The SREB-State Data Exchange is a cooperative effort of SREB and the statewide higher education governing and coordinating boards in the South. Founded in 1969-1970, it is one of the nation's oldest, most comprehensive sources of comparative data on public higher education. The Data Exchange annually collects, compiles and publishes the most…

The Southern Regional Education Board-State Data Exchange is a one-of-a-kind regional program with 23 statewide higher education governing and coordinating board partners. The Data Exchange annually collects, compiles and publishes: (1) the most current and detailed comparative statistics on postsecondary education in the 16 SREB states; (2)…

Data from statewide Student Resource Survey studies in New Jersey, California, and Pennsylvania review whether there are sex-related differences in (1) total resources available to students, (2) amounts and percentages of resources available from different sources, and (3) the way financial aid is distributed. (LBH)

This document represents the annual report of private colleges and universities in New York receiving assistance for economically and educationally disadvantaged students under the Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP). The report covers HEOP student characteristics, student achievement, HEOP's impact on higher education, student and program…

This tenth annual report of national normative data on students entering college as first-time, full-time freshmen is part of an ongoing longitudinal study of the American higher education system. Its purpose is to determine the effects of college on students. Data for 1975 is based on responses from 186,406 freshmen entering 366 institutions;…

Contained in this working report are the results of the Community Forum on Financial Assistance held on September 24, 1974 at Rhode Island Junior College. The two-hundred and fifteen people invited to the conference were asked by mail to rank the eight financial aid criteria in terms of importance for possible use in selecting financial assistance…

This report provides statistics on student aid in the 1980s and 1990s, complementing the publication, "Trends in Student Aid: 1963 to 1983." It revises figures presented earlier for the 1980s and gives estimates for academic year 1990-91. Tables 1 to 8 provide a variety of statistics on student aid, family income, and college costs for…

In this study on financial aid to students in higher education, descriptive data are provided on differences found among states, institutional sectors, and income groups with respect to student costs and sources of funding, the reduction in cost of attendance due to the distribution of aid, and the resulting amount of overmet or undermet financial…

Educational loan limits for graduate and professional students were estimated to provide manageable repayments that were a proportion of the borrowers' future consumption budget data. Based on each professional group's income profile, loan repayments were computed for each year of repayment and summed across alternative repayment periods to arrive…

This survey, developed with the underlying philosophy of uncovering basic attitudes of students, reached approximately 11,000 students representing diverse interests, ages, programs, geographic locales, and socioeconomic backgrounds from 188 institutions. Of these 11,000 students, approximately 25 percent responded to the survey instrument and…

A file which contains data on financial aid and school costs, for a sample of students in the 1985-86 school year is presented. Each record contains information from the school registrar's office, from the student financial aid office record, and from a questionnaire completed by students. There are 3,774 records on the Statistical Analysis System…

The report provides statistical data on disabled American college freshmen based on a 1985 survey of almost 300,000 entering college freshmen at 546 institutions of higher education. Information on income, funding sources, academic achievement, academic goals, career aspirations, and political views was collected. Results indicated an increase to…

This report on international exchange emphasizes educational exchange between the United States and other countries, statistical data concerning foreign students in the United States, foreign scholars in the United States, U.S. students abroad, U.S. faculty members abroad, and conduct of the surveys. Statistical data concerning foreign students in…

A study that sought to determine by what means and with what frequency Boston College undergraduates with unmet financial aid need actually financed their educational expenses is reported. Parental contributions, student earnings, student borrowing, and other methods by which students may have filled the gap are considered. (JMD)

The Alabama Student Assistance Program, a state/federal cooperative aid program to provide financial assistance to residents of the State of Alabama for undergraduate postsecondary education at institutions within the State of Alabama, is described in this annual report for the 1977-78 academic year. A total of 15,710 applications for aid were…