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Download full textPowner, David A. – 2002
To address system problems and other management weaknesses, in 1998 Congress created the Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) within the Department of Education. This office adopted a new approach to systems integration using middleware (software that can allow an application to access data residing indifferent databases) and Extensible Markup…
Descriptors: Database Management Systems, Information Dissemination, Integrated Activities, Student Financial Aid
Miller, Larry K. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 1975
Describes the computer assisted system in use at Washington State University. It controls and reports funds requested by students, offered to students, and disbursed to students, writes financial aid checks, prepares fiscal year-end statements and performs loan collection processes according to federal government regulations, and provides internal…
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Financial Policy, Higher Education
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Accounting and Information Management Div. – 1997
This is a report evaluating the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS), which is designed to track federal student financial aid (Title IV) programs and provide research and support functions such as prescreening of aid applicants for eligibility and enrollment status. The report finds that the Department of Education has made only limited…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Database Design, Databases
