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Burd, Stephen – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
Colleges and universities are finding that improvements in the guaranteed student loan process are making it more attractive than direct lending. In its third year, the direct lending program's total loan volume remains at 33%, well below the 50% goal set in originating legislation. Even some of its strongest supporters fear the program will have…
Descriptors: Banking, Competition, Federal Programs, Higher Education
Jaschik, Scott – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1990
At Dillard University (Louisiana), federal financial support enables the university to make fledgling programs solid. The programs are supported by the Education Department's program for "developing institutions," known as Title III after the part of the Higher Education Act that authorizes them. (MLW)
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Developing Institutions, Educational Finance, Educational Quality
Burd, Stephen – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1998
A top aide to Vice President Gore has been chosen to lead the U.S. Department of Education's effort to modernize delivery of financial aid to students and colleges. His office is the first federal government entity to be run as a "performance-based organization." Some fear he may politicize the office that lawmakers specified be led by a…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Federal Programs, Higher Education, Management Systems
Burd, Stephen – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
Public officials and student aid experts agree that the federal program delivery system is outdated, inefficient, and vulnerable to fraud, but they disagree on how bad the situation is and whether the Education Department has the structure necessary to fix it. A 1995 project to integrate all federal grant and loan programs into one system has not…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cheating, Delivery Systems, Federal Programs
Jacobson, Robert L. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1986
Foreign language teachers' organization leaders criticize the ideas and planning behind a privately-funded National Foreign Language Center, charging that: they were not adequately involved in its preparation, adult language education would be overemphasized, the funds could be used otherwise, and a tendency toward a single language education…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Federal Programs, Higher Education