This report presents information on financial resources provided to undergraduates at Minnesota postsecondary institutions in fiscal year 2001, corresponding to academic year 2000-2001. The financial resources reported are grants, loans, and student earnings that help students pay tuition, fees, room and board, and other costs of attending…

This study was an attempt to provide information about the growing number of adult students who leave postsecondary education without a degree. Little has been done to improve the success rate of adult students, largely because so little information is available about why these students do not persist to graduation. The study looked at 295…

This report examines recent trends in the provision of state aid and the impact of these trends on college access. It also examines the funding sources for state scholarships, and how the current fiscal crisis facing many states is likely to impact college access and opportunity across the United States. The evidence is fairly conclusive regarding…

Most existing research suggests that financial aid has a positive effect on minority student persistence although there are few multivariate studies that analyze the benefits of financial aid to Hispanic undergraduates at four-year colleges. This study used path analysis to evaluate the strength of various predictors of student persistence,…

This report presents information on student charges in the North Dakota University System (NDUS) in comparison with charges in nearby states. Tuition and fee information is based on survey data collected by the Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board. Average resident undergraduate tuition and fees for the regional states are 16 to…

This report is a collection of five state case studies comprising a major component of the first phase of the project, "Changing Direction: Integrating Higher Education Financial Aid and Financing Policies." The project explored state-level strategies to better align financing and financial aid policies and support more informed decision…

This volume is the second in a series of comparative studies carried out by EURYDICE (Education Information Network in the European Community) and is intended to provide indepth analyses of specific issues of major interest for policy decision-makers and educational cooperation at the European level. The general introduction of this book sets out…

This study examined the impact of three Maryland teacher scholarships (Maryland Teacher Scholarship Program, Sharon Christa McAuliffe Memorial Teacher Education Tuition Assistance Program, and Distinguished Scholar Program-Teacher Education Scholarship) in persuading students to enter and remain in the teaching profession. It analyzed the…

The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) commissioned a review of the available literature on the impact of the introduction of means-tested contributions to tuition fees for full-time undergraduates from 1998-1999. The overall objective was to provide evidence to assist the HEFCE's ongoing assessment of future levels of student…

This directory is intended to provide a comprehensive source of information on financial assistance for Canadian post-secondary students with disabilities. The directory includes descriptions of funding programs, mailing addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses for further information. Government funding programs described…

This document's purpose was to provide a broader context for State Board members as they considered the tuition rate requests for Arizona community college in April of 1997. Arizona's State Constitution calls for public higher education to be as nearly free as possible, yet tuition has become an increasingly important source of revenue for the…

This booklet is intended to help individuals who received William D. Ford Federal Direct Loans as students manage the repayment process. Following an introduction, explanations are offered for how the principal balance of the loan is determined and how interest rates are applied. The following sections explain the four different repayment plans,…

This report examines how the Department of Education calculates the default rate for two federal student loan programs--the Federal Family Education Loan program (FFELP) and the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (FDLP). The report focuses on three questions regarding these programs: (1) whether there has been an increase in the number of…

This report presents 10-year trends about financial aid awarded to students attending Maryland's colleges and universities during the decade of the 1990s, using reports submitted to the Maryland Higher Education Commission by higher education institutions as the data source. The total amount of financial aid support from all sources provided to…

This publication provides information about the allocation of funds for student support to higher education institutions in England in 2001-2002 and requests monitoring information on the use of these funds. Student support funds include a variety of services to students, including fee waivers, help with living costs in some cases, and child care…