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PDF pending restorationMerisotis, Jamie P. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 1989
Creative ideas recently emerging to help families cope with rising educational costs are reviewed, including state and federal level savings plans, alternative loan programs, guaranteed access plans, and public service proposals. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Federal Programs, Financial Services, Higher Education
Download full textMerisotis, Jamie P. – 1988
This background paper on institutional lending examines institutional lender policy in the Stafford Student Loan Program, the study of which was mandated in the 1986 reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. The paper's particular purpose, however, is to familiarize the reader with the general operation of programs and the historical…
Descriptors: Colleges, Educational Finance, Federal Programs, Financial Services
Merisotis, 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
