A 1953 article outlining procedures used at Harvard University (MA) for analyzing a student's need for financial aid is reprinted here because it is felt to reflect the basic principles of sound student financial aid policy. (MSE)

Since the GI Bill radically changed U.S. higher education, the question arose as to whether (then) American Association of Colleges, AAC was involved in the planning and implementation of the GI Bill that brought service men and women to college and university campuses. The answer is that the Association was deeply involved, if one looks at the…

Reasons for the emergence of education benefits (Title II) as a major focus in the Veterans Assistance Act of 1944 are discussed. Effects and implications are briefly examined. (RM)

In response to requests for more accurate and complete information about financial aid for college students, the 'Division of Higher Education, Office of Education, undertook its Student Assistance Project for the collection, analysis, and dissemination of information about institutional student financial aid. The present bulletin is the third in…

This bulletin reports information about scholarships, loans, and opportunities for employment available to undergraduate students at colleges and universities throughout the country for the year 1955-56. It is the third in a series of reports based on a current study which the Office of Education is making in response to continuing demand for…

This directory presents information relating to institutional financial aid programs which were active during the 1959-60 academic year. To collect information for this directory, over 2,100 copies of a questionnaire, "Survey of Institutional Financial Assistance to Undergraduate Students, 1959-60," were mailed to institutions of higher education,…

The Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) program's current operations, legislative history, and growth are reviewed, along with research needs. GSLs are made by lenders to college students, and the federal government guarantees them and provides incentive payments to lenders and subsidy payments on behalf of students until loan repayment begins. Today,…

The history of the role of state guarantee agencies in the Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) Program is reviewed in terms of the initiation of the GSL program, the growth of the Federally Insured Student Loan Program, the initiation of the special allowance, and the Education Amendments of 1972, the Education Amendments of 1976, the Middle Income…

This directory presents information relating to institutional financial aid programs which were active during the 1959-60 academic year. To collect information for this directory, over 2,100 copies of a questionnaire, "Survey of Institutional Financial Assistance to Undergraduate Students, 1959-60," were mailed to institutions of higher education,…

Trends in student financial aid in the State of Florida since 1968 and the changing relationships between higher education and government in Florida are examined. The administration of student financial aid programs was centralized in 1969, and in 1970 the old incentive programs such as teacher and nursing scholarship were phased out, the Regents…

Federal aid has had many overlapping purposes and effects, from labor objectives to bolstering institutional enrollments, but the larger mission has been to help people realize their educational aspirations regardless of individual economic or social origins. The history and future of the democratization of college opportunities are discussed.…

Previously, the statistics of nurse training schools were included with those of theology, law, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and veterinary science in the chapter of the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Education devoted to professional education. This year (1918), the statistics of the other professional schools are included in the chapter…

Reviews history and growth of ORT (Organization of Rehabilitation through Training). ORT, which began in 1880 to assist in economic rehabilitation of Russian Jewry, is now a world organization. It conducts activities such as the creation of technical schools and support of Jewish refugee students. Discusses ORT activities in Arab countries, the…

The gains made by Blacks in higher education are examined. Difficulties Blacks have encountered in achieving admission, proportional representation, and financial support in American colleges and universities are described, and it is predicted that these problems will intensify as the state of the general economy worsens. (GC)

Financing higher education for a growing number of young men and women in the face of steadily rising costs is becoming a crucial problem in the United States. This report is concerned with one major aspects of the problem: namely, what it costs students to attend college and where they get the money for this purpose. Next to the student and his…