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Download full textOffice of Student Financial Assistance (ED), Washington, DC. – 1999
This guide is designed to provide student financial aid officers and other college administrators with an overview of the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan and Federal Family Education Loan programs. Sections of the guide review recent changes to the programs encompassed in the Higher Education Act Amendments of 1998, as well as the guidelines…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Colleges, Eligibility, Federal Aid
Cochrane, Deborah Frankle – Institute for College Access & Success, 2007
Financial aid can encourage students to enroll in college and increase their odds of academic success. While the California community colleges (CCCs) have very low fees, which are waived for most low-income students, the additional expenses of books, supplies, transportation, housing, food and childcare can create significant financial barriers to…
Descriptors: Student Needs, College Students, Community Colleges, Interviews
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities. – 1996
This Congressional hearing report is intended to provide a broad overview of the current state of higher education and establish a foundation for future hearings on more specific topics concerned with the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. Issues addressed in the report include: costs of going to college; characteristics of those who go…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, Educational Finance, Eligibility
Lafer, Mark – 1996
This study examines what is known about the changing impact of both federal and states' direct, need-based, student financial grant aid policies. The author then develops recommendations for further research to evaluate the effectiveness of specific state policies to compensate for a reduced Federal role in support of higher education access,…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Federal Aid, Federal State Relationship, Financial Aid Applicants
Office of Student Financial Assistance (ED), Washington, DC. – 1996
This introductory guide discusses federal student aid programs for postsecondary education and how to apply for them. Sources for finding out about student aid, such as schools, state higher education agencies, guidance counselors, and organizations connected with particular fields of interest, are given using a question and answer format. This is…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Grants
Illinois Student Assistanc Commission, Springfield. – 1998
This report examined changes in the affordability of a college education in Illinois, providing trend data on affordability from fiscal year (FY) 1982 through FY 1998. Affordability was examined for the average income of the three lowest income quintiles of Illinois families. Overall, the report found that public universities and private…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Family Income, Financial Needs, Higher Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. – 1992
This report presents testimony from the final 2 of a series of 44 hearings conducted in the District of Columbia and across the nation on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965, and contains the text of four bills proposed as amendments to the Higher Education Act. On the first day of testimony a panel of witnesses suggested…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Females
Mortenson, Thomas G. – 1987
This report, the first in a series on student financial aid, develops a public policy justification for needs-tested higher educational subsidies targeted specifically to students, and offers evidence to support the argument that financial aid is a worthwhile use of public monies. Traditionally, public subsidies for students have been directed to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Demand, Educational Finance, Enrollment Trends
College Entrance Examination Board, New York, NY. Coll. Scholarship Service. – 1986
Information on financial aid, estimating financial need, managing money, and expenses at over 3,500 colleges is provided. College costs are based on the following: tuition and fees, books and supplies, room and board, transportation, and personal expenses. The following financial aid sources are examined; the Pell Grant Program, the Supplemental…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Family Income, Federal Aid, Higher Education
Washington Consulting Group, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1988
The eighth module in a 17-module self-instructional program on student financial aid administration (designed for novice student financial aid administrators and other personnel) focuses on need analysis. It provides an introduction to the management of federal financial aid programs authorized by the Higher Education Act Title IV. After…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Computation, Educational Finance
College Entrance Examination Board, New York, NY. Coll. Scholarship Service. – 1985
Expenses at 3,500 schools and colleges are identified, and information is presented on student financial aid, estimating financial need, and managing money. College costs are based on the following: tuition and fees, books and supplies, room and board, personal expenses, and transportation. The following financial aid sources are examined: Pell…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Family Income, Federal Aid, Higher Education
Reeher, Kenneth R.; McKelvey, James L. – 1981
Survey data from 1980-81 are presented in extensive tables in this report. An introductory section outlines the cumulative history since 1969-70 of state-funded need-based undergraduate school and grant programs, other historical data, State Student Incentive Grant (SSIG) involvement, and a comparative report for 1979-80 and 1980-81. Section two…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Court Litigation, Eligibility, Financial Needs
Bureau of Student Financial Assistance (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. – 1980
The Basic Educational Opportunity Grant program, the largest federal student aid program, is explained. The method by which a student's eligibility is determined is described in detail. In a section on calculation of eligibility for dependent students, two worksheets are provided: that for families with no farm or business assets, and those with…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Students, Eligibility, Family Income
Applied Management Sciences, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. – 1980
The institutional administration of student financial aid programs is examined in this first of a two-volume study on program management procedures in the Basic Grant and Campus Based assistance programs. Sections I and II begin by sketching the background and context of the subject of student aid with emphasis on institutional practices, i.e.,…
Descriptors: College Students, Eligibility, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Lee, John B. – 1977
The distribution of student financial aid funds at the state level is described and some of the variables that are associated with the allocation of funds from the different programs are identified. This paper is divided into several sections. The first reviews the work done on measures of educational opportunity and analyzes the shortcomings of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Opportunities, Federal Aid
