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Wei, Christina Chang – National Center for Education Statistics, 2010
These tables show undergraduate Stafford loan borrowing rates and average Stafford loan amounts from 1989-90 to 2007-08, using data from six separate administrations of the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS): NPSAS:90, NPSAS:93, NPSAS:96, NPSAS:2000, NPSAS:04, and NPSAS:08. The estimates that appear in these tables reflect the newly…
Descriptors: Student Loan Programs, Student Financial Aid, Federal Programs, Federal Aid
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Wei, Christina Chang; Berkner, Lutz – National Center for Education Statistics, 2008
This Postsecondary Education Descriptive Analysis Report uses data from the National Postsecondary Student Aid Studies (NPSAS:96, NPSAS:2000 and NPSAS:04) to examine trends in Stafford loan borrowing among undergraduates. NPSAS consists of nationally representative survey data that focus on student financial aid and the enrollment and background…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Tuition, Private Colleges, Public Colleges
Dynarski, Susan; Scott-Clayton, Judith E. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2008
A growing body of empirical evidence shows that some financial aid programs increase college enrollment. Puzzlingly, there is little compelling evidence that Pell Grants and Stafford Loans, the primary federal student aid programs, are effective in achieving this goal. In this paper, we provide an in-depth review of this evidence, which taken as a…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Taxes, Student Financial Aid, Enrollment
Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, Washington, DC. – 1988
This report on need analysis and student aid delivery issues in higher education describes four sets of actions taken by the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance. First, the Committee voted to forward to the Congress specific recommended actions concerning technical aspects of need analysis which are designed to improve the delivery…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Chandler, Lana J.; Boggs, Michael D. – 1987
The Guaranteed Student Loan Program (GSLP) and other forms of financial aid are described under the following headings: (1) the Guaranteed Student Loan Program (what the program is; how much and when to borrow; the student loan; the Parent Loans for Undergraduate Students (PLUS) Program; guidelines for the independent undergraduate--the…
Descriptors: College Students, Eligibility, Family Financial Resources, Federal Aid
Apling, Richard N. – 1991
This report examines "non-traditional" students in higher education and their characteristics, the types of institutions they attend, and their participation in federal student aid programs. Using data from the "National Postsecondary Student Aid Survey of 1986" the study compares five groups of "non-traditional"…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Students, Community Colleges, Dependents
Atelsek, Frank J.; Gomberg, Irene L. – 1977
The third in a series by the Higher Education Panel, this survey of student aid programs and participants focused on selected characteristics of aid recipients representative of those at 3,000 colleges and universities. Aid distribution was analyzed by the students' sex, racial or ethnic group, enrollment status (full- or part-time), and income…
Descriptors: College Students, Ethnic Groups, Family Income, Federal Programs
Bureau of Postsecondary Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. – 1977
The council's recommendations for 1977 for college-based financial aid programs and for the guaranteed student loan program are both summarized and explained, and the progress of financial aid programs in 1976-77 is reviewed. The latter review includes the training of aid administrators, aid application simplification, regulations and guidelines,…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Bibliographies, Certification, Cheating