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Boyd, Marcia D. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Financial aid programs are supposed to improve access and affordability in higher education (Gillen, 2009). The effectiveness of these programs is increasingly being questioned as college attainment figures stagnate and the financial burden on students and families continues to climb year after year. The purpose of this study was to examine the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Black Colleges, College Administration, Student Financial Aid
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
Nelson, Susan C. – 1980
Two contentions are examined in this report: that community colleges receive a smaller amount from state and federal assistance programs than they should in view of the less affluent population they serve, and that there is, on the other hand, a prevalence of individual over-awarding at these colleges. The report first discusses the difficulties…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Family Income, Federal Programs, National Surveys