The purpose of this bulletin is to list current sources of financial aid available from the states to students seeking assistance in furthering their education beyond the high school level. The scholarships are arranged according to the states in which they are available. It's suggested that interested students read carefully each item, and that…

This document concerns the Hearings of the Special Subcommittee on Education of the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress on Higher Education Loans. The two bills discussed are: (1) a bill to amend the insured student loan provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide allowances to…

This document addresses two separate, though related aspects of the operation of the Guaranteed Student Loan Program (GSLP): (1) the mechanism for setting the special rate allowance (SRA); and (2) the effect of the operating requirements of the program on lender servicing costs. The study develops recommendations for improving both aspects of the…

The Vermont Student Assistance Corporation was established in 1965 by the General Assembly for the purpose of awarding grants and guaranteeing loans to Vermont students. Many students with exceptional ability fail to see the possibility of postsecondary education as a reality because of economic barriers placed on them throughout their adolescent…

This publication is a comprehensive statistical report concerning higher education in Texas and provides supplementary material to the descriptive and summary information presented in the 1973 annual report of the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System. The statistics relate to student enrollments, program development, and…

This report presents a proposal for the establishment of the Educational Opportunity Bank as an agency of the Federal Government, authorized to borrow money at going government rates, and to lend money to postsecondary students regardless of the student's resources. The Bank is to recoup the loans through annual payments collected in conjunction…

This booklet describes how students can finance their college expenses, how the College Scholarship Service functions, and how financial need is determined. Included are a number of suggestions that are intended to be helpful to a counselor. Among these are: (1) encourage all capable students to continue their education whatever their financial…

In this speech, Representative Albert H. Quie (R-Minn.) asserts that 1973 will be one of the most exciting and promising years in higher education. He gives three reasons: a) the repeal of the draft; b) the stabilization of the fiscal crisis of 1970 and '71; and c) the enacting of the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant Program, which guarantees…

The first section of this issue presents common and current educational issues and developments in school systems throughout Europe; it is written in French. The second part consists of reports from the Council of Europe's member nations concerning educational issues relevant to that member. The articles are, for the most part, written in the…

This report traces the consequences of a study of federal student loan programs. The first chapter outlines the events that led up to the Loan Study, the nature of the questions posed, and government preparations for letting a contract for the study. Chapter 2 describes the conduct of the Loan Study: the development of a proposal, the beginning of…

This monograph contains papers that deal in considerable detail with the major problems and proposals that are most frequently cited in discussions about the finance of higher education. The report is divided into four sections. Section 1: The Economic and Social Background, includes papers by Theodore W. Schultz on economic issues, by Mary Jean…

Postsecondary education in the United States is in a state of financial crisis. The two reasons for this are: (1) the college age population increased at a rate of 4.2 percent per year during the 1960's; and (2) during the 1960's the locus of growth in the number of years of formal education completed by the young shifted from secondary to…

This article presents a summary of some research on a statistical approach to identifying potentially successful and dropout students in a college population. The technique utilized is Multiple Discriminant Analysis (MDA). MDA eliminates the shortcomings of regression-correlation and uses only quantifiable information. The 2 variables that proved…

Beginning with the Higher Education Amendments of 1968, Congress has attached anti-disruption provisions to various appropriation bills affecting higher education. These provisions are generically aimed at denying federal and support funds to persons involved in campus disruptions. The programs affected by this legislation are: (1) the Student…

Recent developments regarding what constitutes an excludable scholarship or fellowship grant for federal income tax purposes are reviewed. Problem areas include degree candidate stipends, tuition remission, and student loan forgiveness. Conflicting court decisions and contradictory Internal Revenue Service rulings point up need for revision. (JT)