The purpose of this hearing was to probe a pattern of fraud and abuse in the Pell Grant Program for postsecondary students, focusing specifically on the IADE American Schools, a for-profit vocational school with campuses in the Los Angeles (California) area and serving primarily Hispanic students. In his opening remarks Senator Roth detailed a…

This document contains information from the joint House and Senate conference concerning the provisions of S. 1150, the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, specifically the material is organized in sequential order as the provisions are found in the legislation, using key word identifiers and additional explanatory narrative. An in-depth…

Student aid records from a national sample of aid recipients attending independent colleges and universities with enrollments of more than 500 students were evaluated. It was found that recent reductions in federal student assistance and restrictions placed on program eligibility reduced substantially the number and proportion of low-income…

Federal aid has had many overlapping purposes and effects, from labor objectives to bolstering institutional enrollments, but the larger mission has been to help people realize their educational aspirations regardless of individual economic or social origins. The history and future of the democratization of college opportunities are discussed.…

The impacts of legislated changes in both program recipients and federal costs of the Pell Grant Program are analyzed, such as the resulting numbers of dependent and independent recipients. These include the changes in award amounts received by students and the effects of particular new provisions of the grant program on its costs. (Author/MSE)

Information on federal student aid recipients by income, undergraduate and graduate level, and financial dependency status is presented for Pell Grants, campus-based programs, and Guaranteed Student Loans (GSL). Income data are reported for all aid recipients and for financially dependent and independent students for 1983-1984 and for 1976-1977,…

Supplementary data on college student financial aid recipients for academic years 1980-81 through 1983-84 are presented for a sample of the 1980 Senior Cohort of the High School and Beyond (HSB) Study, which had been out of high school 4 years by 1984. This Financial Aid supplement contains seven data files: (1) the Student Sample File--containing…

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…

Hearins on reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965 consider the needs of the nontraditional student in higher education. Consideration is given to ways that student financial aid programs could better serve this student population (i.e., students may be over ages 18 to 22, may be minority group members or immigrants, part-timers, out…

The administration of the Pell Grant program by proprietary schools was assessed with a randomly selected sample of 35 schools from a universe of 1,165 schools. In addition to evaluating records of 761 students, officials who administered the program were interviewed. The following practices by schools did not comply with the Pell program…

The growing campus role in providing student financial aid is discussed based on data from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program, Peterson's Guide, and other sources. The campus contribution to student aid programs has grown far more than recent tuition increases. A significant portion of the financial aid burden has passed from federal…

The Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) of 1982 is a federally funded program for, and directed by, the states and provides that the governor of the state is the official recipient of JTPA funds. A study was conducted in Tennessee to identify and document a generalizable formula for determining eligible funds used to match JTPA expenditures to…

Federal aid is seen as not only essential to many college students but also as a mainstay of U.S. economic growth and social progress. The reauthorization of the Higher Education Act represents the best chance for reform, and Congress needs to do more than ratify existing programs. (MLW)

This paper presents the findings of the 2008 Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE). This year, CCSSE zeroes in on high expectations and high support as it presents the results of its 2008 survey. Both are critical to student success: Students do best when expectations are high "and" they receive support that helps them…

The loss in selected federal student assistance programs in the states and by institutional control based on President Reagan's budget request for funding year 1983 is estimated. Funding levels for 1981-1982 for the campus-based programs (Special Education Opportunities Grant Program--SEOG, College Work-Study--CW-S, and the National Direct Student…