Discusses ethical problems associated with financial aid counseling including: disseminating financial aid information, advising on independent status, judging students true needs, communicating between high school and college, helping parents and students understand programs, drop in enrollment of lower income students, public/private college…

Describes a seminar for high school students and their parents to increase awareness of financial aid sources and make families active participants in securing an aid package. Speakers from a major university and a local banking institution provided information and answered questions. (JAC)

Examined what kinds of information about financial aid and when it was needed by over 3,000 college students and parents. Results suggest admission and financial aid professionals should improve both the types and timing of communication shared with families and their college-bound students. (ABL)

First time applicants to the New York State Tuition Assistance Program completed the Student Survey on High School Guidance Counseling. Student-counselor contact was low, and mostly initiated by the counselor. Most students who used counselors used them as sources of information about college and financial aid but felt they played an indifferent…

Suggests that recent cuts in federal aid to higher education have caused changes in admission policies which favor more affluent students, while students from less affluent areas receive fewer publications and their schools are not visited as often by college recruiters. (JAC)