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Peer reviewedGoetsch, David L. – Community and Junior College Journal, 1979
Discusses the advantages of a two-phase educational plan for students who must support themselves through a lengthy professional education program. Phase I involves obtaining vocational training in a high demand, reasonably paid, related field. In Phase II, the student begins his professional education while supporting himself in the…
Descriptors: Employment Experience, Occupational Mobility, Postsecondary Education, Professional Education
Download full textNelson, Karen – 1988
As college costs continue to soar, families across America are confronting a financial burden they find difficult if not impossible to manage alone. Existing programs like student loans are unable to address a problem of this scope. The search for a method to encourage savings for college without drawing on limited public resources has led to a…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Banking, Costs, Educational Finance
Bureau of Student Financial Assistance (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. – 1979
A status report for the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant Program (Basic Grant Program) for the 1977-1978 academic year is presented. Information is based on merged applicant and recipient files. Statistical tables cover: total number of applicants, number of qualified and nonqualified applicants; number of recipients; total expenditures;…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, College Students, Dependents, Eligibility
Office of Student Financial Assistance (ED), Washington, DC. – 1982
A status report for the Pell Grant Program (formerly called Basic Educational Opportunity Grant Program) for the 1980-1981 academic year is presented. Information is based on merged applicant and recipient files. Included are a description of highlights of the program for 1980-1981, program trends for 1973-1974 through 1980-1981, and summary…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, College Students, Dependents, Eligibility
Office of Student Financial Assistance (ED), Washington, DC. – 1983
A status report for the Pell Grant Program (formerly called Basic Educational Opportunity Grant Program) for the 1981-1982 academic year is presented. Included are a description of highlights of the program for 1981-1982, program trends for 1973-1974 through 1980-1981, and summary tables for 1980-1981 on characteristics of Pell Grant recipients.…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, College Students, Dependents, Eligibility
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1981
Federal and state student financial aid programs and their future are outlined in this discussion paper. An introduction to the issues of student financial aid and higher education finance includes recent changes in financing patterns due to expansion, reduction, and erosion of assets; state and federal appropriations; tax privileges; and student…
Descriptors: Adults, Enrollment Trends, Federal Aid, Financial Needs
Rittner, Barbara; Trudeau, Patricia – 1997
This guidebook offers advice to women students on surviving and thriving in graduate school. It takes the reader from the graduate school selection process to completing the program successfully. Written in a informal style, the 11 chapters include: (1) "Should You Go to Graduate School?" (pros and cons of attending graduate school, deciding what…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Course Selection (Students), Degree Requirements, Doctoral Programs
