This 1976 Senate Hearing before the Appropriations Committee is concerned with student loans. Issues discussed are: (1) student loan programs; (2) educational loans to middle-income families; (3) default rate on bank loans; (4) HELP grant loan; (5) views of the Financial Aid Officers Panel; (6) proprietary career schools; (7) consumer protection;…

This Act was passed to establish a program that enables college-bound residents of the District of Columbia to have greater choices among institutions of higher education. The Act provides that the District of Columbia, through the Mayor, will award grants to institutions of higher education in Maryland and Virginia that will pay the difference…

The purpose of federal support for the general educational goals of higher education is examined in this testimony. Such support for higher education currently amounts to $3.4 billion, exclusive of research and veterans educational benefits under the GI bill. Two roles are identified for federal support of higher education: (1) the role of…

In the 1980 election year, Cngress is likely to provide taxpayers with some form of tax savings, and observers predict that legislators will begin efforts to modify the Internal Revenue Code to provide more equity, gather more revenues, and serve a number of other purposes that will affect the higher education community. Particularly, higher…