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…

Approximately 95 percent of affiliated Jewish youth attend college. Much is happening in student aid today that will probably affect parents and their children. Issues of importance include: (1) legal considerations; (2) sources of financial aid; (3) applying for financial aid; (4) state and federal programs of financial aid; (5) sources of…

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…

The impact of lowered age of majority on higher education is discussed in this report. After reviewing the concept of majority and related principles of constitutional law, four areas of possible impact are considered. The first section deals with the determination of financial need for the independent adult student, the second with the question…

The New England Regional Student Program provides major savings to both the participating student and the New England state government. Students qualifying for study under the program receive admissions preference among out-of-state applicants and are charged only the equivalent of the in-state tuition fees. These are the arrangements agreed to by…

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…

Seventeen tables are presented showing average expenses for resident students, commuting students, and self-supporting students attending over 2,400 postsecondary institutions for 1975-76. Some of the findings indicate: (1) The difference in total expenses for residents and commuter students is approximately $400. (2) Total expenses rose faster at…

This first National Indian Workshop on School Affairs provided 5 days of training and orientation for 165 Indian participants from 46 tribal groups. The areas of instruction were 1) parental involvement, including PTA, attendance at school functions, awareness of what is going on in the school, encouragement of the parents' interest and concern in…

A study was made of the application, during the 1966-67 academic year, of a policy of tuition fee reimbursements up to 50% for Canadian public service employees in job related evening or correspondence courses. Methods were a literature review, a questionnaire survey of deputy heads, followup interviews with departmental officers, a study of…

Courts have been consistently reluctant to interfere with governing boards' powers to control the administration of institutions of higher education. This deference seems to be based on the belief that board expertise makes it significantly more qualified than are the courts to make the necessary administrative decisions. Uncritical deference by…

Silber's proposed Tuition Advance Fund for undergraduate student financial aid is criticized. It is suggested that what the TAF would do is substitute the student's borrowing from the government for what the parents now contribute to higher educaiton. (LBH)

New approaches to student aid by the Indiana Student Financial Aid Association are discussed. The National Education Foundation would administer two programs, the Educational Service Program (provide educational benefits to students for service to their communities) and the National Family Postsecondary Endowment (benefits to families based on…

An empirical model of the enrollment decision for students admitted both to Rutgers University and to at least one alternate college is described. Students base their enrollment decision on the relative quality of the schools, their own abilities and family resources, and the net costs of the schools. (Author/MLW)

If inflation and unemployment remain low, then average annual increases in total student charges should continue to drop. The key to slower growth in student charges is sustained low inflation rates. The return of high unemployment or dramatic cuts in need-based federal student aid programs could upset the balance. (MLW)