Doing Research and Writing About It: Suggestions for Financial Aid Administrators

This article describes important reasons why financial aid administrators should do more research, and offers suggestions for writing research reports. The article was adapted from a presentation given at the 1991 NASFAA National Conference

Junior High School Students\u27 Interest in Early Awareness\u27\u27 Program Activities

This article describes the results of a survey of student interest in career and postsecondary education planning The survey reveals that junior high school students\u27 willingness to participate in planning activities and their willingness to sacrifice to achieve postsecondary goals are directly related to their plans for life after high school. Early awareness activities are unlikely to be well received by a significant proportion of the young students

Changes in Low Income Freshmen Participation in College, 1966 to 1986

This article describes the changes in patterns of freshmen and family incomes in colleges and the nation between 1966 and 1986. It shows that low income students experienced losses in access to college in the early 1980s

How Federal Subsidies to the Stafford Loan Program Are Distributed among Pennsylvania Borrowers

This article describes how federal expenditures for interest benefits, special allowance payments, default claims reinsurance, and administrative cost allowances are distributed among different types of over 61,000 borrowers whose loans came due for repayment during Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 1989. Changes in factors that affect the amounts of subsidies are examined to show how federal expenditures would be reduced. Subsidy distributions are described for the in-school, grace and repayment periods by students\u27 types of institutions attended, years enrolled, dependency statuses, and family financial circumstances

Designing a State Student Grant Program: A Framework for Policy-Makers

Reviews current issues in state grants, including how much states should award, to whom, to attend which institutions, and why. Outlines how program goals such as access, choice, or retention determine the sizes, target groups, and numbers of grants

Unintended Consequences of Tuition Discounting

Examines the potential negative effects of tuition discounting on both the institutions and the students, including the erosion of other expense categories such as instruction, an unintended decrease in affordability, and fiscal risks for institutions