Explores the record of financial aid programs in helping women of all ages, discusses the ways in which current programs disproportionately penalize women, and suggests alternatives that would be more sex fair. (BR)

Discusses efforts by the Federal Office of Education and the New York State Higher Education Service Corporation to recover money loaned to students pursuing degrees in higher education who, for a variety of reasons, are unable to repay their debts after graduation. (RK)

A review of Dr. Floyd Wesley Reeves and his contribution to adult education. (ABM)

The National Collegiate Athletic Association's proposed reductions in scholarships, affecting most non-revenue sports but sparing big-time football, are widely criticized for their disproportionate effects on women and minority groups. (MSE)

Using multivariate analyses of several national longitudinal databases, state policy effects on private higher education institutions were assessed. State student aid increases were associated with overall enrollment increases in less-selective private colleges, increased enrollments of low- and middle-income students, and decreased tuition…

Merit scholarships, an attempt to maintain the number and quality of students in the face of declining enrollments, are a bad idea for society and for individual institutions. Merit aid will assist students who would have attended college anyway and hurt needy students who might not be able to attend. Includes two tables, eight notes, and 11…

In almost half of the Department of Education's biennial audits of colleges receiving federal financial aid, institutions are found to have made mistakes in aid distribution, and each year the department asks colleges to return $25-million in aid money. Better oversight methods are urged. (MSE)

The annual meeting of the College Board focused on some of the most controversial issues facing higher education including: productivity, accountability, prepaid tuition plans, Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) program, and one alternative to the G.S.L.--students could borrow from the government and then pay a higher Social Security tax. (MLW)

Results of a survey of the Western Association of Financial Aid Administrators concerning the prevalence and stringency of validation procedures used in 1985-86 are presented, and the impact and effectiveness of federal verification procedures in offices in that region are discussed. (MSE)

A study of the factors related to job satisfaction among financial aid administrators suggests that how well the job fits the individual's expectations of employment accounts for job satisfaction best, regardless of intrinsic or extrinsic job orientation. Implications for the management of financial aid offices are examined. (MSE)

Student financial aid analysts are suggesting the federal government establish a government-run loan bank or trust fund to eliminate the need for lender involvement in the Guaranteed Student Loan Program, but congressional aides think that dismantling the existing program is unlikely. (MSE)

Appropriate accounting treatments for state and local student aid programs are examined from the viewpoint of both the restricted funds group and the agency funds group. It is suggested that they should be treated as restricted funds, possibly in a separate category encompassing all state, federal, local, and private grants designated for student…

The author states that ability-to-benefit students face greater problems than other students. They have less family financial strength, they are more likely to have problems with academic programs, and they are less employable than high school graduates. He discusses also the benefits of providing student aid to ability-to-benefit students. (CT)

College tuition fees have risen an average annual rate of 1% above that of inflation over a 16-year period--from 1970-86. The debate over why college costs are skyrocketing is discussed, and disagreement with Education Secretary William J. Bennett's criticisms of rising tuition are described. (MLW)

A new Soviet program, aimed at strengthening the national economy, comes at a time when Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev is moving to improve Russia's political standing in the world. Pending changes include: updating of university curricula and textbooks, salary increases, and new emphasis on practical experience for teachers. (MLW)