This paper reports on the state of higher education in China, and was written by a U.S. scholar who attended a global population conference at East China Normal University in Shanghai (China). The focus of the meeting was on population and the environment. Although China's compulsory, government-controlled educational system bears similarity to…

This survey comprised of two volumes of the first year of implementation of the Federal Direct Loan Program among institutions of the first cohort was designed to assess institutions' experiences in transition to the new program and their satisfaction with the program overall. Results included: (1) the overall level of schools' satisfaction with…

This study explored the relationship between undergraduate educational loan indebtedness and graduate school aspirations, application, enrollment, and persistence, using data from the National Longitudinal Study of 1972 and from the 1980 and 1982 cohorts of the High School and Beyond study. The analysis was limited to full-time students who did…

This report evaluates the Teacher Education Loan Program in Ohio based on an analysis of survey responses of 57 recipients and 47 non-recipients of these loans in 1990-91. Data were also obtained from administrators of the program and publications and statistics provided by the program. Questions asked were intended to discover the program's…

This report presents findings of a telephone survey of a nationally representative sample of 1,941 borrowers who received federal student loans during the 1996-97 academic year under either the Federal Direct Student Loan Program or the Federal Family Education Loan Program. The survey focused on quality and ease of loan program administration,…

This report lists postsecondary schools with official student loan default rates of 40.0 percent or greater for fiscal year 1996. Schools are listed in state order. Provided for each listing is a code indicating the types of loan programs in which the school is currently participating, an identification number, school name and address, the fiscal…

This guide is designed to help school financial aid administrators provide effective entrance counseling for first-time student borrowers of subsidized Federal Direct Stafford/Ford Loans and Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford/Ford Loans. A section on what is required for entrance counseling specifies both regulatory requirements and the…

This document provides a step-by-step guide to completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for 1999-2000. Introductory information notes the availability of electronic versions of the FAFSA, requirements of renewal applications, and general instructions on form completion. Then the application process is broken down into six…

This study examined the federal cost incurred from the Higher Education Assistance Foundation's (HEAF) planned liquidation for fiscal year 1991 and whether the government can recover those costs. The study reviewed agreements between the Department of Education and guarantor agencies, examined HEAF's financial data for fiscal year 1991, and…

The extent to which an individual's total debt capacity is absorbed at the point of college graduation is examined, along with the graduate's self-imposed debt limits and the debt limits established by the marketplace. The findings are based on the a survey of creditors and the consumers who had student loans. Attention is also directed to data…

A U. S. Representative and member of the House Committee on Education and Labor discusses the various forms of federal and state student financial aid and warns that federal aid to institutions would lead to increased intervention in college operations. Also recommends that Congress take the leadership in providing information about postsecondary…

Information is provided about more than 1,700 funding opportunities open to Americans interested in research, study, travel, professional, or other activities abroad. The directory is divided into three separate sections: a descriptive list of financial aid programs established to support research, study, travel, and other activities abroad; an…

This report provides information on the default rates in the Stafford Student Loan Program for schools accredited by seven agencies: Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools; Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training (ACCET); Association of Independent Colleges and Schools; National Accrediting Commission of Cosmetology Arts…

This report provides statistical data on the accreditation actions taken during fiscal years 1985 to 1989 by seven agencies that accredit for-profit or proprietary schools that may participate in the Stafford Student Loan Program. The seven agencies are: Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools; Accrediting Council for Continuing Education…

Strategies used by colleges to respond to reduced external funds available for student financial aid are described. In the 1980s two conditions coexist: increasing educational costs, and federal aid to students that is not keeping pace with costs. Colleges have responded to aid cuts by innovative strategies that involve allocating more funds to…