This training manual describes new features the U.S. Department of Education has developed to improve the administration of the Pell Grant program. It explains how to set up the electronic data transfer system EDExpress for processing Pell Grant information. Six online resources are described to help the institution's financial aid office use…

This booklet is intended to be used with a set of slides as part of presentations to students. Each page usually includes an illustration of the accompanying slide, the basic information to be communicated, background notes and answers to common questions as appropriate. The presentation first considers why a student should go to college or career…

Describes a program that develops alternate funding sources for assistantships and fellowships by inviting nonprofit community organizations and other campus departments to use communication graduate students in their business operations. (PD)

The author stresses that the private sector must fill the gap between institutional and individual resources for higher education and governmental financial support. He describes the Elks Foundation's scholarship program as an illustration of community response to this need. (SK)

In general it appears that families with lower gross incomes and correspondingly low adjusted available incomes contribute at or near the expected level more often than parents with high gross incomes, who tend to be dichotomized--one group exhibiting undercontribution, the other overcontribution. (Author/IRT)

Provides information on the median annual salary levels for chief financial aid administrators in 1999-2000 based on results from the Survey of Undergraduate Financial Aid Policies, Practices, and Procedures. Findings indicate that men still have higher salaries than women. (EV)

Examined the influence of gender on students' institutional aid awards while controlling for academic ability and need. Found no direct evidence of gender bias; however, when examining institutional characteristics, indirect implications suggested that gender was related to the relationship between academic ability as measured by the SAT/ACT and…

Provides a history of the Canadian government's involvement in helping postsecondary students with their educational costs. Addresses the post-war years, growth of loan programs in the 1960s, increased loan limits and interest relief in the 1980s, reworked loan programs and the introduction of tax credits in the 1990s, and reexamination of…

The arguments against merit scholarships are presented, and it is urged, instead that achievement be rewarded at the time and place of its occurrence, i.e., locally. (MSE)

Discusses various youth service proposals before Congress, including the Nunn-Curdy bill and those by Edward M. Kennedy and Claiborne Pell. AASA's Committee on Federal Policy and Legislation will oppose any national youth service program that holds students hostage by mandating civilian or military service for college student aid applicants. (MLH)

Despite the relative tranquility of the U.S. economy, the college affordability issue is challenging: traditional middle class access to higher education is endangered, and expansion of access to large numbers of children being raised at the bottom of the income distribution is also necessary. (MSE)

A federal appeals court has given the Massachusetts Institute of Technology another chance to prove in court that the Overlap Group, of which MIT was a member, did not violate antitrust laws. The group of 23 colleges set common financial-aid awards for students admitted to more than one institution. (MSE)

Describes efforts by Georgetown College (Kentucky) to increase enrollment by 25% over five years through the use of financial aid leveraging, a package of strategies that maximize the impact of financial aid. The program has resulted in increased average admission test scores of entering students, a 35% increase in first-year enrollment, and…

Key areas that have influenced the growth in prison education include the rise of public and community colleges, the liberal arts curriculum, and implementation of federal funding systems such as the Pell Grant program. These same areas, especially the ban on inmate use of Pell Grants, may have influenced its recent constriction as well. (Contains…

A program designed to provide student aid has spun out of control, becoming a cash cow for colleges and universities. The Department of Education has not adequately controlled the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP), according to a recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Originally, traditional lending institutions…