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Applied Management Sciences, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. – 1978
The impact of institutional efforts to validate Basic Educational Opportunity Grant applications was assessed during 1978-1979. Attention was directed to: detecting possible underpayment and overpayment to Basic Grant applicants due to inaccurate reporting; assessing the adequacy of the pre-established criteria for detecting possible misreporting;…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Students, Disclosure, Eligibility
Smith, Karen; And Others – 1978
Procedures for validating data reported by students and parents on an application for Basic Educational Opportunity Grants were developed in 1978 for the U.S. Office of Education (OE). Validation activities include: validation of flagged Student Eligibility Reports (SERs) for students whose schools are part of the Alternate Disbursement System;…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Students, Disclosure, Eligibility
Direct linkGordon, Steven D. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1996
The federal government's war on fraud, waste, and abuse in expenditure of federal funds has reached college campuses. Institutions that fail to heed this development are vulnerable to harsh sanctions. They must tighten accounting practices and recognize their liability for fraudulent practices of faculty and students. Internal investigations and…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Administration, Compliance (Legal), Crime
Download full textOffice of Inspector General (ED), Washington, DC. – 1983
The United States Department of Education (ED), Office of Inspector General (OIG), describes in its semiannual report its provisions for audit, investigation, fraud detection and prevention, as well as other activities. The first section reviews management improvement and preventive activities including recommended changes to legislation and…
Descriptors: Crime Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government, Federal Legislation
Peer reviewedSheppard, Jeffrey – Student Aid Transcript, 1998
Describes the varied kinds of student aid fraud found to be occurring within and outside colleges and universities, and examines implications for public policy on student aid programs. Discusses specific fraud cases and their outcomes, and makes suggestions for institutional action if student fraud is suspected. (MSE)
Descriptors: Cheating, College Students, Consultants, Death
Novalis, Carol; Murphy, Maureen – 1979
Reporting of zero/low income by applicants for Basic Educational Opportunity Grants (BEOGs) was studied, with attention to the extent that such reporting was inaccurate. The BEOG applicant database was studied to gain understanding of the characteristics of those who report zero-income on Basic Grant applications. A random sample of 400,000 BEOG…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Students, Dependents, Disclosure
