Financial Aid Awards for first-time college students include a variety of offerings, including scholarships, grants, and loans. One award of financial assistance, Federal Work-study, is different from other types of financial aid awarded in that students must work to earn the funds. Yet, it is included as estimated financial assistance (EFA) and…

California is fortunate to be the 5th largest economy in the world with an abundance of resources and diverse talent. Among those resources are our state colleges, which are not only premier institutions, but they are also changing lives and communities. Access to financial aid is critical for low-income students and students of color who want to…

College Promise programs aim to make students believe they can afford college, and to give them the opportunity to go to college and earn degrees without taking on significant debt. At the core of all College Promise programs is a scholarship: All eligible College Promise students receive scholarships that may cover up to 100 percent of tuition…

Student veterans face many challenges when transitioning to college. This two-phase study first examined their retention and persistence through the use of archival data at one Midwestern public university. Results indicated a 50% graduation rate, comparable to the national average and above that for nonveterans at the same university. The second,…

The 2017 edition of the "Digest of Education Statistics" is the 53rd in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The "Digest" has been issued annually except for combined editions for the years 1977-78, 1983-84, and 1985-86. Its primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field…

This qualitative study shares the complex stories of two low-income business students who attend a flagship, public university as out-of-state students with the purpose of understanding, describing, giving voice to, and discovering insight from their experiences. Throughout U.S. Higher Education history, there is a pattern of limited participation…

Background characteristics of agriculture students at Western Kentucky University (WKU), the factors affecting their choice of careers, their goals and expectations, and certain agriculture related attitudes were examined in 1978 in a survey of 150 randomly selected agriculture students at that university. Similarities and differences with their…

In 1978, 150 randomly selected agriculture students at Murray State University were surveyed to determine their general background characteristics, high school characteristics, work experiences, people and factors influential in their choice of a college major, goals and expectations, and selected agriculture related attitudes. The agriculture…

Southern Regional Research Project S-114 was initiated to obtain a better understanding of why students select agriculture as a college major and to study the factors related to their career choices; as a part of this study, in 1977 characteristics of agriculture students at two regional state universities in Kentucky were determined. The…

Examines certain assumptions underlying need-based student aid legislation and evaluates the role of student aid in promoting access to postsecondary education; analyzes data from a survey of approximately 1,000 high school seniors that investigated the reasons students did or did not plan to attend college. (Author/JG)

This report presents findings of a telephone survey of a nationally representative sample of 1,941 borrowers who received federal student loans during the 1996-97 academic year under either the Federal Direct Student Loan Program or the Federal Family Education Loan Program. The survey focused on quality and ease of loan program administration,…

This survey of over 600 undergraduate students attending the University of Minnesota covers: (1) student expenses, (2) the sources used to pay these expenses, and (3) opinions about present financial assistance policies and practices. Independent variables examined include sex, age, class, recipient/nonrecipient of financial aid, financial…

New York University began selective participation in and evaluation of the Federal Direct Student Loan Program (FDSLP) during the 1995-96 academic year. A study evaluated and compared the effects of the FDSLP and the existing Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFLEP) on students, families, and campus administrators. Surveys were sent to 1609…

This brochure is designed to assist study abroad advisers in increasing the enrollment of students from underrepresented ethnic minorities in foreign study programs. Administrators from eight institutions of higher education contributed ideas. The publication is a collection of their approaches and methods which they have found to be successful on…

In 1992, a survey was conducted of 1990-91 graduates of the seven colleges in the Arrowhead Community College Region (ACCR) (Minnesota) to determine their satisfaction with their college experience. Of the 890 graduates surveyed, 702 responded. Survey findings, based on a 78.9% response rate, included the following: (1) 65.1% of the respondents…