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Download full textDepartment 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
College Entrance Examination Board, New York, NY. Coll. Scholarship Service. – 1990
This report analyzes key student financial aid need issues in preparation for the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. The issues discussed in the report were chosen by the College Scholarship Service's Council Committee on Standards of Ability to Pay, for discussion at the College Board's Regional Assemblies. The issues include: (1)…
Descriptors: Definitions, Family Financial Resources, Family Income, Higher Education
NASFAA Monograph, 1993
This publication identifies a variety of situations in which it may be necessary to use professional judgement in the needs analysis of students requesting financial aid. Alternatives are suggested to aid administrators in more sensitively assessing the ability of a family to pay for postsecondary education. The intent is to describe alternative…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Eligibility, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Office of Student Financial Assistance (ED), Washington, DC. – 1984
A guide to the family contribution (FC) for federal student financial aid programs is presented. Information is provided on the steps of the U.S. Department of Education's version of the Uniform Methodology (UM), the system most frequently used by need analysis services and financial aid administrators to determine the family's ability to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Dependents, Federal Aid, Financial Aid Applicants
Goldenberg, Dan; And Others – 1997
The 1992 reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA) made changes in the need analysis formulas that determine the expected family contribution (EFC) used in awarding Title IV Federal student aid, altered the definition of an independent student, lowered the family size offset for independent students without dependents, eliminated home…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Legislation, Educationally Disadvantaged
Johnstone, D. Bruce – 1986
The educational and living costs of undergraduate studies and the ways these costs are shared among parents, students, taxpayers, and philanthropists/donors are considered for five countries: the United States, the United Kingdom, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, and Sweden. Five policy issues that are linked to how costs are shared by…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Federal Aid, Foreign Countries
New York State Higher Education Services Corp., Albany. – 1984
Educational financing patterns of full-time undergraduates in New York State were compared for Asians, Blacks, Hispanics, and Whites. Compared to Whites, the minority students had lower incomes, were more likely to be financially independent of their parents, and were more likely to attend the City University of New York (CUNY) or proprietary…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Asian Americans, Black Students, College Students
