This report presents the student loan default rate for individual postsecondary institutions for fiscal years (FY) 1994, 1995, and 1996. Cohort default rates are cataloged by state and in descending order of the cohort default rate. Types of loan programs in which schools are currently participating are also listed for each school. Included for…

This document is a comprehensive guide to electronic packaging with electronic data exchange (EDE) of Title IV student financial aid application data to and from the U.S. Department of Education. An overview chapter introduces the concepts of electronic packaging and implementation using EDExpress for Windows. Chapter 2 explains the query utility…

This report lists postsecondary schools with official student loan default rates of 25.0 percent or greater for fiscal years (FY) 1994, 1995, and 1996. The listed schools had previously been excluded from the Federal Family Education Loan Program and/or the Federal Direct Student Loan Program due to their high default rates, and this exclusion may…

This document is a comprehensive guide to electronic data exchange (EDE) of Title IV student financial aid application data to and from the U.S. Department of Education. An overview chapter defines terms for processing financial aid applications through EDE, explains the seven-step process for sending and receiving data using EDE, and describes…

This training guide for financial aid staff explains the process of direct loan reconciliation and suggests appropriate cash management accounting practices. Chapter 1 explains the importance of cash management, the role of data matching, and reviews basic reconciliation concepts and terms and direct loan reporting requirements. Chapter 2 reviews…

This guide, which is sent to postsecondary schools, provides them with draft cohort default rates for student loans under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program and the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program. The guide is intended to assist schools in understanding how a cohort default rate is calculated, reviewing loan record…

This workbook is intended to assist schools that participate in the William D. Ford Direct Loan Program gain the necessary skills to reconcile their loan records with U.S. Department of Education data each month. After an introduction that offers general information, establishes course goals and objectives, and sets out the course agenda, the…

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 report provides statistical data illustrating trends in student aid from 1983 to 1993 including revised figures for the 1980s. In addition, it reports changes in the costs of attending college and in family incomes. The data represents virtually all federal aid and the vast majority of state and institutional assistance available to students…

This annual statistical survey provides profile and trend data on undergraduate and freshmen enrollment at the 3,177 two-year and four-year colleges and universities in the United States which responded to a College Board questionnaire. The report is arranged in two parts, with parallel sets of data tables. In Part 1, tables 1-23 present national…

This guide is a summary of bursaries, loans, and other financial assistance available for obtaining a postgraduate degree, an advanced certificate or diploma at a university, technikon or college in the Republic of South Africa (RSA), Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda or Ciskei (TBVC). Bursaries are indexed under the headings: title of the award,…

This guide is a summary of bursaries, loans, and other financial assistance available for obtaining first diplomas and bachelors degrees diploma at a university, technikon or college in the Republic of South Africa (RSA), Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda or Ciskei (TBVC). Bursaries are indexed under the headings: title of the award, field of study…

This study examined the institutional satisfaction of approximately 2,250 institutions of higher education participating in the Federal Direct Loan and Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) programs during the 1997-1998 academic year. Among major findings were: (1) both Direct Loan and FFEL institutions were satisfied with their loan programs,…

This CD-ROM contains 21 of 36 lessons in the SFA COACH curriculum for financial aid professionals. SFA COACH is a computer-based introductory training course covering all major student financial aid (SFA) topics. It is organized around the functions carried out in school aid offices and the people who perform them. It is designed to give new staff…

In 1988, the Texas student aid community addressed the issue of defaults in the guaranteed student loan program, creating a strategic default initiative. In June 1998, this same group of student aid officials met again to examine the current status of defaults and to share ideas on ways to prevent defaults. This report was intended as a resource…