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Download full textAdvanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1982
Background questions to support a federally-sponsored assessment of major student aid delivery system options are addressed. Attention is directed to: (1) information needed by the U.S. Secretary of Education to decide about changes to the delivery system; (2) reasons that delivery system redesign is a critical issue; (3) what can be learned from…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Decision Making, Delivery Systems, Federal Aid
Burd, Stephen – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
A recent Department of Education study, developed with the assistance of the Internal Revenue Service, found that of 2.3 million Pell Grants in 1995-96, 102,000 went to students who failed to report or underreported family income. More than 300 recipients had each underreported income by over $100,000. The report comes when the Clinton…
Descriptors: Cheating, College Students, Family Income, Federal Aid
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1992
A study was done to investigate whether Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG) were being awarded to students with the lowest expected family contribution (EFC). The study used data from a 1991 Department of Education study based on a sample of 25,000 undergraduate students drawn from over 1,100 postsecondary institutions across the…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Finance, Family Financial Resources, Federal Aid
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1982
Because of public concern over prisoners receiving cash benefits from Social Security Administration (SSA) and Veterans' Administration (VA) programs, the General Accounting Office (GAO) conducted a study to estimate the number of prisoners currently receiving cash, social security, other federal retirement, disability, and educational benefits.…
Descriptors: Cost Estimates, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Information Needs
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1982
A preliminary design for a quality control (QC) system for the Pell Grant Program is proposed, based on the needs of the Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA). The applicability of the general design for other student aid programs administered by OSFA is also considered. The following steps included in a strategic approach to QC system…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Agency Role, Delivery Systems, Error Patterns
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1983
Specifications of the current delivery systems of the Pell Grant program, the Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) program, and campus-based aid programs are provided. The relationship between features of the programs and delivery systems is also examined. The campus-based programs include the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG) Program,…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Eligibility, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Washington Consulting Group, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1988
The 14th of 17 modules in a self-instructional course on student financial aid administration (geared toward novice financial aid administrators and other institutional personnel) focuses on Pell Grants and campus-based authorization, fiscal operations, and reporting. The full course provides an introduction to the management of federal financial…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Educational Finance, Eligibility
