The armed services' efforts to aid and encourage uniformed personnel to participate in the Veterans' Educational Assistance Program (VEAP) are reviewed. VEAP is a pilot program designed to promote and assist the all-volunteer armed forces program in attracting qualified persons to serve by offering educational assistance. Several factors that…

This 1978 guide revises the earlier "Counselor's Check-up List" which provided a source of new ideas and innovative techniques for the practicing counselor, the counselor educator, and the counselor in training. Items are categorized for ready reference with topics including publishers specializing in guidance-related materials and test materials,…

In recent years there have been a number of proposals to extend resident tuition and fee status to certain groups of foreign nationals (E-1) in the State of Washington. An E-1 national is "any nonimmigrant alien entitled to enter the United States under and in pursuance of the provisions of a treaty of commerce and navigation between the…

The 1974 annual report of the Maryland Higher Education Loan Corporation includes: (1) a statistical summary; (2) loans approved, by month; (3) budget summary; (4) condition of reserve account; (5) loans approved, by county of students. residence; (6) loans approved by lender; (7) loans outstanding, by Maryland lenders; (8) distribution of…

Low income of many Black families, which is a product of racism, is at the root of problems Black colleges face. Low endowments and small student bodies (which imply less potential for soliciting federal aid) make it difficult for these colleges to compete with larger, predominantly White institutions. (GC)

President Carter states his commitment to religious education, Senator Moynihan comments on the Administration's position on the tax credit issue, and the Washington Star prints opinions for grants and for tax credits. A description of what the Packwood-Moynihan Tuition Tax Credit Act of 1977 would do for citizens and education is included. (RK)

The Tuition Advance Fund is proposed as a financial aid program that transfers the burden of financing higher education from parents to students. The federal government would establish a fund from which any student successfully completing his freshman year could draw an advance for tuition and expenses the following year, and repayments would be…

Since 1973, the Internal Revenue Service has considered all educational loan cancellations, where specific duties or employment is required, as taxable income. Implications for students, the courts, and federal legislation are discussed. (LBH)

The ways in which 24 private and 24 public AAU universities have established this student assistance policy are examined. Consideration is given to some of the implications for universities and especially graduate students. (Author/LBH)

Data from statewide Student Resource Survey studies in New Jersey, California, and Pennsylvania review whether there are sex-related differences in (1) total resources available to students, (2) amounts and percentages of resources available from different sources, and (3) the way financial aid is distributed. (LBH)

A national survey of 200 colleges and universities with counselor training programs was made to determine what types of financial aid training (if any) graduate students receive as they progress through counselor training programs. Forty percent indicated a total lack of such training, and the others indicated minimal training. (LBH)

Suggestions are offered for prescribing a financial aid package for prison inmates. Emphasis is on the federal government's Basic Educational Opportunity Grant program and prison-university cooperative agreements. (LBH)

States are taking a closer look at public policy toward private higher education. The Education Commission of the States plans to appoint a special committee to study such issues. Charges of "empire building," automatic student subsidies, and philosophical objections to aid are discussed. (MLW)

The surge in federal aid to students at proprietary schools, many of whom drop out, means that students seeking bachelor's degrees at non-profit public and private institutions are getting less aid. Proprietary schools claim they are doing a better job of educating disadvantaged students. (MSE)

A study that examined information on who receives aid from the major federal assistance programs authorized under Title IV of the Higher Education Act is presented. The report is organized by program--Pell Grants, campus-based aid, and Guaranteed Student Loans. (MLW)