A key public policy question regarding educational vouchers is: Who has the right to spend the huge sums of money involved--those who provide public education, or the students who "consume" it? Describes the Milwaukee and the Cleveland programs, the legal challenges in which they are involved, and the supporters and opponents of voucher plans. A…

This article relates the story of Jean-Yves Ngabonziza, a full-need international student. During his senior year, on Rwandan National Mourning Day, April 6, 19-year-old Yves spoke to the entire school community for the first time about his past and the past of his native country. He began with the history of central Africa, introduced the…

This report describes the status of State and federal financial assistance available to students enrolled in postsecondary institutions located in New York State during the two academic years, 1987-88 and 1988-89. The introduction contains a brief overview of State and federal student assistance programs and highlights recent developments in those…

This document is directed toward those undergraduate colleges and universities in West Virginia currently accredited by the Board of Regents, through which a majority of the total student aid dollars directed to students in West Virginia continues to be channeled. Colleges included in the document have been called upon to furnish statistics…

Analyzing FY 74 GI Bill data seems to confirm that a Vietman veteran's chances of using the GI Bill turn on what state he is from. Geography controls opportunities because the formula of today's GI Bill, unlike that of World War II's Bill, ignores state differences in educational costs. This legislative formula inadvertently minimizes veterans'…

This 1976 Senate Hearing before the Appropriations Committee is concerned with student loans. Issues discussed are: (1) student loan programs; (2) educational loans to middle-income families; (3) default rate on bank loans; (4) HELP grant loan; (5) views of the Financial Aid Officers Panel; (6) proprietary career schools; (7) consumer protection;…

This report reviews the status of higher education student financial aid in Maryland in relation to equal educational opportunity, increasing dynamics of the marketplace, social necessity, general college and attendance data, general trends in the growth of higher education, a student's ability to pay, federally sponsored student aid programs, the…

Recipients of veteran benefits at community colleges in Hawaii comprised 24 percent of the spring 1975 enrollees. The proportion varied by campus from 15 percent at Kapiolani to 31 percent at Leeward and Kauai. Veterans differ from the student body as a whole in terms of credit load carried and educational objectives; this may be a result of the…

Tables in this statistical supplement are based on data submitted by Federal agencies in their annual training report to the Civil Service Commission for Fiscal Year 1968 (see document AC 004 019). The first table (Tab A) summarizes all training activity and expenditures for the year, with data arranged by occupational levels (GS01-04 through GS…

Five of 14 junior colleges in Pennsylvania that have implemented programs of packaged financial assistance to students were studied to examine the effects of the aid in promoting academic persistence and achievement. Four groups of students were studied: aid recipients and non-recipients who earned less than $100.00 from part-time work during the…

The following bills, or amendments thereto, were included in presentations before the Subcommittee on Readjustment, Education, and Employment concerning educational benefits for Vietnam era veterans: (1) S 2161, to increase allowances for veterans; (2) S 740, to make improvements in vocational rehabilitation and educational programs; (3) S 1776,…

This survey is designed to provide information on state- and territory-funded scholarship and grant programs to undergraduate students with financial need who wish to attend public or private institutions at the postsecondary level. The tables show a comparison among the states of 1975-76 and 1976-77 estimates of the number and percentage of…

Educational vouchers are the most controversial of numerous school-choice alternatives. This ERIC Digest in Spanish provides some background on the topic and discusses the support educational vouchers has received, as well as arguments for and against vouchers. The digest supplies information concerning the degree of success for voucher programs…

This Act was passed to establish a program that enables college-bound residents of the District of Columbia to have greater choices among institutions of higher education. The Act provides that the District of Columbia, through the Mayor, will award grants to institutions of higher education in Maryland and Virginia that will pay the difference…

Educational vouchers are the most controversial of numerous school-choice alternatives. This ERIC Digest provides some background on the topic and discusses the support that educational vouchers has received, as well as arguments for and against vouchers. The digest supplies information concerning the degree of success for voucher programs and…