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Download full textAndersen, Charles J. – 1986
The estimated percentage of full-time undergraduates who received aid in fall 1984 is reported, along with the total amount they received, the distribution of aided students by families' income level, and the composition of aid packages. Information is also provided on student debt, the use of special tuition plans, and how student employment…
Descriptors: College Students, Debt (Financial), Dependents, Family Income
Tenison, Laurence J. – 1974
The National Longitudinal Study (NLS) of the High School Class of 1972 collected data on the attributes of students attending postsecondary institutions. The NLS also collected the names of any postsecondary institutions this cohort of students attended and/or applied to during the first two years after high school. In order to provide a link…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Colleges
Illinois State Board of Higher Education, Springfield. – 1997
This report contains project synopses and evaluations supporting recommendations for funding 25 continuing and 7 new projects in public and nonpublic colleges and universities included in the $1.5 million appropriated for fiscal year 1997 for the Illinois Cooperative Work Study Program. Selection criteria included: strengthening cooperation among…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Asian American Students, Asian Americans, Black Students
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1991
A compilation of 22 federal laws that pertain to higher education is presented. Sections cover general higher education programs; Native American higher education; the National Science Foundation; mathematics, science, and engineering; and assistance to specified institutions. The text of the Higher Education Act of 1965 makes up the bulk of the…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Black Colleges, College Libraries, Continuing Education
Muraskin, Lana – 1997
This report examines best practices in the delivery of Student Support Services (SSS), one of the three Special Programs for Disadvantaged Students known as the TRIO programs. Data have shown that participation in student support services has a positive effect on student outcomes, but many participants do not receive enough services to receive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Ancillary School Services
Kelly, Fred J.; Ratcliffe, Ella B. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1938
The depression of the past few years led colleges and universities to seek new ways in which to assist their financially needy students. In January 1937 the Office of Education requested all colleges and universities to send it descriptions of the projects they had devised. The responses to this request indicated a very cooperative spirit on the…
Descriptors: Educational History, Economic Climate, Higher Education, Student Financial Aid
Webster, Jeff; Creusere, Marlena; McQueen, Carla; Goode, Meredith; Barone, Sandra; Wang, David – TG (Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation), 2006
The United States is losing high-paying jobs to countries that produce a more reliable supply of college graduates in math and science. Texas faces its own economic slowdown if it is unable to graduate more students with bachelor's degrees. The state has been addressing many of the obstacles students face in earning a four-year degree. Outreach…
Descriptors: Barriers, Bachelors Degrees, Educational Attainment, Student Costs
Froomkin, Joseph – 1978
The economic state of higher education and the social and political forces that threaten it are examined. College attendance and employment patterns since the 1960's and projected trends for the 1980's are considered. Projections of a shift in employment patterns and a deteriorated market for college graduates are thought to indicate the need for…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Graduates, College Students, Doctoral Degrees
Kerka, Sandra – 2001
Nontraditional students are the fastest-growing segment of the postsecondary population. About 41% of students are over 25, and nearly 12% are over 40. Previously, the bulk of financial aid went to traditional-age, usually full-time, students in degree programs. Today, however, the sheer numbers of nontraditional students, including distance…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Bibliographies, Career Education
Greenleaf, Walter, J. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1929
More than 1,000 institutions of higher learning in the United States are now offering work of college grade to some 900,000 students. These institutions include regular 4-year colleges and universities, independent professional schools specializing in law, medicine, dentistry, theology, engineering, etc., 2-year junior colleges, colleges for…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, College Attendance, Personal Narratives, Enrollment
Powley, Sherry; Schaffert, Tim – 2000
This book contains 10 essays and a directory of financial aid, organizations, and additional information that minority students and employees can use to find sources of funding for further education and career advancement. The 10 essays cover the following topics: (1) general minority work issues; (2) introduction to financial aid; (3) minorities…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Access to Information, Affirmative Action, American Indians
Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1978
The report presents data and discussion on U.S. education across sectors, as well as the work of the Office of Education. Among topics covered are the commissioner's assessment of the condition of education in the nation; education-equalization programs, including desegregation assistance, civil rights advisory services, education of disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Equal Education, School Desegregation, Civil Rights, Disadvantaged Youth
Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1976
The report presents data and discussion on U.S. education across sectors, as well as the work of the Office of Education. Among topics covered are education-equalization programs, including desegregation assistance, civil rights advisory services, education of disadvantaged children, grants to local education agencies, migrant children, neglected…
Descriptors: Equal Education, School Desegregation, Civil Rights, Disadvantaged Youth
Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1980
The report presents data and discussion on U.S. education across sectors, as well as the work of the Office of Education. Among topics covered are education-equalization programs, including desegregation assistance, civil rights advisory services, education of disadvantaged children, grants to local education agencies, migrant children, neglected…
Descriptors: Equal Education, School Desegregation, Civil Rights, Access to Education
