The author discusses the impact of the reauthorized Higher Education Act on financial aid, especially as it applies to proprietary schools. He suggests ways that such schools' administrators can update themselves on this topic. (CH)

Transitional situations, such as those experienced by work study students, may create cognitive difficulties by requiring people to simultaneously use both a learning and a use logic. To examine this phenomenon, a problem solving task (electrical schemata of a washing machine) was administered to 43 full time students and 51 work study students…

To determine whether students who indicated success on the job evaluated the overall Cooperative Education Program at Los Angeles Valley College differently from those students who did not indicate job success, data were collected from 249 students who had completed the program (41 percent female and 59 percent male). Questionnaires were answered…

The presidents of all postsecondary institutions in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's Region VIII (comprised of the states of Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota) were surveyed to determine important issues in the administration of federally-supported student financial aid programs. The survey…

This document reports the amount and availability of student financial aid resources for Kentucky undergraduate students planning to attend an institution of postsecondary education in the Commonwealth. Institutions providing education beyond the high school surveyed for student financial aid resources were public and nonpublic four-year colleges…

Depicts an experiential learning schema that is a framework for an integrated postsecondary program. The program would be located in the career center and would include (1) volunteer service, (2) externships, (3) internships, (4) cooperative education, and (5) part-time work or work-study. Presents possible outcomes. (CH)

This report presents information on financial resources provided to undergraduates at Minnesota post-secondary institutions. The financial resources reported are grants, loans, and student earnings that help students pay tuition, fees, room and board, and other costs of attending post-secondary education. This report presents information for…

The report represents an abridged summary of a study which assessed secondary and postsecondary work education programs and suggested ways they might be modified or expanded. A stratified, random sample of 50 work-education sites was drawn for the study from a set of 500 representative programs. Specific occupational training, dropout prevention,…

This report, which is the collaborative effort of the 23-member institutions of the consortium, proposes a financial aid structure that would provide access and a degree of choice in postsecondary education. Its overriding concern is with the structure of financial aid. The consortium recommends redirecting benefits under existing laws so that…

Describes the provisions of the 1984 reorganization of the Soviet educational system focusing on the provisions relating to vocational and technical training. After a brief overview of the historical development of the vocational and technical education system in the USSR, the main provisions of the new system and some implications of the reform…

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 2004-05 school year alone, approximately $74 billion in new aid was…

This document contains information for institutions of higher education concerning completion of the required Fiscal Operations Report (FISCOP) and an institutional application for participation in three federal programs providing student financial aid (FISAP). Programs covered include the Federal Perkins Loan Program, the Federal Supplemental…

This publication is a comprehensive record of testimony and exhibits presented to the Subcommitee on Postsecondary Education of the Committee on Education and Labor of the U.S. House of Representatives during oversight hearings on all forms of Federal student financial assistance. The hearings were conducted on May 25, June 1, June 8, June 9, June…

The article describes China's alternative to Western technical education, a national program of industry-based education for experienced workers called "July 21st Workers Colleges" (from a 1968 statement by Mao). Regular universities and colleges may assist these Workers Colleges, where classes may be full time or part time. (MF)