A research study is described that shows that administrative approaches placing the initiative for federal work-study job placement upon the student can improve program efficiency, without significantly affecting administrative effectiveness. Other possible advantages for the student employer and institution are also discussed. (Author/LBH)

The study reported here attempts to trace family resource patterns in meeting educational expenses when help through the Federal college-based programs and the BEOG program has been denied. Questionnaire data provide a comparison of expected and actual family contributions and students' summer savings. (Author/LBH)

The role of students as part-time employees in financial aid offices throughout the U.S. is detailed. Their counseling duties could be expanded to help improve the state of the art in financial aid for both prospective and current college students. (Author/LBH)

The standardized approach (Uniform Methodology) to estimating the expected parental contribution for dependent students is evaluated from an economist's perspective. The UM model is shown to fail to treat assets and income in a consistent manner, and recommendations for improvement are offered. (LBH)

The 56 administrators whose programs or agencies were members of the National Association of State Scholarship and Grant Programs were surveyed, with a 66 percent response rate. Their use of research in decision-making was assessed and was most often used to support budgetary requests to the legislatures. (LBH)

A longitudinal study clearly indicates that changes over time require continual evaluation in both how students are financing their education and the impact of certain forms of student aid on both access to and choice of institutions. Parental and student attitudes toward financial support and financial independence are significant. (LBH)

A serious aid delivery problem exists and colleges concerned about declining enrollment may come to count more heavily on efforts at the secondary level to counsel needy students with college potential on ways to obtain a financial aid package. The efforts of some organizations, including Cleveland Scholarship Programs, Inc., are described. (LBH)

A court case comment traces establishment clause educational debates in cases leading to a Supreme Court decision in which it was found that a blind student otherwise eligible for financial aid could not be denied the aid just because the funds were to be used for religious education. (MSE)

The relationship between tuition increases and maintaining access to higher education for students from middle-income families as well as those from disadvantaged backgrounds is discussed. Tuition and its relation to financial aid is examined. (MLW)

Results of 25 empirical student demand studies are standardized and analyzed using meta-analytic methods. Results show that higher prices reduce higher education enrollments, and students historically have been more responsive to tuition prices than to (offsetting) student aid. (Author/MLW)

A discussion of trends in college student expenses looks realistically at what comprises student costs, how they relate to inflation levels, the pressures that drive tuition increases, and what the trend is likely to be in the next few years. (MSE)

Suggests that social welfare policy focus on household assets. Asset distribution is less unequal than income distribution. Assets cushion income shocks, reduce household transaction costs, and provide a stake in the future. Reviews the current policy debate. Discusses policy directions in direct financial transfers, housing, and support for…

The National Postsecondary Student Aid Study by the U.S. Department of Education examines the amount and types of aid students receive nationwide. The study covered aid distributed by the federal government, state governments, colleges and universities, and other sources. (MLW)

A discussion of Nigeria's policy concerning teacher supply and demand looks at how a financial aid program providing board and lodging, books, and a student teaching allowance in addition to free tuition has succeeded in augmenting the teacher supply. (MSE)

Colleges and universities will be held directly responsible for loan repayments by their former students. Most postsecondary institutions with default rates of more than 20% are for-profit trade schools, community colleges, or historically Black colleges. (MLW)