This study examined major stakeholders' perceptions of their involvement and role in the legislative process surrounding the introduction, deliberation, and ultimate passage of the Direct Loan Demonstration Program (DLDP), a federal pilot student loan program. Data analysis was based on a detailed description of the legislative process surrounding…

This document presents a compilation of suggested research and development initiatives abstracted from current educational R&D planning and policy documents. The objectives is to create a reasonably thorough picture of the current state of proposed possibilities and priorities in educational R&D. Each initiative abstract includes, whenever…

In 1992 the Clinton Administration proposed phasing out the federally guaranteed student loan program and replacing it with a direct lending program run entirely by the federal government, claiming that this approach would save taxpayer money and simplify a complex program. Opponents of the Administration plan argued instead for changes in federal…