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Direct linkPerna, Laura W.; Wright-Kim, Jeremy; Jiang, Nathan – Educational Policy, 2021
This study uses web sphere analysis to examine the usability and usefulness of information that selected 4-year colleges and universities are providing about the costs of attendance via their net price calculators and cost-related websites. Using compliance with current and proposed federal requirements for net price calculators as a starting…
Descriptors: Colleges, Universities, Web Sites, Information Dissemination
Download full textTaylor, Z. W.; Alsmadi, Izzat – Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 2020
In an era of billions of dollars in outstanding student loan debt, researchers have posited that the U.S. News & World Report rankings continue to be an influential source of information for prospective students, yet these rankings do not include college affordability metrics in their ranking algorithm. As a result, this study performed a…
Descriptors: Paying for College, Universities, Institutional Characteristics, Achievement Rating
Sav, G. Thomas – Journal of Education Finance, 2017
The Great Recession induced by the financial crisis accelerated the decades of declining state funding support for U.S. public higher education, while simultaneously bringing increased political pressures for demonstrating improvements in the operating efficiencies among all universities and colleges. The purpose of this paper is twofold. First,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Education, State Aid, Federal Aid
Kelchen, Robert; Goldrick-Rab, Sara – Journal of Higher Education, 2015
The persistently low college attainment rates of youth from poor families are partly attributable to their uncertainty about college affordability. The current federal financial aid system does not provide specific information about college costs until just before college enrollment and the information is only available to students completing a…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Input Output Analysis, Federal Aid, Student Loan Programs
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1985
Efforts of the Department of Education (ED) to simplify the Pell Grant formula by reducing the number of data elements used to calculate awards (i.e., data element reduction) are evaluated. A framework is developed to assess the critical characteristics of individual data elements, to eliminate elements from the formula, and to develop proposals…
Descriptors: Computation, Data Collection, Efficiency, Eligibility
Washington Consulting Group, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1988
Module 10 of a 17-module self-instructional course in student financial aid administration (for novice student financial aid officers and other institutional personnel) examines the Pell Grant program's eligibility requirements and award calculation procedures. It is part of a complete system teaching management of federal financial aid programs…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Computation, Educational Finance
Washington Consulting Group, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1988
The eighth module in a 17-module self-instructional program on student financial aid administration (designed for novice student financial aid administrators and other personnel) focuses on need analysis. It provides an introduction to the management of federal financial aid programs authorized by the Higher Education Act Title IV. After…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Computation, Educational Finance
