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Download full textJoyner, Carlotta C. – 1999
This report addresses concerns that the Department of Education may have erroneously made overpayments of as much as $400 million to schools participating in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (FDLP) during the Department's conversion to a new computerized payment system. The investigation found that because the transition to the new…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compliance (Legal), Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Office of Inspector General (ED), Washington, DC. – 1998
During the 6-month period ending March 31, 1998, the Office of Inspector General assisted the Department of Education in ensuring that taxpayer-funded federal education programs and operations are implemented efficiency, effectiveness, integrity and accountability. In the executive summary, under "Goal 1: Programs and Operations…
Descriptors: Accountability, Audits (Verification), Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Burd, Stephen – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2001
Discusses how the direct-lending program, popular with colleges, may be doomed; a lawsuit and changing political fortunes pose threats to the system. (EV)
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Paying for College, Program Termination, Student Financial Aid
Department of Education, Washington, DC. Default Management Div. – 2000
This publication is intended to help postsecondary schools understand FY 1999 draft cohort default rate data. It explains how the Department of Education calculates cohort default rates, the effect of cohort default rates, and how to read the cohort default rate loan record detail reports. Also, it reviews electronic reports available from the…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Federal Programs, Higher Education, Loan Default
Department of Education, Washington, DC. Default Management Div. – 2001
This guide is designed to assist schools with their Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFEL) and the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program cohort default rate. The guide is a reference tool in understanding cohort default rates and processes. This guide incorporates two former guides, the "Draft Cohort Default Rate…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Federal Programs, Higher Education, Loan Default
Joyner, Carlotta C. – 1999
This report reviews auctions used by various federal agencies to examine the feasibility of using similar auctions to determine interest rates for student borrowing through the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) and the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program. The review identified 31 different auctions, divided into two major…
Descriptors: Agencies, Educational Economics, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Office of the Chief Financial Officer, US Department of Education, 2012
The United States Department of Education's (the Department's) "Agency Financial Report" (AFR) for fiscal year (FY) 2012 provides an overview of the Department's financial performance and results and detailed information about the Department's stewardship over the financial resources entrusted to it. Additionally, as required by the…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, State Departments of Education, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1998
This report describes progress in addressing problems identified earlier in the process of consolidating student loans under the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (FDLP) or the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP). Consolidation loans allow borrowers to extend their repayment periods and may combine loans under either or both…
Descriptors: Efficiency, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Higher Education
Department of Education, Washington, DC. Student Financial Assistance. – 2000
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…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Higher Education
Department of Education, Washington, DC. Default Management Div. – 2000
This publication is intended to help postsecondary schools understand draft cohort default rate data. It explains how the Department of Education calculates cohort default rates, the effect of cohort default rates, and how to read cohort default rate loan record detail reports. Also, it reviews electronic reports available from the Department of…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Federal Programs, Financial Aid Applicants, Higher Education
US Congress, 2008
This purpose of this Act is to amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes. This Act includes the following titles: (1) General Provisions; (2) Teacher Quality Enhancement; (3) Institutional Aid; (4) Student Assistance (Grants to Students in Attendance at Institutions of Higher Education, Federal Family Education Loan…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Teacher Effectiveness
Macro International, Inc., Calverton, MD. – 1999
This guide provides information for schools considering whether to participate in the Federal Direct Student Loan Program, and it offers advice on how to plan for and operate the loan program at an individual school. The information in the guide is presented in a way that follows the steps that need to be taken in planning and implementing the…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Federal Programs, Higher Education, Program Administration
PDF pending restorationMacro International, Inc., Calverton, MD. – 1997
This study examined borrower satisfaction with the Federal Direct Loan and Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) programs. A telephone survey of approximately 3,600 student and parent borrowers who had originated loans under the two programs in 1994-95 found that: (1) Direct Loan borrowers with previous FFEL loans were more likely than FFEL…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Higher Education, Knowledge Level, National Surveys
PDF pending restorationDepartment of Education, Washington, DC. – 1999
This booklet is intended to help individuals who received William D. Ford Federal Direct Loans as students manage the repayment process. Following an introduction, explanations are offered for how the principal balance of the loan is determined and how interest rates are applied. The following sections explain the four different repayment plans,…
Descriptors: Credit (Finance), Federal Programs, Higher Education, Interest (Finance)
Hembra, Richard L. – 1999
This report examines how the Department of Education calculates the default rate for two federal student loan programs--the Federal Family Education Loan program (FFELP) and the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (FDLP). The report focuses on three questions regarding these programs: (1) whether there has been an increase in the number of…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Federal Programs, Higher Education, Loan Default
