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Wilson, Robin – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
Students from middle-income families are losing their Guaranteed Student Loans this fall as the changes in the Higher Education Act are implemented. The changes are aimed at making sure loans would be provided only to the lowest-income students. (MLW)
Descriptors: Change, College Students, Eligibility, Federal Legislation
College Entrance Examination Board, Washington, DC. – 1986
Information on federal student aid recipients by income, undergraduate and graduate level, and financial dependency status is presented for Pell Grants, campus-based programs, and Guaranteed Student Loans (GSL). Income data are reported for all aid recipients and for financially dependent and independent students for 1983-1984 and for 1976-1977,…
Descriptors: College Students, Dependents, Family Income, Federal Aid
Schnuth, Mary Lee – 1985
Proposed changes in student financial aid for fiscal year (FY) 1986 and their likely effects on higher education are discussed. The Reagan Administration's FY 1986 budget recommends a 25% cut for higher education, or $2.3 billion below the adjusted FY 1985 level of $8.8 billion. All but $100 million of the cuts would come from student aid, and…
Descriptors: Budgets, Change Strategies, College Students, Eligibility
Miller, Scott E. – 1985
The merits of providing more loan opportunities to parents and students and the implications of this growing reliance on borrowing are considered. The objective is to clarify the alternative federal aid approaches that will be discussed as part of the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. Federally-sponsored loan programs include Guaranteed…
Descriptors: College Students, Credit (Finance), Debt (Financial), Economic Factors
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1978
The passage of H.R. 12274, the Middle Income Student Assistance Act, to amend Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the availability of assistance to middle-income students is recommended in this House report from the Committee on Education and Labor. The purpose of H.R. 11274 is to provide needed financial assistance to…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Legislation, Family Income, Federal Aid
Download full textSmith, Malbert; And Others – 1980
The impact of the Middle Income Student Assistance Act (MISAA) program was evaluated through analysis of financial aid to cohorts of students before and after MISAA, a longitudinal examination of a sample of students before and after its enactment, and a macro-level analysis of the effect of MISAA on the relationship between income and aid. The…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Cohort Analysis, College Students, Federal Aid
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1983
Hearings concerning research done for the National Commission on Student Financial Assistance are presented, along with the Commission's recommendations. The recommendations concern modifications of the current law to facilitate greater access for low- and middle-income students and to improve the quality of postsecondary education in the country.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Advisory Committees, Agency Role
