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Schnuth, Mary Lee – 1985
Proposed changes in student financial aid for fiscal year (FY) 1986 and their likely effects on higher education are discussed. The Reagan Administration's FY 1986 budget recommends a 25% cut for higher education, or $2.3 billion below the adjusted FY 1985 level of $8.8 billion. All but $100 million of the cuts would come from student aid, and…
Descriptors: Budgets, Change Strategies, College Students, Eligibility
Download full textDepartment of Education, Washington, DC. – 1987
Federal student aid programs for postsecondary education, and the procedures for applying for them, are described. The following topics are addressed: (1) finding out about student financial aid (sources other than this guide); (2) U. S. Department of Education student aid--general information (eligibility; financial need; forms, records and…
Descriptors: College Applicants, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Financial Aid Applicants
Thrift, Julianne Still; Toppe, Christopher M. – 1985
Sources of funds for students at private colleges are assessed, along with major changes in student financial aid during 1979-1984, based on the Student Aid Recipient Data Bank of the National Institute of Independent Colleges and Universities. A random sample of actual student financial aid records was examined in order to show how aid is…
Descriptors: Dependents, Federal Aid, Full Time Students, Grants
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1984
Edits that can be performed by the processor who applies for federal campus-based student aid programs are discussed, along with a longer-term approach to assessing the efficacy of recommended edit checks. Attention is focused on the accuracy of data submitted by institutions on the application portion of the Fiscal Operations Report and…
Descriptors: Computation, Data Collection, Error Patterns, Evaluation Methods
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1985
Descriptions of federal and New York State student financial aid programs are provided that may be used in preparing catalogs or bulletins. Information is included on application procedures; method of selection of recipients and allocation of awards; award schedule; and responsibilities of recipients. The state-administered programs include the…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Opportunities, Federal Aid, Fellowships
Gold, Ben K. – 1979
This summary of financial aids provided to Los Angeles City College students from 1973-1978 considers the four major vehicles for federal aid: (1) Basic Educational Opportunity Grants (BEOG); (2) National Direct Student Loans (NDSL); (3) Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG); and (4) College Work Study (CWS). Data tables outline…
Descriptors: Black Students, Community Colleges, Federal Aid, Females
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Human Resources. – 1978
The passage of S. 2539, the College Opportunity Act of 1978, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve the basic educational opportunity grants program, is recommended in this Senate report from Senator Claiborne Pell. The bill provides for: (1) a rate no higher than 10.5 percent in determining a family's expected contributions from…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Legislation, Family Income, Federal Aid
Department of Education, Washington, DC. Student Financial Assistance. – 2001
This volume discusses the eligibility requirements for student and parent borrowers from federal financial aid programs. It reviews the factors an aid administrator must consider when reviewing a student's application for a loan and outlines the administrator's responsibilities in checking to make sure that recipients qualify for their aid awards.…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Eligibility, Federal Aid, Financial Aid Applicants
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1985
Pell Grants, based on need, have been the federal government's commitment and contribution to equal access to higher education. Topics addressed in these hearings include: the maximum award amount, the percentage of college costs to be covered by the award, the living allowance for students living off campus, the tax rates on discretionary income…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Students, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Office of Student Financial Assistance (ED), Washington, DC. – 1988
Information for postsecondary institution financial aid administrators on the major federal student financial aid programs authorized under Title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965 and its amendments is provided. Nine chapters cover the following: (1) introduction (office of student financial assistance organization, debt collection and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Finance, Eligibility, Federal Aid
Goldstein, Michael B. – 1982
Changes in public policies that have implications for experiential education are discussed. It is suggested that the federal government's reduction of federal student assistance does not represent a policy adverse to experiential education; yet, its effects are likely to have substantially negative outcomes for programs built on 15 years of…
Descriptors: Accrediting Agencies, College Students, Cooperative Education, Eligibility
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1978
The passage of H.R. 12274, the Middle Income Student Assistance Act, to amend Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the availability of assistance to middle-income students is recommended in this House report from the Committee on Education and Labor. The purpose of H.R. 11274 is to provide needed financial assistance to…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Legislation, Family Income, Federal Aid
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1969
The major provisions of the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 are explained. Following discussion of the rationale of the legislation and of the extent and basis of allocation of state grants, separate sections of the document deal with: (1) exemplary programs, (2) residential projects, (3) consumer and homemaking education, (4) cooperative…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs
Office of Federal Student Aid (ED), Washington, DC. – 2002
The purpose of this volume is to describe how schools become eligible to participate in the Federal Student Aid (FSA) programs and to explain the administrative and fiscal requirements of FSA program participation. In addition, the publication discusses other issues relevant to the general administration of the FSA programs. Major changes from the…
Descriptors: Colleges, Eligibility, Federal Aid, Financial Aid Applicants
US Department of Education, 2006
Federal Student Aid's core mission is to ensure that all eligible Americans benefit from federal financial assistance--grants, loans and work-study programs--for education beyond high school. The programs administered comprise the nation's largest source of student aid: during the 2005-06 school year alone, approximately $78 billion in new aid was…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Grants, Educational Finance, Financial Support
