Examines a college's obligation to determine whether the satisfactory progress standard should be waived/modified for a learning disabled student. Reviews relevant statutory/regulatory provisions protecting the rights of the disabled and their application to students with learning disabilities. Discusses significant cases concerning…

Concerns have been raised about the Department of Education's (Education) role in overseeing the lenders and schools that participate in the largest of the federal government's student loan programs, the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP). GAO was asked to analyze Education's use of its oversight, guidance, and enforcement authorities…

This document provides information for postsecondary institutions to allow them to review and correct errors in the federal student loan program cohort default rate data that the guaranty agencies provide to the U.S. Department of Education prior to the final calculation of official cohort default rates. Data are provided to schools through a new…

This report reviews the status of government agencies and operations that have been identified as at "high risk" for waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement; describes successful progress in some agencies; and looks at recent reform legislation. Six categories being targeted include accountability of defense programs, ensuring that all…

Current and proposed standards for satisfactory academic progress for recipients of federally sponsored student financial aid under Higher Education Act Title IV are reviewed. The review covers the following standards, proposals, and guidelines: the Veterans Administration standard, a self-regulatory initiative and guidelines for colleges provided…

This pamphlet contains guidelines for educational institutions that offer training to veterans and certain dependents and survivors of veterans, to keep them in compliance with present laws and regulations. Its intended audience includes veterans, schools, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Administration (VA), and state approval…

Federal governmental impact on the University of Iowa has four forms. The first and most significant is through expenditures on education, student aid, research, health service, and similar efforts. Dramatic variations in the level or kind of expenditures in these areas have far greater effects on higher education programs than do regulations. The…

Student financial aid is examined with focus on the disparity of the partnership between students, colleges, the federal government, and the College Board. Changes resulting from the implementation of the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant (BEOG) Program in 1972 are surveyed. The resulting financial aid system (with the exception of highly…

The committee examined the special allowance made to lenders in the Guaranteed Student Loan Program to assure that it continues to be an effective incentive. The allowance was examined in its relation to: (1) administrative costs incurred by lenders, including those attributable to federal regulations; and (2) appropriate money-market indices. A…

Basic legal knowledge that the student financial administrator needs is outlined: the legal system, requirements and regulations affecting financial aid, interacting with lawyers and the legal system, and substantive law and legal issues affecting the operation of the office. (MLW)

This study reviews the financial soundness of the Perkins Loan Program, a federal program that provides low-interest loans to financially needy students through postsecondary institutions, and identifies ways to make the Perkins program less financially dependent on additional federal appropriations to cover operating costs and default losses.…

This guide is intended to help financial aid administrators (FAAs) interpret student financial aid information that appears in the Student Aid Report (SAR), a paper output document sent to the student, or in an Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR), which is an electronic record sent to the institution. The guide explains the codes and…

An analysis of the U.S. Department of Education's (ED) default reduction plan under the Stafford Student Loan Program (formerly called the Guaranteed Student Loan program) is presented that concentrates on the new regulations and their implications for schools, students, and program administrators. The default plan's success largely depends upon…

An analysis of increases in federal regulation of student financial aid since 1959 looks at changes in both volume and substance of the regulations, and the costs of implementing them. Federal initiatives to form partnerships with institutions in managing student aid are noted, including quality assurance efforts and innovative experiments in…

Factors contributing to the growing federal regulation of United States colleges and universities are explained, and regulation's impact in the areas of student aid, race relations, scientific research, environmental protection, and age discrimination are discussed. It is argued that a balance between institutional autonomy and accountability must…