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Download full textKenefick, Elizabeth – Center for Postsecondary and Economic Success, 2015
Low-income students must increasingly rely on work and loans to meet the high costs of college. Too often, though, the jobs they take are not in their field of study, which can impair the potential for career exploration and improved employment outcomes in the future. Despite the need to combine work and school in a meaningful way, only a limited…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Work Study Programs, Federal Programs, College Students
Lewis, Chad; Glick, Oren – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 1978
A research study is described that shows that administrative approaches placing the initiative for federal work-study job placement upon the student can improve program efficiency, without significantly affecting administrative effectiveness. Other possible advantages for the student employer and institution are also discussed. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Employer Employee Relationship, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Higher Education
Alaska State Commission on Postsecondary Education, Juneau. – 1998
This Student Aid Handbook presents suggestions for prospective applicants to consider when choosing a college or university which bet meets the candidate's needs and goals. The Handbook describes four areas to consider and related questions when researching a field of study or school: national accreditation or state authorizations, courses, costs,…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Choice, Educational Finance, Federal Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1992
The Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs recommended passage of the Veterans' Readjustment Benefits Improvement Act of 1992, as amended. The act would revise and improve educational assistance programs for veterans and members of the Armed Forces and improve certain vocational assistance programs for them. This document contains the text of the…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Disabilities, Educational Finance, Educational Needs
Wilms, Wellford W. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 1983
Literature concerning U.S. proprietary vocational schools and student financial aid is reviewed, focusing on public and interprofessional attitudes, industry reforms, the schools as businesses, enrollments, student characteristics, program characteristics and costs, completions, job placement, earnings, federal student aid, aid recipients, and…
Descriptors: Educational Economics, Educational Finance, Enrollment, Federal Programs
Heinrich, Janet – 2001
The General Accounting Office's (GAO's) director of health care-public health issues testified before Congress regarding growing concerns about the adequacy of the health care work force and lessons learned from the experience of the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) in addressing the maldistribution of health care professionals. The following…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Allied Health Occupations Education, Change Strategies, Demand Occupations
