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Download full textBureau of Student Financial Assistance (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. – 1978
A status report for the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant Program (Basic Grant Program) for the 1976-1977 academic year is presented. Information is provided on: applicants for the 1976-1977 year; program trends for academic years 1973-1974 through 1976-1977; the number of Basic Grant recipients and nonqualifying applicants for 1976-1977 by…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, College Students, Dependents, Eligibility
National Inst. of Independent Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC. – 1982
Student aid records from a national sample of aid recipients attending independent colleges and universities with enrollments of more than 500 students were evaluated. It was found that recent reductions in federal student assistance and restrictions placed on program eligibility reduced substantially the number and proportion of low-income…
Descriptors: Dependents, Economically Disadvantaged, Eligibility, Federal Programs
Novalis, Carol; Murphy, Maureen – 1979
Reporting of zero/low income by applicants for Basic Educational Opportunity Grants (BEOGs) was studied, with attention to the extent that such reporting was inaccurate. The BEOG applicant database was studied to gain understanding of the characteristics of those who report zero-income on Basic Grant applications. A random sample of 400,000 BEOG…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Students, Dependents, Disclosure
Bureau of Student Financial Assistance (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. – 1979
A status report for the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant Program (Basic Grant Program) for the 1977-1978 academic year is presented. Information is based on merged applicant and recipient files. Statistical tables cover: total number of applicants, number of qualified and nonqualified applicants; number of recipients; total expenditures;…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, College Students, Dependents, Eligibility
Office of Student Financial Assistance (ED), Washington, DC. – 1982
A status report for the Pell Grant Program (formerly called Basic Educational Opportunity Grant Program) for the 1980-1981 academic year is presented. Information is based on merged applicant and recipient files. Included are a description of highlights of the program for 1980-1981, program trends for 1973-1974 through 1980-1981, and summary…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, College Students, Dependents, Eligibility
Office of Student Financial Assistance (ED), Washington, DC. – 1983
A status report for the Pell Grant Program (formerly called Basic Educational Opportunity Grant Program) for the 1981-1982 academic year is presented. Included are a description of highlights of the program for 1981-1982, program trends for 1973-1974 through 1980-1981, and summary tables for 1980-1981 on characteristics of Pell Grant recipients.…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, College Students, Dependents, Eligibility
Ellis, Richard – 1979
Volume IV of a study of program management procedures in the campus-based and Basic Educational Opportunity Grant (BEOG) programs deals with a set of simulated modifications in the statements made by BEOG applicants about their financial circumstances. Various kinds of misrepresentation of income, assets, and other factors are postulated, and the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Cheating, College Students, Dependents
Saavedra, Pedro; Kuchak, JoAnn – 1980
An error-prone model (EPM) to predict financial aid applicants who are likely to misreport on Basic Educational Opportunity Grant (BEOG) applications was developed, based on interviews conducted with a quality control sample of 1,791 students during 1978-1979. The model was designed to identify corrective methods appropriate for different types of…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Students, Dependents, Disclosure
Bureau of Student Financial Assistance (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. – 1980
The Basic Educational Opportunity Grant program, the largest federal student aid program, is explained. The method by which a student's eligibility is determined is described in detail. In a section on calculation of eligibility for dependent students, two worksheets are provided: that for families with no farm or business assets, and those with…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Students, Eligibility, Family Income
Goldenberg, Dan; And Others – 1997
The 1992 reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA) made changes in the need analysis formulas that determine the expected family contribution (EFC) used in awarding Title IV Federal student aid, altered the definition of an independent student, lowered the family size offset for independent students without dependents, eliminated home…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Legislation, Educationally Disadvantaged
Chandler, Lana J.; Boggs, Michael D. – 1987
The Guaranteed Student Loan Program (GSLP) and other forms of financial aid are described under the following headings: (1) the Guaranteed Student Loan Program (what the program is; how much and when to borrow; the student loan; the Parent Loans for Undergraduate Students (PLUS) Program; guidelines for the independent undergraduate--the…
Descriptors: College Students, Eligibility, Family Financial Resources, Federal Aid
