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Download full textEmrey-Arras, Melissa – US Government Accountability Office, 2022
About half of the more than $1 trillion in outstanding federal student Direct Loans are being repaid by borrowers using IDR plans. Some borrowers in IDR plans are now potentially eligible for forgiveness of their remaining loan balances after 20 or 25 years of payments. GAO was asked to review IDR forgiveness. This report examines: (1) how many…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Student Financial Aid, Student Loan Programs, Loan Repayment
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, 2025
For 25 years, the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) has surveyed financial aid professionals to understand the environment in which they administer student aid. These surveys identify resource shortages that may hinder the delivery of financial aid services, explore the causes of these shortages, and assess the…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid Officers, College Administration, Administrative Organization, Student Financial Aid
Office of Inspector General, US Department of Education, 2023
In accordance with the Reports Consolidation Act of 2000, the OIG reports annually on the most serious management and performance challenges the Department faces. For FY 2024, we identified seven management challenges for the Department: (1) Implementing pandemic relief laws for elementary and secondary education; (2) Implementing pandemic relief…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Educational Finance, Student Financial Aid, Pandemics
Baum, Sandy; Ma, Jennifer; Pender, Matea; Welch, Meredith – College Board, 2017
This report provides a detailed look at the sources and distribution of grants, loans, and other student aid for the most recent academic year and how this funding has changed over time. The federal government provided two-thirds of all student aid in 2016-17, but only one-third of the grant aid. In the context of uncertainty about the timing of…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Federal Aid, Grants, Student Loan Programs
Macro International, Inc., Calverton, MD. – 1999
This 2-volume report summarizes a study that examined the satisfaction of borrowers who were repaying student loans originated through the Federal Direct Loan and Federal Family Education Loan programs. Volume 1 presents a summary of the report's findings. A total of 1,328 respondents from a nationally representative sample of 3,000 borrowers in…
Descriptors: Attitudes, College Graduates, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1998
This report discusses problems reported by lenders participating in the Federal Direct Loan Program (FDLP) and the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP). The study examined the nature and the source of the problems experienced by the lenders, how they affected lenders, and what steps the Department of Education and Electronic Data Systems…
Descriptors: College Students, Error Patterns, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1997
This report analyzes repayment patterns for federally supported student financial aid distributed through the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (FDLP), which includes an income-contingent repayment (ICR) plan that ties borrowers' monthly payments to income, family size, and loan amount. This report analyzes 3 year usage of ICR in…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Finance, Eligibility, Federal Legislation
