A congressional report is presented on a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program and to revise and extend the program for the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). The National Health Service Corps Amendments Act of 1987 extends authorizations for 3 fiscal years (FY…

Various U.S. Office of Education financial aid programs for post-secondary education are described. Native American students may find themselves eligible for the Basic Opportunity Grant, a Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant, the College Work Study Program, the Guaranteed Student Loan Program, or the National Direct Student Loan Program. (KM)

The federal cost-of-education program would provide millions of dollars a year in direct institutional aid to public and private colleges. Funds would be granted largely on the number of students receiving federal student aid funds at each college. The history of this program is traced. (Author/PG)

Policy Makers are showing increasing concern about the issue of federal-state-institutional relations. The issue becomes more important as the data for revising the higher education amendments draws closer. Student aid falls near the center of these concerns. Student aid is provided by several agencies of the federal government as well as states…

Historically, proportionately fewer women than men enter college and those that enter are faced with higher out-of-pocket expenses. Often they depend on borrowing to meet college costs. This document examines the suitability of existing loan arrangements for financing the postsecondary education of women. It also evaluates other, alternative, loan…

The Guaranteed Student Loan Program, authorized by the 1965 Higher Education Act (Title IV-B) is intended to provide students with a means of financing part of the cost of education. The principal of the loan is provided by commercial lending institutions or state lending agencies. An increasing number of issues have surfaced regarding the program…

The West Virginia Scholarship Program was established in 1968 to guarantee, within the limits of appropriations made by the legislature, that the most able and needy students from all sectors of the state be given the opportunity to continue their program of self-improvement at approved institutions of higher education located in the state.…

During 1972-73 the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency had to deal with the problems of both the victims of the 1972 flood in Pennsylvania and the returning veterans. The report covers three state programs. (1) The State Scholarship Program made 105,501 awards at $62,759,544. There were 30,701 recipients who were 1972 high school…

During the year 1973, the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA) conducted a five-phase research program on postsecondary student financial needs and resources in Kentucky. This document deals with phase V of that study. The major objective on phase V is the development of model student assistance programs for Kentucky. KHEAA has…

Learner centered reform is what the major shift in emphasis in the 1972 education amendments concerned. Through the adoption of the Basic Grant Program and a program of institutional aid following the student, the federal government has said that it will no longer put the emphasis on the dispensers of education. This has been strengthened by the…

This paper examines the problem of collecting financial data on aid applicants. A 10% sample (12,383) of student records was taken from the 1968-69 alphabetic history file for the ACT Student Need Analysis Service. Random sub-samples were taken in certain phases of the study. A relatively small number of financial variables were found to predict…

The financial crisis for institutions of higher education is deepening. Higher tuition rates may be one of the answers, but this would exclude even more young people from attending college because of inability to pay, at a time when greater equality of opportunity in higher education has become an important goal. Federal support has helped but not…

This report must be considered in conjunction with the earlier report (ED 024 349). Changes or new recommendations are suggested in the following areas. Higher education priorities for the 70s must include equality of educational opportunity, education for health services, and academic reform. Grants and payments should be made to needy students…

Two conditions make the future of private vocational schools look bright. First, only about one-fourth of all high school students are currently enrolled in vocational programs, and second, it is estimated that more than three-fourths of all students could benefit from such programs. A recent study revealed a total of 7,000 private, profit-making…