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Burd, Stephen – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2002
Discusses how a 1998 law has denied federal financial aid to so many students convicted of past drug offenses that even its author wants to change it. (EV)
Descriptors: Crime, Disqualification, Drug Legislation, Federal Aid

National Council on the Handicapped, Washington, DC. – 1986
As one of a series of topic papers assessing federal laws and programs affecting persons with disabilities, this paper outlines several ways in which existing Social Security laws serve to discourage and penalize people with disabilities if they seek to become employed and self-supporting. Programs funded under the Social Security Act are…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities, Disqualification, Eligibility