An analysis of the U.S. Department of Education's (ED) default reduction plan under the Stafford Student Loan Program (formerly called the Guaranteed Student Loan program) is presented that concentrates on the new regulations and their implications for schools, students, and program administrators. The default plan's success largely depends upon…

Hearings were conducted to discuss legislation aimed at reducing student loan defaults in the federal Guaranteed Student Loan program. The Student Default Initiative Act of 1988 is designed to address the growing cost of student loan defaults and the increasing imbalance between grant and loan assistance. It develops a procedure to get the…

Revisions and extensions of Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act are presented in this conference report of the U.S. House of Representatives. It is proposed that the Act be cited as the "Public Health Service Act Amendments of 1984." The texts of proposed amendments, including revisions of the language of the legislation, are…

This General Accounting Office (GAO) testimony before the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, concerns the findings of the task force that addressed the increasing costs of student loan defaults. The task force report is considered, generally, to provide additional incentives and…

The history of federal student financial aid legislation, 1965-1985, is traced, and problems faced in the mid-1980s, and possible future directions are considered. The Higher Education Act of 1965 was the first explicit federal commitment to equalizing college opportunities for needy students through grants and programs such as Talent Search. Some…

Nationally obtained public testimony, evaluations of previous studies, discussions of prior recommendations, examinations of federal reports, and review of federal investigations have identified serious problems that threaten to undermine the integrity of federal student financial assistance programs, as well as public confidence in their…

Educational loan limits for graduate and professional students were estimated to provide manageable repayments that were a proportion of the borrowers' future consumption budget data. Based on each professional group's income profile, loan repayments were computed for each year of repayment and summed across alternative repayment periods to arrive…

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…

The Title IV student assistance programs of the Higher Education Act are the principal vehicle by which the federal government has intervened in the process called post-secondary education. The 1972 amendments also placed major emphasis on student assistance--emphasis further reinforced by recent budgetary trends. Title IV contains six student…

The vocational goals index in this document allows global qualifications to be determined for each award. The level of study supported by the fund and the sex qualifications can be determined. If the fund is limited to residents of specific states, to citizens of the United States, and/or if the recipient must study in a specific location, that…

The strategic deployment of state funds is suggested to support changes in higher education to increase faculty productivity and to promote such changes as the adoption of the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education suggestions for less time for degrees (e.g., the three-year bachelor's degree). The use of contracts for services from private higher…

The purpose of federal support for the general educational goals of higher education is examined in this testimony. Such support for higher education currently amounts to $3.4 billion, exclusive of research and veterans educational benefits under the GI bill. Two roles are identified for federal support of higher education: (1) the role of…

During the spring of 1974 a series of seminars on student aid programs and student access was held in connection with the congressional hearings on Title IV of the Higher Education Act. This seminar report on four new concepts for facilitating student access seeks to communicate some of the critical issues and concerns raised by the participants…

This report is concerned with the future of private higher education, however, the recommendations it offers, are directed to the public interest in strengthening the whole higher educational system. The private sector of higher education is enormously valuable to American society and is an influential complement to the public sector. The…

This survey, developed with the underlying philosophy of uncovering basic attitudes of students, reached approximately 11,000 students representing diverse interests, ages, programs, geographic locales, and socioeconomic backgrounds from 188 institutions. Of these 11,000 students, approximately 25 percent responded to the survey instrument and…