The federal government has traditionally relied on a variety of private accrediting bodies and state chartering and licensing authorities for determining eligibility and exercising direct supervision and consumer protection in education. As Federal financial assistance directly to students has expanded (3 million students received $6.4 million in…

This report looks at information on federally guaranteed student loans and loan defaults for students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and how the application of federal default rate thresholds to HBCUs beginning in July 1994 might affect their participation in federal student aid programs. The July 1994 thresholds…

Historical data concerning the federal Guaranteed Student Loan Program/Stafford Student Loan Program/Family Education Loan Program are presented, tracing default rates since 1980 and the population distributions for borrowers by institution type (overall, collegiate, noncollegiate, public or private, two- or four-year, proprietary). Individual…

This report presents the results of an investigation which evaluated the Department of Education's data base on Stafford Loans and discusses how the Department can use the information to prevent loan abuses. The investigation's findings reveal that loan defaulters may have obtained about $109 million in new loans, and that students received…

This report, based on the 1987 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study, provides information on how different sources and types of student financial aid were combined to produce student aid awards or packages for 34,544 undergraduate students. First, aid awards are examined by the source of aid; second, by the type of aid; and third, by a…

Defaults on guaranteed student loans were examined in a sample of 4,617 students in proprietary vocational schools and community colleges in California. Default rates stemmed largely from students' background characteristics, rather than from characteristics or practices of the institutions they attend. (SLD)

Responses to a questionnaire circulated to all state guarantee agencies for the federal Guaranteed Student Loan Program (GSL) are reported. Information is reported, in charts and tables, on: dates the states signed GSL agreements with the Office of Education; states that guaranteed loans before GSL began in 1966; agency organizational types;…

As a part of a study on financing higher education in California, information is presented on student loans and alternative methods of financing. Part 1 reviews problems caused by a heavy reliance on the federal Guaranteed Student Loan program (GSL). It discusses troubles of the GSL program; the lack of policy purpose; program costs; defaults;…

Current financial assistance files at three public colleges/universities were examined to determine whether there is discrimination of women in the award of financial aid. Attention was directed to several specific assistance programs: Basic Educational Opportunity Grant Awards, National Direct Student loans, Guaranteed Student Loans, Supplemental…