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Kuchak, JoAnn – 1976
Application forms for the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant (BEOG) Program for 1974-1975 were compared to Internal Revenue Service (IRA) tax forms to determine the scope of applicants' misreporting and to identify categories of applicants who tend to misreport. A total of 70,063 tax forms and BEOG records from eligible and ineligible applicants…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Dependents
Eads, Janet M. – 1985
The definition of independent student that is used in determining eligibility for federal student financial aid is examined, along with potential compliance problems for independent students and differential treatment of independent and dependent students. Major factors for defining independence for students receiving federal financial aid are:…
Descriptors: Age, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Dependents
Download full textLee, John B.; And Others – 1984
Trends in college participation are examined as evidence of how the nation is doing in improving educational opportunity. Attention is directed to changes in the college participation rates of dependent and independent students, blacks and whites, males and females, and different income groups between 1969 and 1981. Influences, such as college…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Students, College Attendance, Comparative Analysis
Hill, Susan; And Others – 1981
A profile is presented of the social and economic characteristics of black students, 16 years old and over, enrolled in college or a noncollegiate postsecondary institution, based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau's 1976 Survey of Income and Education. After a reviewing of characteristics of the black population in the United States in the…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Continuation Students
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1984
The development of the error prone model (EPM) for the 1984-1985 student financial aid validation criteria for Pell Grant recipient selection is discussed, based on a comparison of the 1983-1984 EPM criteria and a newly estimated EPM. Procedures/assumptions on which the new EPM was based include: a sample of 1982-1983 Pell Grant recipients…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dependents, Error Patterns, Evaluation Criteria
Hill, Susan; And Others – 1981
The status of women enrolled in collegiate and noncollegiate schools in spring 1976 and social and economic characteristics of these students are examined, based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau's 1976 Survey of Income and Education. For students who were dependents, information is presented on their families. Findings include the following:…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Continuation Students
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1982
The development of a number of error-prone models to select Pell Grant recipients for validation is discussed. The 1983-1984 Pell Grant validation strategy consists of a two-stage approach: selection using Pre-Established Criteria (PEC) followed by selection using Error Prone Modeling (EPM). The database used for model development consists of a…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Dependents, Error Patterns
