This publication is intended to help postsecondary schools understand draft cohort default rate data. It explains how the Department of Education calculates cohort default rates, the effect of cohort default rates, and how to read cohort default rate loan record detail reports. Also, it reviews electronic reports available from the Department of…

This resource paper provides an overview of student financial aid and discusses the roles and responsibilities of those who play a significant part in the process of providing aid to students with disabilities. The paper also addresses the financial aid application procedure and suggests timelines and resources for those individuals who are…

One of the goals of state prepaid tuition and college savings programs is that parents will soon consider participating in Section 529 plans for future higher education costs as commonly as they enroll in 401K plans for their retirement. Too many families are taking on far too much debt for college expenses, and tuition has been consistently…

This form is used to renew an application for federal and state student grants, work-study, and loans. The form begins with instructions, deadline dates for state student aid, and instructions on renewing an application on the Web. Sections of the application request borrower (student) information, student and spouse income and assets, student…

Assuming that the student is central to the university, postsecondary funding should be through student fees with substantial student aid that will: (1) promote equal accessibility to all forms of postsecondary education: (2) effects a separation between government and the institution; and (3) gives the appearance of greater independence to the…

Presents a case study of the more salient difficulties in developing a subsidy program that is responsive to the complexities of the private college problem, on the one hand, while conforming to political sensibilities and legal constraints on the other. Focuses on a 10-year effort in the Commonwealth of Virginia to establish a subsidy program for…

A summary of a paper that examines the University Grants Committee in England and its relationship to the government. (PG)

A summary to compare the sources of income, expenditures and patterns of financing medical students in 1964 and 1968. (Editor)

Scholarship and loan programs sponsored primarily by state governments and state medical associations, to commit medical students to practice in rural communities. (Editor/IR)

Suggests program of aid which focuses on parental income rather than past student achievement, as way of widening choice of colleges for students who, heretofore, have had to rely only on those institutions able to offer best financial aid package. (CJ)

Author concludes that financial aid to students is fundamentally more sound than general institutional support. (Editor)

Discussion of the major problems facing student loan financing in higher education. (IR)

Author leans toward institutional support as the main method of applying federal aid to the problem of higher education for all classes of students. (IR)

The Bankruptcy Reform Act specifically prohibits discharge of educational loans. This statutory exception is discussed and information is provided for lawyers handling loan collection. The anomalous situation created by the chapter that does not specifically discharge educational debt is also described. (MSE)