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…

The lowering of the age of majority has raised doubts concerning the legality of regulations that restrict students over 18 from declaring themselves financially independent of their parents. This paper briefly examines the argument concerning the assumption that parents are responsible for financing the education of their children. With these…

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)

The need for the Ohio Instructional Grants (OIG) Program was significant at its creation and has grown in the initial five years of the program. The report provides background on the need for the program that has been responding to the need of students from low and moderate income families, but has been serving proportionately and absolutely fewer…

What is an independent or "self-supporting" student? This question formed the basis of the National Invitational Conference on the Independent Student, March 1974. Speeches concerned the financial implications of student independence, legal implications of student independence, the social and psychological implications of student independence,…

This book provides information to the student financial aid community about the calculation of a student's expected family contribution (EFC). An introduction which uses a question-and-answer format gives background information and guidance for using the proper formula to calculate a student's EFC. The following section provides narrative…

Findings and recommendations of the College Scholarship Service (CSS) Student Advisory Committee following a series of hearings conducted in seven states with the cosponsorship of the National Student Educational Fund and various state student organizations are presented. The report articulates and documents some of the problems that students…

Data were gathered on the number of college students receiving food stamps as heads of households at six selected universities: Tampa, Wisconsin, North Texas State, Pennsylvania, San Francisco State, and Portland. The percent of full-time students from the selected schools receiving food stamps as heads of households in the project areas reviewed…

The expanding numbers of emancipated students in addition to students who, with their parents, believe that postsecondary education is a right rather than a privilege, and that the society should provide the resources to aid the student, present an increasingly difficult problem to the financial aid officer. The controversy surrounds the…

The impact of lowered age of majority on higher education is discussed in this report. After reviewing the concept of majority and related principles of constitutional law, four areas of possible impact are considered. The first section deals with the determination of financial need for the independent adult student, the second with the question…

Despite the growing number of foreign students enrolled at our colleges, only minimal research has been devoted to the impact of these students on the nation's institutions of higher learning. This paper investigates the financial implications of international educational exchange for host campuses. The initial section presents an overview of…

The NLS 72 and CIRP files were used to construct profiles of student financing for 1973-74 through 1979-80. Students finance smaller amounts than institutions list. Student self-support is declining while family and scholarship/grant support is rising. The middle-income squeeze and the importance of student aid to private institutions are evident.…

This statement by the deputy commissioner of the Bureau of Student Financial Assistance of the Office of Education discusses the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant Program and proposed changes in the Family Contribution Schedules for the 1978-79 academic year. Progress of the BEOG program during its four years of operation is reviewed, and tables…

The increasing prevalence of college students who are not financially dependent upon their parents for anything is discussed. Three basic issues are addressed: (1) the identification of an independent, self-supporting student; (2) the determination of how much money is needed to educate such a student; and (3) the delivery system for needed funds.…