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Wiencek, Ruth, Ed. – 1978
Information on financial aid programs is provided in this guide for students. The introduction discusses where the labor movement stands on educational needs. The contents of the publication are as follows: Meeting College Costs through a Financial Aid Package; How to Cut Educational Costs; How Students' Financial Aid Needs Are Analyzed; Low…
Descriptors: College Students, Directories, Educational Finance, Federal Aid
Download full textComptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1979
Four federal programs were investigated for inconsistencies in awarding financial aid to college students: the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, Basic Educational Opportunity Grants, College Work-Study Program, and National Direct Student Loan Program. Their methods for determining student need and their legislative histories are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, College Role, Comparative Analysis
Graves, Mary A.
This workbook assists college and vocational school bound American Indian students in determining their financial needs and in locating sources of financial aid. A checklist helps students assess the state of their knowledge of financial programs; a glossary defines terms pertinent to the realm of financial aid (i.e., graduate study programs,…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Educational Finance, Eligibility
South Carolina Coll. Council. Greenville. – 1978
The impact of financial aid on the distribution of undergraduates among South Carolina's postsecondary institutions during the 1972-73 to 1977-78 academic years was studied. The major purpose of the study was to determine and to demonstrate how changes in educational costs, family ability to pay for those costs, and available financial aid…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Admission, College Choice, College Students
Curtain, Richard – 2001
This paper surveys European and United States approaches to public funding for post-compulsory education and offers an analytical framework describing how the funding is allocated, with a particular focus on identifying the principles that governments use to determine access to public funding for post-compulsory education. The study identifies two…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Comparative Education, Developed Nations, Educational Finance
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and the Workforce. – 1997
These hearings were concerned with the authorization of the Higher Education Act 1998 amendments. The hearing focused on affordability of postsecondary education, simplifying the student financial aid system, and academic quality for students. The document reports testimony of representatives of professional associations and Pennsylvania…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Community Colleges, Compliance (Legal)
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1991
As part of a series of field hearings across the nation on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education met in Great Falls, Montana, to hear testimony specifically on access to education for children of middle class farm families in Montana. In the course of the hearing witnesses touched on…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Bound Students, College Students, Educational Finance
College Board, New York, NY. – 1992
This book is designed to help students and their families plan for and meet college costs. Organized into three main sections the first, "Paying for College," contains 10 chapters as follows: (1) "What Does College Cost?"; (2) "How Much Will Youth Be Expected To Pay?"; (3) "How To Make Time Work for You";…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Admission, College Athletics, Colleges
Ramirez, Elizabeth Weiser; And Others – 1993
One in a series of booklets for Hispanic American parents on making the most of a child's education, this volume provides specific information on ways in which parents and their children can apply for and obtain financial assistance for going to college. Chapter 1 addresses saving for college, how much to save, and financial aid, explaining that…
Descriptors: College Applicants, College Bound Students, College Preparation, Financial Needs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. – 1991
At this hearing, one of a series conducted across the nation on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965, testimony was heard on issues of concern to three panels of experts on higher education in the state of Nebraska. The witnesses included Robert E. Caldwell, student body president from the University of Nebraska (UN) at Kearney;…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Finance, Eligibility
Moran, Mary – 1987
The impact of student aid policies on women is assessed. Patterns of enrollment and economic profiles differ for male and female students. Women, for example, far surpass men as adult, part-time, independent, and unclassified students, the categories most likely to present barriers to participating in most financial aid programs. Gender issues in…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Change Strategies, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Moran, Mary – 1986
The impact of student aid policies on women is assessed. Differences in the conditions affecting men's and women's need for aid are identified, along with actions that could improve women's participation in student aid programs. Gender issues in student aid policy include: loan burden, default, and bankruptcy; the award of merit scholarships;…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Change Strategies, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Van Dusen, William D.; And Others – 1980
The College Scholarship Service guide to implementing financial aid data processing systems is presented, based on conferences that promoted information exchange between data processing and financial aid administrators. The following topics are addressed: long-range planning, the rationale and organizational basis for financial aid, specific…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Data Processing, Federal Aid, Financial Aid Applicants
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. Graduate and Professional School Financial Aid Service. – 1985
Demographic and economic information were collected about students who applied for financial aid to attend graduate or professional school for academic years 1981-1984 through the Graduate and Professional School Financial Aid Service (GAPSFAS). GAPSFAS is a centralized financial need analysis service used by more than 700 graduate and…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, College Applicants, Debt (Financial), Dental Students
Advanced Technology, Inc., McLean, VA. – 1982
Detailed findings from the first stage of the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant (BEOG) quality control project are presented. For the 4,500 students selected as representative of the BEOG, or Pell Grant, recipient population as of Fall 1980, data were collected from: federal tax returns, interviews with student recipients and their parents, tax…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Students, Confidential Records, Data Collection
