Ensuring Access [electronic resource] : Challenges in Student Aid in the 1990s. A Report.
This report outlines the progress and the plans of the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, a group created by the 1986 amendments to the Higher Education Act to strengthen the federal student aid programs to ensure equal opportunity through access to postsecondary education. The repo...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1990.
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| Summary: | This report outlines the progress and the plans of the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, a group created by the 1986 amendments to the Higher Education Act to strengthen the federal student aid programs to ensure equal opportunity through access to postsecondary education. The report begins with descriptions of the Title IV programs of the Higher Education Act which authorize postsecondary student financial assistance, the structure and agenda of the Advisory Committee, and the Advisory Committee's reauthorization activities. Four issues dominating the Advisory Committee's agenda during its first 2 years are discussed: the new formula for need analysis, Congressional Methodology (CM); the structure and costs of multiple data entry processing; institutional lending in the Stafford student loan program; and the rising level of student loan defaults. The report documents issues that should be considered by Congress during the next reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. These issues include need analysis and the delivery system; information resources, services, and programs; and studies, surveys, and analyses. A list of members and staff and a copy of the authorizing legislation for the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance conclude the report. (JDD) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED325012. |
| Physical Description: | 36 p. |