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Download full textEmrey-Arras, Melissa – US Government Accountability Office, 2019
The Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program was established in 2007 and forgives borrowers' remaining federal student loan balances after they have made at least 10 years of qualifying loan payments while working in public service. Starting in September 2017, the first borrowers potentially became eligible for the PSLF program and began…
Descriptors: Student Loan Programs, Federal Aid, Public Service, Loan Repayment
Emrey-Arras, Melissa – US Government Accountability Office, 2018
Starting in September 2017, the first borrowers became eligible and began applying to have their loans forgiven through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to review the PSLF program. This report examines the (1) number of borrowers pursuing PSLF and the extent to which the…
Descriptors: Student Loan Programs, Federal Aid, Public Service, Loan Repayment
Emrey-Arras, Melissa – US Government Accountability Office, 2014
As of September 2013 about $94 billion--over 11 percent of federal student loan volume in repayment--was in default. Loan rehabilitation allows borrowers who make nine on-time monthly payments within 10 months to have the default removed from their credit reports. Department of Education (Education) contracts with collection agencies to assist…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Student Loan Programs, Student Financial Aid, Loan Default
Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, Washington, DC. – 1994
This report provides an evaluation of the implementation of the Federal Direct Student Loan Program (FDSLP) and the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP), administered by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to provide educational loans to postsecondary students and their families. The report recommends that ED: (1) ensure that FDSLP…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Government School Relationship, Higher Education, Institutional Role
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1988
Recommendations of the Belmont Task Force concerning the problem of student loan defaults are offered to the U.S. House of Representatives. The task force concludes that the purpose of the Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) program has changed significantly in the last decade. While originally established as a loan of convenience for middle-income…
Descriptors: College Students, Economically Disadvantaged, Financial Policy, High Risk Students
Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, Washington, DC. – 1995
This report presents an assessment of the U.S. Department of Education's Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) and the new Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (FDLP) by the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance (ACSFA), along with recommendations to help improve FFELP and FDLP. It found that congressional priorities and the…
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Federal Programs, Higher Education, Information Systems
Frazier, Franklin – 1991
This document reproduces the testimony on the subject of a recent General Accounting Office report on the relative federal cost of guaranteed and direct student loans in postsecondary and higher education. The comments focus on the potential federal savings associated with substituting Stafford loans with direct loans and the effect that a direct…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1985
Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is considered in this report of a hearing. Factors that affect students' financing of their college studies in Washington are addressed, including the tax structure, tuition, and the state's financial system. Recommendations for the legislation include: fund student financial aid at levels that…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Change Strategies, College Students, Debt (Financial)
Blanchette, Cornelia M. – 1997
This statement of Cornelia M. Blanchette to the U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Reources discusses Department of Education information management systems that support the financial aid programs authorized by Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended. These programs help the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP), the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compliance (Legal), Data Collection, Databases
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1984
This congressional report presents the views of the House Committee on Labor and Human Resources concerning the Nurse Education Amendments of 1984. (The Nurse Education Amendments of 1984 reauthorize the nursing special projects program providing grants and contracts for such types of nurse training as continuing education, retraining, education…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Cost Estimates, Disadvantaged, Educational Legislation
Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, Washington, DC. – 1989
The Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance held a hearing in California on the administration of federal student financial aid programs in higher education with emphasis on the simplification of need analysis and the delivery system, and outreach and early awareness programs. Testimony was offered by individuals from national and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Eligibility, Federal Programs
National Association of College and University Business Officers, Washington, DC. – 1977
This manual on the collection of student loans is intended for the use of business officers and loan collection personnel of colleges and universities of all sizes. The introductory chapter is an overview of sound collection practices and procedures. It discusses the making of a loan, in-school servicing of the accounts, the exit interview, the…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, Allied Health Occupations Education, College Administration
