Creating separate student-aid programs for the proprietary and nonprofit sectors of higher education will be one of the most bitterly debated issues in the upcoming reauthorization of higher education law. A major point of contention is the matter of hugely disproportionate default rates among students in the different sectors. (MLW)

The Coordinating Board for Higher Education and the Missouri Department of Higher Education present this fiscal year 2006 Annual Report to inform individuals of the state's status and progress in higher education. Section 173.040, RSMo (see Appendix A) specifically details what information the CBHE should include in its annual report. The various…

The distribution of Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG) funds was investigated by the General Accounting Office. The SEOG program is a campus-based aid program that provides money to schools, which then distribute it to students. Attention was directed to the following concerns: the kinds of schools that receive SEOG funds, the…

The Resource Group on Proprietary Schools in Connecticut Postsecondary Education, formed by the Connecticut Commission for Higher Education, studied the 50 private, profit-making schools licensed by the State Board of Education to give vocational instruction. The basis for recommendations made by the group was that proprietary schools be more…

Results of a national survey of proprietary schools are reported concerning the characteristics of students receiving financial aid from federal programs, student aid packaging for students of different ethnic groups and income levels, and aid distribution among proprietary school students as compared to that for community college students. (MSE)

This document presents statistics about the higher education in Maryland for 2008. The tables in this document are presented according to the following categories: (1) Students; (2) Retention and Graduation; (3) Degrees; (4) Faculty; (5) Revenues and Expenditures; (6) Tuition and Fees; (7) Financial Aid; (8) Private Career Schools; and (9)…

A study was conducted on the number of legal immigrants that received student financial aid for higher education, the amount of aid they received, the states in which they lived, and the types of schools they attended. The study focused on Pell grants and Stafford loans and used data from Department of Education recipient files for academic year…

There are clear advantages as well as disadvantages in encouraging greater mission convergence between community colleges and proprietary schools, such as for-profit vocational schools and career colleges. Proprietary schools have long attracted controversy related to their financial aid and fundraising practices, while at the same time fulfilling…

Results of a spring 1983 survey of the sources and amounts of income, the expenditures, and the background characteristics of Arizona postsecondary students are presented. Survey questionnaires were sent to 4,821 randomly selected students at 36 schools, and 1,694 usable responses were obtained. The responses were cross-analyzed by four…

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 purpose of this hearing was to probe a pattern of fraud and abuse in the Pell Grant Program for postsecondary students, focusing specifically on the IADE American Schools, a for-profit vocational school with campuses in the Los Angeles (California) area and serving primarily Hispanic students. In his opening remarks Senator Roth detailed a…

Since the late 19th century, the proprietary school sector in the United States has undergone four major cycles of scandal and reform: the emergence of the commercial college sector in the 1870s, the progressive era of the early 20th century, the fallout of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (GI Bill), and the period following the 1972…

The congressional hearing report scrutinized the role of banks, guarantee agencies, student loan secondary markets, and loan servicers in the operation of federal student aid programs. Program weaknesses which have contributed towards to abuse and fraudulent practices of federally backed student loans were identified. Witnesses included officials…

This report reviews what is known about today's proprietary schools, their role in higher education, their curricula, the types of students who attend them, educational outcomes of their graduates, and the policy issues that effect them. First, the report discusses the historical aspects of how private career schools evolved from the colonial era…

Information is presented on student default rates at 7,800 postsecondary schools. The report builds on previous data and offers a summary analysis of the approximately 1.2 million 1983 borrowers' rates of default by kinds of schools that borrowers and defaulters attended and length in years of their schools' academic programs. Information is…