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Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Accounting and Information Management Div. – 1999
This report finds problems in the ability of the five major federal credit agencies to reasonably estimate subsidy costs related to the $216.6 billion in direct loans and $712.4 billion in loan guarantees issued by the federal government. The five agencies are the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the departments of Education, Housing and…
Descriptors: Accounting, Budgeting, Data Collection, Federal Aid
Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, Washington, DC. – 1991
In 1989 and 1990 the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance to standing committees in the U.S. Congress identified and explored issues for consideration in the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act and Title IV programs. Through 18 months of information gathering the Committee uncovered three problem areas. The first problem is…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Delivery Systems
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1984
Edits that can be performed by the processor who applies for federal campus-based student aid programs are discussed, along with a longer-term approach to assessing the efficacy of recommended edit checks. Attention is focused on the accuracy of data submitted by institutions on the application portion of the Fiscal Operations Report and…
Descriptors: Computation, Data Collection, Error Patterns, Evaluation Methods
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1984
Errors made in the allocation of federal funds to institutions for the three campus-based aid programs specified in Title IV of the Higher Education Act are discussed. Funds are allocated directly to participating colleges, which in turn award the money to students, for the following programs: Supplemental Education Opportunity Grants, College…
Descriptors: Accountability, Computation, Data Collection, Enrollment Rate
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1984
Error analysis for the institutional process of applying for federal aid is considered as part of the Quality Control Study of the U.S. Office of Student Financial Aid. Attention is focused on the results of the data collection activities that occurred using the Department of Education's records for the Fiscal-Operations Report and Application to…
Descriptors: Accountability, Computation, Data Collection, Enrollment Rate
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1984
The impact of data discrepancies made by colleges on the Fiscal Operations Report and Application to Participate (FISAP) is addressed, with attention to both impact on the entire aid program and resource allocation to institutions. Brief descriptions are provided of the allocation formulas for the three campus-based aid programs (Supplemental…
Descriptors: Computation, Data Collection, Error Patterns, Evaluation Criteria
Doyle, William – 1996
This report presents data on the student composition of California higher education in graphs and text. The information focuses on the period from 1989 to 1993 though trends going back to 1980 are also displayed. The data are from a variety of sources including the Educational Testing Service, the California Postsecondary Education Commission, the…
Descriptors: College Attendance, College Bound Students, College Freshmen, College Outcomes Assessment
