Noting that access to higher education has expanded dramatically in the past several decades, Sara Goldrick-Rab and Kia Sorensen focus on how unmarried parents fare once they enter college. Contrary to the expectation that access to college consistently promotes family stability and economic security, the authors argue that deficiencies in current…

This report finds problems in the ability of the five major federal credit agencies to reasonably estimate subsidy costs related to the $216.6 billion in direct loans and $712.4 billion in loan guarantees issued by the federal government. The five agencies are the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the departments of Education, Housing and…

This report briefly summarizes Alaska student financial aid programs and participation levels for 1990-91. The programs described are the following: (1) Alaska Student Loan Program (program summary, loan award amounts, undergraduate loans, graduate loans, foreign study, loan repayments, default); (2) Alaska Family Education Loan Program…

The statuory and regulatory framework regarding treatment of scholarships and fellowships under the Internal Revenue Code and the interpretations and limitations upon these requirements that the courts have developed are examined with the conclusion that there is need for litigation and possibly Congressional ammendment to the statutes. (JT)

Discusses the deterrent effect large loans may have on a student's choice of college or vocation and presents the Yale Tuition Postponement Plan, the Duke University Tuition Plan, and the Cornell Piolot Tuition Program, and formulates a new approach to tuition postponement. (PG)

Data from the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS) are used to provide information about recipients of Stafford loans (formerly named Regular Guaranteed Student Loans). Both the in-school component and out-of-school component of the NPSAS contributed data to the report. Twenty-seven tables present data on: (1) patterns of Stafford…

Guidelines for determining the maximum amount of cash reserves needed by agencies guaranteeing loans under the Guaranteed Student Loan Program are offered to the U.S. House of Representatives by the U.S. General Accounting Office. The effect of the guidelines if implemented in fiscal year (FY) 1986 are estimated. The analysis was based on data on…

Congressman James G. O'Hara, Chairman of the Special Subcommittee on Education in the House of Representatives, has won supporters from higher education because of his stand on low tuition, student aid programs, and civil rights. (Author/PG)

Since the Guaranteed Student Loan Program was changed from a loan of convenience to one of need, slightly fewer students at State University College at Cortland, New York, are borrowing money but they are borrowing slightly more per loan. The author concludes that changes have neither helped nor hurt students. (JT)

Volumes 1-4 of the GSLP Loan Estimation Model present the historical and legislative background of the Guaranteed Student Loan Program, give an analysis of the data base used to develop the GSLP Loan Estimation Model, and discuss the development and operation of the model. Volume 1 provides a brief description of the legislative authority for the…

This report, prepared by the Comptroller General of the U.S., is an examination of the fiscal year 1974 financial statements of the Student Loan Insurance Fund (OE), and discusses many problems regarding the fund. One of the most serious is that the records maintained by the Office of Education are not adequate to support the financial statements.…

This report of the Federal Interagency Committee on Education (FCIE) presents recommendations for expanding current federal support for graduate study. Federal agencies allocated $226.2 million for predoctoral fellowships and supported some 12.9% of the full-time graduate students in the US during the 1968-1969 school year. This support increased…

The document contains the recommendations of the Ohio Board of Regents for state support of current operations of state-assisted institutions of higher education, and support of a new program of instructional grants to Ohio students enrolled in the state's accredited colleges and universities. The expenditure requirements cover the period from…

The most important principle in Federal education policy is equal access to a good education for every young person, irrespective of race, faith, family circumstance, cultural background, age, or sex, and irrespective of any physical or mental handicap. The Office of Education is doing many things to help the States and local school districts…

This report presents supplemental information the the initial Carnegie Commission report concerning tuition. Emphasis is placed on policy issues to be resolved, reasons for the commission's recommendations on tuition; more recent and more precise information; disaggregation of data by type of institutions; disaggregation of data by State; contrast…