After reviewing the patterns of financing postsecondary education in Canada before and after 1967, including federal and provincial responsibility and cost burdens of students, the author proposes a new integrated system of student assistance designed to reduce inequality of opportunity and induce entrance of students into occupations of high…

Higher education has made decisions on behalf of government through federal use of the accreditation system, private needs analysis systems, and peer review for allocating program, student aid, and research funds. Noting that these procedures are threatened, the author calls for reform of higher education management to preserve some autonomy. (JT)

A review of college athletes receiving federal financial aid in addition to athletic scholarships was conducted by the U.S. General Accounting Office. Information on admission procedures, financial aid awards, and evidence that students maintain academic progress was obtained from Michigan State University. In addition, interviews were conducted…

A handbook on the medical school admissions process is presented, offering a first hand account of what works. Six chapters discuss the following topics and subtopics: (1) premedical preparation (planning undergraduate study and picking the right college); (2) power techniques for higher grades (techniques for grade point success, improving grades…

Information is provided about more than 1,700 funding opportunities open to Americans interested in research, study, travel, professional, or other activities abroad. The directory is divided into three separate sections: a descriptive list of financial aid programs established to support research, study, travel, and other activities abroad; an…

This directory lists currently funded High School Equivalency Programs (HEPs) and College Assistance Migrant Programs (CAMPs) in the United States. The HEP allows migrant workers or their dependents to prepare for the General Educational Development high school equivalency diploma in a residential college setting or as commuters to class. Career…

This report provides information on the default rates in the Stafford Student Loan Program for schools accredited by seven agencies: Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools; Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training (ACCET); Association of Independent Colleges and Schools; National Accrediting Commission of Cosmetology Arts…

This report provides statistical data on the accreditation actions taken during fiscal years 1985 to 1989 by seven agencies that accredit for-profit or proprietary schools that may participate in the Stafford Student Loan Program. The seven agencies are: Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools; Accrediting Council for Continuing Education…

This congressionally mandated study of the escalating cost of higher education focuses on: (1) identifying the cost of obtaining a higher education and determining how that cost has changed from 1976-77 to 1987-88; (2) determining specific causes of such cost changes; (3) forecasting the future cost of obtaining a higher education; (4) evaluating…

This report describes the cost of nonprofit undergraduate collegiate education, how that cost has grown throughout the 1980s, and reasons for increases in college costs. The study analyzed multiple data sources to determine that college tuition growth has outpaced general price inflation since about 1980, but the American public believes that the…

This document reports the oral and written testimony of congressional representatives, officers of the branches of the active and reserve armed services, and college veterans' affairs officials on changes that need to be made to veterans' benefits. The testimony was given at a July 1990 House of Representatives oversight hearing on the Montgomery…

This document records the oral and written testimony given at a Senate hearing to discuss proposed legislation changing veterans' benefits in education, employment, and home loan programs. Witnesses included Administration officials, executives of the Veterans Affairs Department, officials of the veterans' programs of the Department of Labor, and…

College and university expenditures for scholarships and fellowships between 1983 and 1984 are reported based on findings of the Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education survey, which is part of the Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) data collections. Colleges increased by 13.4% their scholarship and fellowship…

Strategies used by colleges to respond to reduced external funds available for student financial aid are described. In the 1980s two conditions coexist: increasing educational costs, and federal aid to students that is not keeping pace with costs. Colleges have responded to aid cuts by innovative strategies that involve allocating more funds to…

The outcome of the federal budget process in 1986, the impact of tax reform, and reauthorization of the Higher Education Act are examined, along with prospects for the 1987 U.S. Congress. State legislative developments and recent policy studies sponsored by the College Board's Washington office are also reviewed. Statistical tables trace funding…