans (formerly called guaranteed student loans) and Pell grants. The data…

The General Accounting Office reviewed 18 relevant studies and analyzed existing data from the High School and Beyond Survey of 58,728 students to determine students' and parents' knowledge of federal financial aid for postsecondary education. It was found that students and parents knew very little about financial aid and held erroneous views…

This handbook is designed to help high school counselors advise students about financial aid for postsecondary education. It focuses on the student financial aid programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education. The book includes supplementary materials designed to encourage high school students to consider postsecondary education as an…

This handbook is designed to help high school counselors advise students about financial aid for postsecondary education. It focuses on the student financial aid programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education. The book includes supplementary materials designed to encourage high school students to consider postsecondary education as an…

This pamphlet describes the Hope and Lifetime Learning Education Tax Credits program for students in college or vocational school. It briefly explains what a tax credit is; who is eligible to claim the credit; the difference between Hope credits and other education tax credits; what costs qualify for the credit; what the inflation-adjusted credit…

This report looks at the individuals who were enrolled in postsecondary school during the 1990-1991 school year and the costs and financing of their education. Using data from the Wave 5 component of the 1990 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), the report examines patterns of school enrollment, education costs, financial aid, and…

This publication presents the proceedings of a symposium that brought together the people who create the agenda for higher education with the aim of determining the financial and managerial direction of colleges and universities into the 1990s. General topics covered are the following: (1) financial challenges facing higher education; (2)…

This booklet is written for foreign students who wish to learn about the nature of the U.S. education system, specifically about how to gain access to and finance higher education. It is designed to acquaint readers with information on the admissions process, financial planning, and the cost of higher education in the United States. Among the…