Reports on a study to determine whether the proportions of self-supporting students are rising. Results indicate their proportions are increasing and administrative policy concerning these student must be formulated. (PG)

A number of alternative definitions of the independent student were tested to determine what percentage of change would occur in the present distribution of dependent/independent students according to the Basic Education Opportunity Grant (BEOG) definition. Findings are analyzed and implications of possible change in the federal definition…

Problems in defining the independent student are reviewed and the promise of California's Assembly Bill 4027 is described. It modifies the definition and focuses on establishing a different basis for distributing grant aid. (LBH)

A study analyzing the impact of a recently proposed Department of Education independent student definition on Illinois Pell Grant applicants, identifying those program applicants who changed their status from dependent to independent in 1981-82 and 1982-83, and analyzing the effect of their status change on their eligibility is reported. (MSE)

Summarizes a Michigan Student Financial Aid Association survey regarding the size of the independent student population in Michigan, institutional policies regarding independent or self-supporting students, budget allotments for them, and perceived ideal as opposed to actual policies. The range of responses and incompleteness of data showed need…

A longitudinal study clearly indicates that changes over time require continual evaluation in both how students are financing their education and the impact of certain forms of student aid on both access to and choice of institutions. Parental and student attitudes toward financial support and financial independence are significant. (LBH)

A large survey of postsecondary students in California was used to test the sensitivity of alternate definitions of the independent student population on the number and proportion of independent students, to trace the cost implications of these alternate definitions, and to offer conclusions about the effects of these definitional changes. (MLW)

The impacts of legislated changes in both program recipients and federal costs of the Pell Grant Program are analyzed, such as the resulting numbers of dependent and independent recipients. These include the changes in award amounts received by students and the effects of particular new provisions of the grant program on its costs. (Author/MSE)

Results of a study relating Washington State's college students' unmet financial aid needs to sector and student characteristics such as sex, age, dependency status, and family income and contribution are outlined and discussed. (MSE)

Study investigated academic, social, attitudinal, and behavioral influences on student borrowing, using a sample from a national longitudinal study, with attention to labor market data, in predicting student borrowing behavior. Results show substantial differences between dependent and independent students in attitudes toward loans and debt…