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Download full textKyle D. Shohfi; Adam K. Edgerton; Benjamin Collins; Alexandra Hegji; Cassandria Dortch; Rita R. Zota – Congressional Research Service, 2024
During the 118th Congress, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce marked up and ordered reported the College Cost Reduction Act (CCRA; H.R. 6951). Most of the bill's provisions would amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA; P.L. 89-329, as amended), though it is not a comprehensive reauthorization of the HEA. Nevertheless, the bill…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Student Costs
Humphrey, Justin – Congressional Budget Office, 2005
The federal government assists students and their parents in meeting the costs of postsecondary education through two student loan programs, the Federal Family Education Loan Program and the William D. Ford Direct Loan Program. Although the two programs provide similar benefits to borrowers, their structures and operations differ greatly. As a…
Descriptors: Costs, Federal Programs, Federal Legislation, Student Loan Programs
Alsalam, Nabeel – Congressional Budget Office, 2004
The Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program guarantees loans for postsecondary education to students and their parents at a limited interest rate. However, limiting borrowers' rates creates a danger that lenders will not be willing to participate in the program if their costs of financing and servicing the loans exceed the interest rates they…
Descriptors: Income, Costs, Federal Programs, Student Loan Programs
Weinberg, Steven – Congressional Budget Office, 2006
Federal student loans include a complex consolidation option that gives borrowers the opportunity to combine several loans into a single loan with a longer term to maturity and, for loans originated before July 2006, to convert from a variable- to a fixed-rate loan. The consolidation option adds substantial costs to the federal student loan…
Descriptors: Costs, Federal Programs, Student Loan Programs, Postsecondary Education
Bureau of Student Financial Assistance (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. – 1979
This handbook is intended primarily to help postsecondary institutions administer the major federal student financial aid programs: Basic Educational Opportunity Grants (BEOG), Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG), College Work-Study (CWS), National Direct Student Loans (NDSL), Guaranteed Student Loans (GSL), Health Education…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Check Lists, College Applicants
