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Download full textJung, Steven M.; And Others – 1976
The guide is intended for use by staff of governmental agencies that exercise regulatory authority over postsecondary educational institutions. It describes a simplified system for collecting, analyzing, and sharing information on the policies and practices of the regulated institutions. The policies and practices in question are those that relate…
Descriptors: College Students, Colleges, Consumer Protection, Federal Government
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1987
Federal student aid programs for postsecondary education, and the procedures for applying for them, are described. The following topics are addressed: (1) finding out about student financial aid (sources other than this guide); (2) U. S. Department of Education student aid--general information (eligibility; financial need; forms, records and…
Descriptors: College Applicants, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Financial Aid Applicants
Stedman, Jim; Scott, Marcia – 1978
Information is provided on 14 federal programs providing financial assistance to undergraduate students in universities, colleges, and vocational/technical schools. The programs provide three different types of assistance: grants (or scholarships), loans, and job earnings. Grants and scholarships do not have to be repaid, but loans do. Some of the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Students, Eligibility, Federal Aid
McPherson, Michael S. – 1988
This discussion of how the effectiveness of federal student aid can be evaluated is framed in terms of three questions: (1) Has federal student aid expanded educational opportunity; that is, has it encouraged the enrollment and broadened the educational choices of disadvantaged students? (2) Has federal student aid made the distribution of higher…
Descriptors: College Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Opportunities, Educational Policy
Chandler, Lana J.; Boggs, Michael D. – 1987
The Guaranteed Student Loan Program (GSLP) and other forms of financial aid are described under the following headings: (1) the Guaranteed Student Loan Program (what the program is; how much and when to borrow; the student loan; the Parent Loans for Undergraduate Students (PLUS) Program; guidelines for the independent undergraduate--the…
Descriptors: College Students, Eligibility, Family Financial Resources, Federal Aid
Bureau of Student Financial Assistance (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. – 1979
This handbook is intended primarily to help postsecondary institutions administer the major federal student financial aid programs: Basic Educational Opportunity Grants (BEOG), Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG), College Work-Study (CWS), National Direct Student Loans (NDSL), Guaranteed Student Loans (GSL), Health Education…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Check Lists, College Applicants
American Legion, Indianapolis, IN. Americanism and Children's Youth Div. – 1988
This handbook of sources of financial aid for postsecondary education provides information on the following topics: (1) introduction (general information for the student, planning for the future, and a "do list" for parents and students); (2) American Legion educational aids (a detailed table of data on financial assistance offered by…
Descriptors: Career Planning, College Applicants, College Preparation, Cooperative Education
Sexton, Robert F. – 1980
This monograph describes and analyzes major federal and state student financial assistance programs. Chief among those reviewed are the Basic and Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, National Direct Student Loans, State Student Incentive Grants, the Guaranteed Student Loans, College Work Study, and the G.I. Bill. The paper explains how…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adults, Educational Opportunities
Atelsek, Frank J.; Gomberg, Irene L. – 1977
The third in a series by the Higher Education Panel, this survey of student aid programs and participants focused on selected characteristics of aid recipients representative of those at 3,000 colleges and universities. Aid distribution was analyzed by the students' sex, racial or ethnic group, enrollment status (full- or part-time), and income…
Descriptors: College Students, Ethnic Groups, Family Income, Federal Programs
Bureau of Postsecondary Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. – 1977
The council's recommendations for 1977 for college-based financial aid programs and for the guaranteed student loan program are both summarized and explained, and the progress of financial aid programs in 1976-77 is reviewed. The latter review includes the training of aid administrators, aid application simplification, regulations and guidelines,…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Bibliographies, Certification, Cheating
