Some ideas for church-related and other colleges are offered: (1) students should not be recruited on a narrowly academic basis; (2) corporations should be encouraged to give more; (3) alumni giving is extremely low; and (4) the college that helps students find meaning in their lives will survive. (Editor/LBH)

In view of New Jersey's history of diffidence with regard to education in general, Governor Brendan Byrne and higher education Chancellor Ralph A. Dungan in early 1974 named a Commission on Financing Postsecondary Education. Its "free market" fiscal plan calls for reduction of institutional subsidies and increased direct student…

The university ideal is to prepare a new generation both to participate in the prevailing culture and to be critical of it. Current pressure within institutions to moderate expenditures on student financial aid perpetuate the struggle between these functions. The ethics of student financial aid are part of the larger issue of the purposes and…

A new law lowered the 1992 earnings cap that made it difficult for college students to qualify for Pell Grants, the largest federal source of need-based student financial aid. The measure also raises the Pell Grant maximum award, increases the National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget, and makes other changes in the law. Details of l998 budget…

Summarizes results of new studies on the relationship between tuition and enrollment in higher education, looking at analyses of this relationship alone, of that between student financial aid and enrollment, and of that between aid and enrollment for students of different income groups, races, and in public and private sectors. (MSE)

Notes that public college tuition and student aid are evolving in ways inconsistent with either the low-tuition, low-aid or the high-tuition, high-aid approaches to financing. Argues that before deciding to revive either approach or develop a new one, higher education must develop understanding of what high-quality higher education is and what it…

Historical data concerning the federal Guaranteed Student Loan Program/Stafford Student Loan Program/Family Education Loan Program are presented, tracing default rates since 1980 and the population distributions for borrowers by institution type (overall, collegiate, noncollegiate, public or private, two- or four-year, proprietary). Individual…

A study investigated the use of econometric analysis to understand the enrollment behavior of students accepted to a college, particularly those requesting financial aid. The experiences of a diverse group of four-year colleges and universities in using this modeling approach are discussed. Data requirements, underlying assumptions, some…

Because of the excess supply of student spaces relative to the number of students able or willing to pay posted tuition prices at private colleges, many schools have been using financial aid to compete for students. However, schools like Muskingum College (Ohio) are now reaching the limit of this strategy and are implementing major…

Many colleges and universities that guarantee financial aid to all Americans, regardless of need, admit they do not do so for applicants from abroad. Policy variations confuse many foreign applicants and frustrate some educators. Some institutions try to direct available aid to foreign students from less-developed countries. Harvard University…

Explores successful program strategies that encourage greater minority participation in graduate and professional education. Focuses on three major components: academic assistance, financial support, and mentoring. Looks at evolution of academic assistance programs, the traditional forms of financial support provided to graduate and professional…

Asserting that graduation and stopout are "competing" or correlated events and that they often should be modeled as such, this study demonstrated that factors affecting timely graduation (e.g., financial aid) often have time-varying effects, and that ignoring these time-varying effects can lead to spurious conclusions that may result in…

Increasingly, state officials are dealing with the financial needs of the fastest-growing segment of the higher education market by expanding their financial aid programs to working people, parents, and students with disabilities who must attend college part time. (MLW)

A table that shows most of the money that states spend on student aid is presented. Need-based assistance and non-need-based assistance for both undergraduate and graduate and professional education are identified. (MLW)

The Department of Justice has issued civil investigative demands to some colleges and universities. The demands require institutions to submit information on how they set tuition, fees, faculty and administration salaries, and financial aid awards. A rebuttal explains that the overlap group (23 northeast colleges) meet regularly to ensure…