Information on sources of financial aid to help women attend college is presented along with types of schooling opportunities. Different kinds of schools and programs are briefly described: two-year colleges, four-year colleges, universities, foreign universities with study-abroad programs, technical and business schools, and military bases.…

Financial aid for students is now a complex educational industry, with expenditures in California reaching $1,500,000,000 in 1987 (including loans, grants, and jobs). This has grown from under $10,000,000 in the 1950s. As it became more important to study the policies involved in student financial aid, The Eureka Project was created. This…

In response to a 1982 directive by the Florida Legislature, the State Department of Education conducted a comprehensive study of financial assistance programs available to the state's postsecondary education students. The study sought to establish goals for student aid programs which would promote maximum effectiveness of state funding; to…

In this revised edition listings are included for over 50 organizations offering some kind of student financial aid or exchange programs. For each organization the address or addresses and telephone number are given, as well as information on its composition and purposes, areas of interest, holdings (specialized information collections),…

The status of the U.S. Office of Education-sponsored National Direct Student Loan funds at 19 selected postsecondary schools was reviewed. Enabling legislation intended that schools attain a revolving fund status but each school differs in its ability to do this because different loan collection procedures are used. Legislation requires schools to…

The text is given of the amendments to part 177 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations, concerning the federal Guaranteed Student Loan program. Subpart A concerns the program's purpose and scope. Subpart B concerns general provisions: definitions, eligibility, permissible charges, refunds, and prohibited transactions. Subpart C addresss…

The source of profits earned by states as a result of tax-exempt bonds issued to raise funds for college student loans is analyzed, as are various proposals to reduce these profits. Background information about both student loan bond programs and student loans is presented, along with an explanation of how issuers of student loan bonds are able to…

This booklet describes the choices and opportunities available to Canadian students as they move from eighth grade to secondary school. It offers brief descriptions of various programs such as work experience programs and cooperative education, as well as correspondence courses, night school, summer school, private schools, alternative schools,…

The resource paper serves as a guide to selected financial aid information for women students. While some of the resources and programs described apply to graduate and graduate students of both sexes, many are geared toward the needs of older women, returning students, minority women, and those in professional and technical programs. Presently…

Like the fifth volume of this series, Volume VI provides information about scholarships, loans, fellowships, grants, and awards that are not controlled by school. Material that appeared in Volume V is not duplicated here. For each aid fund listed, information is detailed in these categories: Qualifications; Funds Available; Special Fields of…

Designed to help Indian secondary school students plan for achieving a college education, the guide provides detailed information related to each of eight topics: Choosing a College, Admission Procedures, Financial Aid, Miscellaneous Forms, Senior Year Time Table, College Here I Come, College Here I Am, and Staying in College. Examples of specific…

This document presents a longitudinal view of the Student Loan Program and the Tuition Grant Program, including both statistical and survey information. Tables one to three contain statistical information on the 1972-73 and 1973-74 Student Loan Programs. Tables four and five cover statistical information on Tuition Grants for 1972-73 and 1973-74.…

During the spring of 1974 a series of seminars on student aid programs and student access were held in connection with the congressional hearings on Title IV of the Higher Education Act. The final seminar in the series focused on the labor market predictions and conditions facing college graduates. The presentations reported on four major areas;…

In the last 10 years student financial aid has been characterized by a surge of enormous growth that has been both rapid and largely uncoordinated. The current situation is classified into four major headings: student confusion; serious managerial problems; lack of conceptual clarity; and special problems in need analysis. The implications of the…

House Resolution 745 called for disapproval of proposed amendments to the family contribution schedule and regulations of the Higher Education Act of 1965. The amendments were concerned with the expected family contribution in the Basic Opportunity Grant Program. Testimony is presented from representatives of the Office of Education, student…