The impact of federal aid cutbacks on enrollment at West Virginia University (WVU) was studied. The total amount awarded to WVU students in each program and the average award, along with the number of students applying for each federal aid program, were assessed for 1981-1982 and 1982-1983. In addition, the students who applied but did not receive…

A sourcebook for foreign students and scholars already in the United States who are seeking additional financial resources to complete their U.S. education is presented. These sources of support are mostly available from U.S. private, nonprofit organizations including professional societies, scientific and medical research organizations, scholarly…

This handbook shows how families in various income groups manage to pay for college. The handbook is based on the real experiences of a large number of actual families, as described by national surveys. To find out exactly what it would cost to attend a particular college, the student would have to apply for financial aid, but this guide gives…

The Web site http://www.ed.gov/DirectLoan/ provides information on the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program for both professionals and borrowers. For professionals, it provides information on conferences, promissory notes, regulations, laws, and relevant links, as well as technical assistance, and other publications and guides. For…

Cooperative education provides the opportunity for career development, financial aid, and work experience necessary for after graduation professional employment. This article describes the High School Awareness Program, which provides viable and effective linkages between secondary institutions with cooperative education programs. (Available from…

Examined what kinds of information about financial aid and when it was needed by over 3,000 college students and parents. Results suggest admission and financial aid professionals should improve both the types and timing of communication shared with families and their college-bound students. (ABL)

A study at California State University, Fresno investigated the relationship between Perkins' Loan recipients' (n=429) credit records, loan default rates, and age. For eight different age groups, credit checks revealed student distribution in four credit categories. Results show credit checks could have saved the program a great deal of money.…

Established innovative interest-free loan program in midwestern metropolitan area as response to deteriorating economic circumstances of low-wage-earning single parents and their dependent children during 1980s. Interviews with participants revealed personal characteristics and economic circumstances of target population and purposes for which…

The D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant program dramatically changed college prices for District of Columbia residents, allowing them to pay in-state tuition at public institutions around the country. Between 1998 and 2000, the number of D.C. residents attending public institutions in Virginia and Maryland more than doubled; when public institutions in…

The National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS) is a comprehensive study of how students and their families pay for postsecondary education. It includes nationally representative samples of undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional students who attend less-than-2-year institutions, 2-year institutions, 4-year colleges, and major…

The analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation of an instructional development project addressing the difficulty of completing the forms needed by students to obtain grants and other financial assistance for college is presented. Most students who attend college require financial assistance from their parents and/or loans and…

A handbook of foundation grants information is provided. Today, there are nearly 25,000 foundations that support a wide variety of activities. On the average, foundations give educational institutions 37% of each grant dollar for requests ranging from capital support to program development and research. Because every foundation is unique, it is…

The influences of the receipt of student financial assistance and the amount of assistance received on persistence in college over a four-year period were examined. The sample included all recipients of aid, all nonrecipients who applied for aid but were not eligible, and a representative sample of controls selected from the 1970-71 entering…

First time applicants to the New York State Tuition Assistance Program completed the Student Survey on High School Guidance Counseling. Student-counselor contact was low, and mostly initiated by the counselor. Most students who used counselors used them as sources of information about college and financial aid but felt they played an indifferent…

Despite the complexity of current financial aid application forms, federal officials want to stabilize the process of assessing financial need and are not likely to simplify the forms soon. (MSE)