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Download full textAdvanced 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
Hamilton, Jack A.; And Others – 1976
During the past five years, postsecondary student assistance programs administered by the Office of Education have enabled an estimated nine million students to receive a postsecondary education who might otherwise have been unable to do so. These programs include the Federally Insured Student Loan program, the National Direct Student Loan…
Descriptors: Consumer Protection, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Federal State Relationship
Douma, Wallace H. – 1985
Ways to improve college student loans, work-study, and grants programs are suggested, based on the experience of the financial aid director at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It is recommended that emphasis be shifted from the Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) Program to the National Direct Student Loan (NDSL) Program, which is more…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cost Effectiveness, Eligibility, Federal Aid
Stedman, Jim; Scott, Marcia – 1978
Information is provided on 14 federal programs providing financial assistance to undergraduate students in universities, colleges, and vocational/technical schools. The programs provide three different types of assistance: grants (or scholarships), loans, and job earnings. Grants and scholarships do not have to be repaid, but loans do. Some of the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Students, Eligibility, Federal Aid
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1983
Specifications of the current delivery systems of the Pell Grant program, the Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) program, and campus-based aid programs are provided. The relationship between features of the programs and delivery systems is also examined. The campus-based programs include the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG) Program,…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Eligibility, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Office of Inspector General (ED), Washington, DC. – 1984
An audit guide to assist independent public accountants in performing audits of federal student financial assistance (SFA) programs is presented. The audit assists the Department of Education in determining whether a recipient has (1) provided financial data, including basic financial statements and other financial reports; (2) maintained a system…
Descriptors: Accountability, Accounting, Compliance (Legal), Eligibility
Office of Student Financial Assistance (ED), Washington, DC. – 1984
A guide to the family contribution (FC) for federal student financial aid programs is presented. Information is provided on the steps of the U.S. Department of Education's version of the Uniform Methodology (UM), the system most frequently used by need analysis services and financial aid administrators to determine the family's ability to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Dependents, Federal Aid, Financial Aid Applicants
Smith, Pat; Henderson, Cathy – 1977
Questions have been raised concerning the function served by each of the federal need-based student aid programs and the relationship between them: Basic Educational Opportunity Grant (BEOG), Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG), College Work-Study (CWS), and National Direct Student Loan (NDSL). Analysis of the student aid packages…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Students, Family Income, Federal Aid
Lee, John B. – 1977
The distribution of student financial aid funds at the state level is described and some of the variables that are associated with the allocation of funds from the different programs are identified. This paper is divided into several sections. The first reviews the work done on measures of educational opportunity and analyzes the shortcomings of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Opportunities, Federal Aid
Office of Student Financial Assistance (ED), Washington, DC. – 1986
Information on federal student financial aid is provided for counselors. Step-by-step instructions on how to complete the federal application are provided, and application procedures that must be followed in these special circumstances are described: dependent students, independent students, national disaster area asset adjustment, and correcting…
Descriptors: College Students, Dependents, Eligibility, Federal Aid
Erbschloe, Ross – 1982
Types of student financial aid are described, and data are presented on student financial aid at Arizona postsecondary institutions for 1972-1981. In 1980-1981, 214,107 or 92.1 percent of the total students in all Arizona postsecondary institutions were surveyed. Enrollment data are presented for public universities, private four-year and graduate…
Descriptors: Capital, College Students, Community Colleges, Enrollment Trends
Sexton, Robert F. – 1980
This monograph describes and analyzes major federal and state student financial assistance programs. Chief among those reviewed are the Basic and Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, National Direct Student Loans, State Student Incentive Grants, the Guaranteed Student Loans, College Work Study, and the G.I. Bill. The paper explains how…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adults, Educational Opportunities
Lee, John B. – 1985
The distribution of student aid among the five sectors of postsecondary education is examined: proprietary schools, two-year public colleges, four-year public colleges and universities, two-year nonprofit private colleges, and four-year nonprofit private colleges and universities. Attention is also directed to the ways this aid distribution has…
Descriptors: College Students, Dependents, Economic Factors, Federal Aid
