This guide is to help professional personnel who are involved in the distribution of financial aid understand how the parent's and the student's expected contributions are derived. It prepares the financial aid administrator to consider individual adjustments that may be appropriated in the amounts expected from the student and his family in…

The equitability of current New Jersey State programs supporting higher education is the primary focus of this study. Taxpayer equity is defined as the distribution of higher education costs on the basis of ability to pay and commensurate with the distribution of higher education subsidies. The net effect of all state programs on each income group…

The controversy between tuition tax credit and the Carter Administration's proposed tuition grants is examined. Opposition to the tax credit plan from various sources is discussed, as well as its advocates' contention that it would help middle-income college students. (LBH)

This report presents annual data on the amount of financial assistance available to help students pay for postsecondary education. Seven tables and seven charts provide a variety of statistics on student aid, family income, and college costs for the period 1987-88 through 1996-97, including aid awarded to postsecondary students in current dollars;…

Carleton College (Minnesota) no longer ignores a family's ability to pay in making admissions decisions, because in recent years, financial aid was consuming one-fifth of the college budget. The policy angers many parents and counselors. The policy has worked well for Carleton, allowing construction of new facilities. In general, faculty and…

The reasons that some high school graduates choose to continue their studies and others do not are not well understood. Certainly there is universal agreement about the benefits of post-secondary studies accruing to both students and society as a whole. Increasing levels of education are associated with, among other things, better job…

After dramatic growth between 1970 and 1990, part-time students have formed a large and stable segment of the undergraduate population in U.S. postsecondary institutions (Hussar 2005). In fall 2004, approximately 5.5 million undergraduates were enrolled part time, making up 37 percent of the undergraduate enrollment in all degree-granting…

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 report presents comparisons of Canadian university financing on a province by province basis. An introductory section describes the project through which the study was undertaken, explains the indicators used, and discusses structural problems encountered in making comparisons. The central portion of the report is a tabulation of these…

Factors related to retention of federal financial aid recipients in the 1974-1975 freshman class at Florida State University were studied. For 615 aid recipients, attention was directed to the type of federal aid received, amount of money awarded, family income, ethnicity, age, sex, and academic ability. Major findings include: high school grade…

Expenditures on universities by each of Canada's provinces are compared. An introductory section describes the project through which the study is undertaken, explains the indicators used, and discusses structural problems encountered in making comparisons. The central portion of the report is a tabulation of these indicators for each province and…

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…

This report surveys the degree of progress made in the last 10 years toward achieving the goals of student aid programs: promoting equal access and equal institutional choice, and advancing equal retention and completion. Note is made of the impact of extending equal educational opportunity. General enrollment and student aid trends are reviewed,…

A 1975 survey of students attending postsecondary institutions in New Jersey focuses primarily on students' financial needs but also includes a great deal of general descriptive information about the students. Only the responses of full-time undergraduate students are included. The sample was random and completed by individual colleges. Covered…

The impact of student input characteristics and college environments on types and amounts of financial aid received by men and women are studied. A demographic description of federal student financial aid recipients can be valuable to policy makers in evaluating the degree of success in providing aid to target populations. (MLW)