Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA; P.L. 89-329, as amended) authorizes the operation of three federal student loan programs: the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) program, the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program, and the Federal Perkins Loan program. While new loans are currently authorized to be made only…

Research has shown that student loan borrowers in repayment exhibit physical and mental health problems. These can be exacerbated by and contribute to health-related financial hardship. We use the 2015 U.S. National Financial Capability Study to examine the likelihood of having past due medical bills and of avoiding health care services by not…

Early care and education (ECE) programs can provide a lifetime of benefits to children and families, but a lack of public support leaves these valuable services vulnerable to collapse during economic downturns. The COVID-19 pandemic was a particularly intense emergency for ECE providers: closures due to illness or shelter-in-place ordinances…

Many college students struggle to make ends meet while enrolled and sometimes must turn to a wide variety of safety net resources, including official government programs, borrowing from family, and selling belongings. This brief examines data from 63,751 undergraduate students who responded to Trellis' Fall 2021 Student Financial Wellness Survey…

Many college students, especially students from low-income backgrounds, face significant structural barriers that make it challenging to persist and complete a degree or certificate. These barriers include substantial financial challenges. Student financial aid at the federal and state levels has not kept up with rising college costs, resulting in…

Two years after Congress made the federal government's largest one-time investment in the nation's public schools, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act--the economic-stimulus package--has prevented massive teacher layoffs, spurred states to devise sweeping education overhaul plans, and invigorated the national conversation about turning…

Cross-sectional data reveal alarming financial situations among 2009 MSW graduates from 25 states and their loan decisions (N=260). More than a quarter of the participants owe at least $40,000 in educational loans from their MSW degree, and 30% borrowed at least $30,000 of their total college education debt. Expensive credit cards are used more…

House Democrats recently unveiled draft legislation for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Widely touted as an economic stimulus package, the $825 billion draft legislation included as much as $142 billion for education. This includes the creation of a $79 billion State Fiscal Stabilization Fund to assist state governments in…

At the request of the Senate Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity, the General Accounting Office (GAO) has reviewed the policies and procedures for the granting of Federal funds to school districts for desegregation. GAO selected grants made to 50 school districts for its review of approval procedures. In many cases, GAO believes that…

Describes how a policy shift by the National Endowment for the Humanities has left regional grant recipients scrambling to make new plans. (EV)

Although American higher education now has the opportunity to make significant contributions to the national welfare, the rapid expansion of colleges and universities and the exhaustion of state tax potential have produced a critical situation in public higher education. Massive increases in enrollments at both the undergraduate and graduate…

This report assesses the crisis facing nonpublic education and offers interim recommendations for utilizing the existing school legislation and for enriching certain proposals under review by the current Administration. The report discusses both financial and nonfinancial issues. (JF)

A Federally financed and insured revolving loan fund to finance higher education for all citizens. (Editor)

The implications and the political causes behind the Senate Appropriations Committee's proposal for zero funding for NIE for fiscal year 1975 are discussed. (AM)

This presentation is intended to provide the reader with a perspective on indirect costs in sponsored research and an indication of the type of flexibility available within the provisions of Circular A-21, a document of the Office of Management and Budget that outlines procedures for determining university indirect costs under federal grants and…