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Miller, Ben – Education Sector, 2010
For-profit higher education institutions have grown by leaps and bounds in recent years, largely free of federal regulation. That freedom would be significantly curtailed if the gainful employment standard takes effect. Vocational training programs would be judged by the ratio of the debt that graduates assume relative to their current earnings…
Descriptors: Colleges, Proprietary Schools, Student Recruitment, Educational Policy
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 2003
In its 2001 performance and accountability report on the Department of Education, the General Accounting Office (GAO) identified challenges with student financial-aid programs, financial management, and other areas facing education. The information presented in this report is intended to help sustain congressional attention and a departmental…
Descriptors: Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Federal Regulation
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Bradley, Doug – Change, 1979
Difficulties experienced by colleges with the regulations and policies of the Veterans Administration regarding the eligibility of veterans for educational benefits are discussed. Especially problematic are the "standards of progress" and "seat time" regulations. A study undertaken to examine the problem has not produced any…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Eligibility, Federal Government, Federal Regulation
Spruill, Warren H. – Business Officer, 1982
Implications for colleges and universities of a proposed new audit guide for Office of Management and the Budget (OMB) Circular A-110 are considered. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is considering issuance of an audit guide that will outline procedures to be followed to comply with the audit requirement in Circular A-110. With…
Descriptors: Accountability, Agency Role, Compliance (Legal), Federal Aid
Office of Inspector General (ED), Washington, DC. – 1997
This semiannual report to Congress summarizes the activities of the Department of Education's Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the 6-month period ending September 30, 1997. The OIG gave Congressional testimony regarding the modernization of student-financial-assistance-information programs, the Loan Consolidation process, the Federal Direct…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compliance (Legal), Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility
Esposito, John C.; And Others – 1978
This report focuses on the proprietary vocational school industry in New York State. Part 1 describes the increases in the utilization of student financial aid programs by vocational schools and the effects of this aid on school enrollment. This part also introduces the role of the New York State Education Department in the regulation of the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Disadvantaged Youth, Enrollment, Federal Aid
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Fairley, Vernetta P. – Student Aid Transcript, 1999
The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) has initiated a program in which practicing student aid professionals, on request, conduct a thorough review of a college or university's student aid operation, using comprehensive assessment materials and tools developed by NASFAA. The review examines program compliance,…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Federal Legislation
Blanchette, Cornelia M.; And Others – 1995
This report examines the U.S. Department of Education's Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) and Federal Pell Grant Program (FPGP), focusing on the extent to which the Department's student aid data are effectively used to help ensure compliance with federal requirements and prevent any abuses from recurring and the improvements that the…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Eligibility, Federal Programs, Federal Regulation
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1983
Quality Control (QC) regulations for the following federal entitlement programs are discussed: Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income Program, and Food Stamp Program. Implications of these QC procedures and for the Department of Education's approach to QC regulations are also considered. Each set of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Agency Role, Comparative Analysis, Compliance (Legal)
Business Officer, 1982
The extent to which the Reagan Administration has achieved its deregulation goals in the area of higher education is addressed in three articles: "Deregulation and Higher Education: The View a Year Later" (Sheldon Elliot Steinbach); "Student Financial Aid Deregulation: Rhetoric or Reality?" (Robin E. Jenkins); and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Civil Rights Legislation, Court Litigation, Eligibility
Goldenberg, Dan; And Others – 1997
The 1992 reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA) made changes in the need analysis formulas that determine the expected family contribution (EFC) used in awarding Title IV Federal student aid, altered the definition of an independent student, lowered the family size offset for independent students without dependents, eliminated home…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Legislation, Educationally Disadvantaged
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1983
The issues, options, and procedures for annually measuring overall payment error in the Pell Grant program are specified in detail. Guidelines for establishing a definition of Pell Grant payment error are provided, and the design issues related to error measurement are examined. A comparison is made of options for selecting a study sample and for…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compliance (Legal), Costs, Data Collection
Bonnette, Valerie M.; Daniel, Lamar – 1990
This guide is designed for use in investigating college athletics program compliance with Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, prohibiting sex discrimination in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance. It is organized to assist investigators from the time a complaint is received or compliance review scheduled to…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Athletic Coaches, Budgets, College Athletics