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Download full textOffice of Federal Student Aid (ED), Washington, DC. – 2002
This volume describes the Federal Perkins Loan Program, which comprises Federal Perkins Loans, National Direct Student Loans (NDSLs), and National Defense Student Loans (Defense Loans). Perkins Loans and NDSLs are low-interest long-term loans made through school financial aid offices to help needy undergraduate and graduate students pay for…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Federal Aid, Financial Aid Applicants, Higher Education
Singell, Larry D., Jr. – 2001
Few studies have examined whether financial aid affects college retention. This paper models the decision to enroll and re-enroll in college, which yields a bivariate probit model that is estimated using detailed individual data from a large public university. The analysis uses the unique detail of institution-specific data to examine the effect…
Descriptors: College Students, Enrollment Trends, Federal Aid, Higher Education
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1998
This book provides information to the student financial aid community about the calculation of a student's expected family contribution (EFC). An introduction which uses a question-and-answer format gives background information and guidance for using the proper formula to calculate a student's EFC. The following section provides narrative…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Financial Support, Higher Education
Department of Education, Washington, DC. Student Financial Assistance. – 2001
The Federal Perkins Loan Program comprises Perkins Loans, National Direct Student Loans (NDSLs), and National Defense Student Loans (Defense Loans). Perkins Loans and NDSLs are low-interest (currently 5%), long-term loans made through school financial aid offices to help needy undergraduate and graduate students pay for postsecondary education. No…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Federal Aid, Financial Aid Applicants, Higher Education
Department of Education, Washington, DC. Student Financial Assistance. – 2001
The Federal Work-Study (FWS) Program encourages the part-time employment of undergraduate and graduate students who need the income to help pay the cost of their education and encourages FWS recipients to participate in community service activities. This volume describes the ways schools are required to use money from their FWS Program funds to…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Federal Aid, Financial Aid Applicants, Higher Education
Department of Education, Washington, DC. Student Financial Assistance. – 2001
The purpose of the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) program is to encourage schools to provide grants to exceptionally needy undergraduate students to help pay for postsecondary education. Giving priority to applicants with exceptional financial need, schools selecting FSEOG recipients must use the selection criteria…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Federal Aid, Financial Aid Applicants, Higher Education
Department of Education, Washington, DC. Student Financial Assistance. – 2001
The Federal Perkins Loan Program is comprised of Perkins Loans, National Direct Student Loans (NDSLs), and National Defense Student Loans (Defense Loans). Perkins Loans. Made to students with no outstanding balance on a Defense Loan or NDSL, and NDSLs are low-interest (currently 5%), long-term loans made through school financial aid office to help…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Federal Aid, Financial Aid Applicants, Higher Education
Department of Education, Washington, DC. Student Financial Assistance. – 2001
The Federal Work-Study (FWS) Program encourages the part-time employment of undergraduate and graduate students who need the income to help pay the cost of their education and encourages FSW recipients to participate in community service activities. This volume describes the ways schools are required to use money from their FSW Program funds to…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Federal Aid, Financial Aid Applicants, Higher Education
Department of Education, Washington, DC. Student Financial Assistance. – 2001
The purpose of the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) program is to encourage schools to provide grants to exceptionally needy undergraduate students to help pay for postsecondary education. Giving priority to applicants with exceptional financial need, schools selecting FSEOG recipients must use the selection criteria…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Federal Aid, Financial Aid Applicants, Higher Education
Ashby, Cornelia M. – 2003
This study was conducted to determine how often federal financial aid recipients received aid that was greater than their federally defined need and what cost or other implications might result from changing the Higher Education Act (HEA) to limit such aid. Data came from the 1999-2000 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study for full-time,…
Descriptors: College Students, Debt (Financial), Federal Legislation, Higher Education
Department of Education, Washington, DC. Student Financial Assistance. – 2000
This training manual is intended for use by higher education institutions that use the electronic student financial aid packaging process in a Windows environment. Each unit in the manual is organized into several lessons; each lesson presents the material and then provides practical application materials. The first unit is an overview of the…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Financial Aid Applicants, Higher Education, Need Analysis (Student Financial Aid)
Department of Education, Washington, DC. Student Financial Assistance. – 2000
This training manual is intended for higher education institutions that process Federal Pell Grants under a new system called the recipient financial management system (RFMS). The RFMS system is part of the electronic data exchange process which allows schools to send and receive Title IV student financial aid application data to and from the…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Financial Aid Applicants, Higher Education, Need Analysis (Student Financial Aid)
Direct linkDeitch, Kenneth M. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1982
The decisions an institution makes about tuition and student aid constitute its pricing policy and locate its market position. An analytical device called the "aid eligibility frontier" is used to analyze the current pricing system; potential problems are discussed. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Administration, Educational Economics, Eligibility
Peer reviewedTrusheim, Dale – Research in Higher Education, 1994
A study compared the accuracy of first-year college students' self-reported information about financial aid awards with actual data on the types and amounts of the awards. Students' reports of specific aid awards and amounts were often inaccurate, suggesting aid administrators could come to different conclusions when relying on different sources.…
Descriptors: College Administration, Data Collection, Higher Education, Information Sources
Price Waterhouse and Co., New York, NY. – 1990
The Integrated Quality Control Measurement Project (IQCMP) of the U.S. Department of Education measured the quality of awards distributed during the 1988-89 award year under the three major Title IV programs: the Pell Grant program, the Campus-Based programs, and the Stafford Loan program, in order to evaluate and improve the quality of the…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Delivery Systems, Error Patterns, Financial Aid Applicants
