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Download full textMerisotis, Jamie P. – 1996
This analysis looks at proposals for the 1997 reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. These proposals include graduation-contingent aid providing "incentives" for completion; creation of federal student aid block grants to reduce the federal government's role and provide states and institutions more flexibility in awarding student…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Block Grants, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
National Council of La Raza, Washington, DC. – 1989
This paper answers specific questions about present and future issues concerning the undereducation of Hispanic students. The following topics are covered: (1) the educational status of Hispanics; (2) the role of federal education programs--including Head Start, Education Consolidation and Improvement Act, Chapter 1, Pell Grants, and bilingual…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Census Figures, Compensatory Education
Goldenberg, Dan; And Others – 1997
The 1992 reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA) made changes in the need analysis formulas that determine the expected family contribution (EFC) used in awarding Title IV Federal student aid, altered the definition of an independent student, lowered the family size offset for independent students without dependents, eliminated home…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Legislation, Educationally Disadvantaged
