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Direct linkCantora, Andrea; Miller, Joshua; White, Kathleen – Journal of Correctional Education, 2020
In August 2015, the U.S. Department of Education announced an experimental program that would allow higher education institutions to offer postsecondary educational programs inside adult prisons. The U.S. Department of Education's Second Chance Pell Grant Experimental Sites Initiative would allow state and federal incarcerated students to apply…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons
Download full textNational Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, 2021
This document contains the survey data and tables for the report "An Evaluation of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act Funding for Postsecondary Institutions." In January and February 2021, National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) collaborated with Student Affairs Administrators in Higher…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Pandemics, COVID-19, Federal Legislation
Emrey-Arras, Melissa – US Government Accountability Office, 2019
Student parents face many challenges, including paying for child care, that can make it difficult for them to complete a degree. The federal government supports student parents through Education's Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) program, which provides colleges funding for child care services, and federal student aid, which can…
Descriptors: Child Care, Parents, Student Financial Aid, Federal Aid
Baum, Sandy – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2015
The Federal Pell Grant program has made education possible for many Americans. It has also helped establish the norm of public responsibility for widespread access to higher education. This essay reviews the growth of the Pell Grant program over time and its current characteristics. It then details some innovations with the potential to increase…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Student Financial Aid, Grants, Program Effectiveness
Taliaferro, Wayne; Pham, Duy – Center for Postsecondary and Economic Success, 2017
This brief examines how California is aligning education and training opportunities for people who are currently or formerly incarcerated. It is the first report in our series "Reconnecting Justice in the States," which will explore coordinated justice, education, and workforce policy and practice at the state level. It is part of…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Social Justice, Change Strategies
What Works Clearinghouse, 2013
In this study, the authors examined the impact of two interventions related to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) on postsecondary outcomes of low- to moderate-income individuals. The two interventions were included: (1) providing an estimate of need-based aid compared against tuition costs for nearby colleges and assistance in…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Federal Aid, Postsecondary Education, Low Income Groups
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
Hauptman, Arthur M.; Merisotis, Jamie P. – 1989
More than $25 billion in financial aid in 1988 is awarded annually to students attending postsecondary education. The aid covers about the same percentage of college costs that it did in 1970, but the impact of veterans' education benefits and social security benefits is no longer significant, and loans now make up one-half the total aid, having…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Eligibility, Financial Services
Fleischer, Wendy – 2003
The Annie E. Casey Foundation's Jobs Initiative is a six-city workforce initiative aimed at helping disadvantaged adults earn their way out of poverty. Between 1995 and 2002, the initiative enrolled more than 17,000 adults and placed 8,090 people in jobs. Most Jobs Initiative participants were working 18 months after enrollment in the program, and…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Colleges, Community Colleges, Disadvantaged
