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Direct linkLitwok, Daniel; Peck, Laura R.; Walton, Douglas – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2023
This article estimates earnings impacts for those who completed long-term college credentials (degrees or college certificates requiring a year or more of study) and those who did not in an experimental evaluation of a federally-funded sectoral job training program. The experimental evaluation found no overall impact of the program on earnings,…
Descriptors: College Students, Allied Health Occupations Education, Credentials, Job Training
Farland, Ronn; Tarrer, Rod – 1979
A staff report on the availability of financial aid funds to students in California was presented to the Board of Governors of California Community Colleges and includes 13 recommendations for action. The report indicates a continuing increase in federal aid funds since 1955, with over $8 billion available in 1978-79. A review of federal and state…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Federal Programs, Financial Support, Program Descriptions
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1981
This description of federal compensatory education programs for the economically disadvantaged was prepared for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's review of national education policies. As background, the report first describes the U.S. educational system, the social and educational changes since 1954 that gave rise to…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disabilities, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
Errecart, Michael T.; And Others – 1979
A study was undertaken of the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant (BEOG) program to estimate the extent of errors made by participants and the impact of the errors on program expenditures. A sample of BEOG applicants was asked to verify the data provided on applications. Then their financial aid records and related institutional computations were…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Finance, Eligibility, Federal Aid
Errecart, Michael T.; And Others – 1979
Findings and recommendations of the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant Control Study Volume I are presented. The culmination of a year of intensive effort in which the study was designed and data collection and analysis conducted is evaluated, with focus on improvement of the Basic Grant Program. The introductory chapter discusses the background…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Finance, Eligibility, Federal Aid
Download full textHamilton, Jack A.; And Others – 1976
During the past five years, postsecondary student assistance programs administered by the Office of Education have enabled an estimated nine million students to receive a postsecondary education who might otherwise have been unable to do so. These programs include the Federally Insured Student Loan program, the National Direct Student Loan…
Descriptors: Consumer Protection, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Federal State Relationship
Stedman, Jim; Scott, Marcia – 1978
Information is provided on 14 federal programs providing financial assistance to undergraduate students in universities, colleges, and vocational/technical schools. The programs provide three different types of assistance: grants (or scholarships), loans, and job earnings. Grants and scholarships do not have to be repaid, but loans do. Some of the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Students, Eligibility, Federal Aid
Puma, Michael J. – 1978
Volume III of a study of program management procedures in the campus-based and Basic Educational Opportunity Grant (BEOG) programs provides a description of procedures employed within the U.S. Office of Education regional offices to administer the Basic Grant and campus-based student financial assistance programs. The objective of the report is to…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Students, Compliance (Legal), Federal Aid
Peng, Samuel S. – 1979
Analysis of data on student financial aid from a variety of sources is reported and shows that the funding levels for all financial aid programs have increased substantially in recent years. This is especially true for Basic Educational Opportunity Grants, which have become an important factor in equalizing educational opportunity. However, the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Colleges, Conference Reports, Equal Education
Bureau of Student Financial Assistance (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. – 1977
This manual was prepared to assist postsecondary education institutions in meeting their responsibilities in the administration of federal student aid programs: the Basic Educational Grant Program, College Work-Study Program, National Direct Student Loan Program, and Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Program. Areas are identified in…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Government School Relationship
McPherson, Michael S. – 1988
This discussion of how the effectiveness of federal student aid can be evaluated is framed in terms of three questions: (1) Has federal student aid expanded educational opportunity; that is, has it encouraged the enrollment and broadened the educational choices of disadvantaged students? (2) Has federal student aid made the distribution of higher…
Descriptors: College Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Opportunities, Educational Policy
Sexton, Robert F. – 1980
This monograph describes and analyzes major federal and state student financial assistance programs. Chief among those reviewed are the Basic and Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, National Direct Student Loans, State Student Incentive Grants, the Guaranteed Student Loans, College Work Study, and the G.I. Bill. The paper explains how…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adults, Educational Opportunities
Bureau of Postsecondary Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. – 1975
This document is designed to review the general provisions of various sources of student financial aid (federal, state, and private) and, to explain the operating procedures of the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant Program. This document is essential, since the Basic Grant Program is based on the concept of entitlement. It is necessary that all…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Directories, Equalization Aid, Federal Programs
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1979
Four federal programs were investigated for inconsistencies in awarding financial aid to college students: the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, Basic Educational Opportunity Grants, College Work-Study Program, and National Direct Student Loan Program. Their methods for determining student need and their legislative histories are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, College Role, Comparative Analysis
Ellis, Richard, Ed.; Puma, Michael, Ed. – 1979
Site visits to a sample of 173 colleges, universities, vocational-technical schools, and other postsecondary institutions--conducted to examine the procedures used to manage federal Basic Educational Opportunity Grant (BEOG) and campus-based student financial assistance programs--are summarized. This report deals only with the conduct of the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Students, Federal Programs, Financial Aid Applicants
