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Financial Barriers to College Completion. Poverty Fact Sheet. No. 12, 2017
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Roble, Jacob – Institute for Research on Poverty, 2017
"Financial Barriers to College Completion," released in March 2017, was prepared by intern Jacob Roble. The sheet notes major shifts in the labor market that make having college education increasingly important to economic self-sufficiency, and concurrent trends of increasing college costs, decreasing government support for higher…
Descriptors: Poverty, Barriers, Graduation, Student Costs
Examining Zero Expected Family Contribution as a New Criterion for "Low Income": Comparing the Impact on Student Persistence at Two- and Four-Year Institutions
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Davidson, J. Cody – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
The designation "low income" is often assigned to students who are Federal Pell Grant eligible; however, family incomes for these recipients range from $0 to as high as $60,000 (Baum & Payea, 2011). Over 93% of all zero expected family contribution (EFC) students have a family income of $30,000 or less and constituted 67.4% of all…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Grants, Federal Aid, Family Income
Sources of Financial Aid Available to American Indian Students.
Willie, Jo Ann, Comp.; And Others – 1985
The booklet describes sources of financial aid (fellowships, grants, loans, scholarships, work study programs) for American Indian college students and provides guidelines for admission and the financial aid application process for both undergraduate and graduate students. Identified as major sources of financial aid are five federal programs…
Descriptors: Access to Education, American Indian Education, American Indians, Colleges
Equity Packaging of Student Financial Aid.
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Brown, Ronald M. – 1976
Packaging student financial aid, bringing the various forms of assistance together into a combination of resources sufficient for an individual student to meet college costs, reflects national and institutional philosophy about who should have access to higher education and who should pay, and how the pool of applicants is to be treated equitably.…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrative Principles, Colleges, Comprehensive Programs
New Ways of Paying for College.
Hauptman, Arthur – 1991
This monograph investigates and discusses the various approaches of innovative financing initiatives in higher education which have developed over the last few years. The 16 chapters and authors are as follows: "Stresses in the Student Financial Aid System" (Martin Kramer); "Evolution and Prospects of Financing Alternatives for…
Descriptors: College Students, Colleges, Corporate Support, Economically Disadvantaged
The Institutional Share of Undergraduate Financial Assistance, 1976-77. Higher Education Panel Report, Number 42.
Gomberg, Irene L.; Atelsek, Frank J. – 1979
The types and sources of financial assistance provided to undergraduate students by their institutions during 1976-77 were investigated as part of a survey conducted by the American Council on Education (ACE). A sample of 760 colleges and universities that comprise ACE's Higher Education Panel were asked to report the amounts and kinds of…
Descriptors: College Students, Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Family Income
National Longitudinal Study (NLS) of the High School Class of 1972. Basic Institutional Source File [machine-readable data file].
Tenison, Laurence J. – 1974
The National Longitudinal Study (NLS) of the High School Class of 1972 collected data on the attributes of students attending postsecondary institutions. The NLS also collected the names of any postsecondary institutions this cohort of students attended and/or applied to during the first two years after high school. In order to provide a link…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Colleges