Access and Costs: Recommendations for Title IV : Hearing of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, First Session on Examining Proposals Authorizing Funds for Title IV Student Aid Programs and Issues Relating to Access to Costs of Postsecondary Education of the Higher Education Act, Including S. 1036, to Revise Section 435 of the Higher Education Act to Allow for the Young Americans Bank and Similar Small, Non-profit Organizations to Provide Additional Funds for Educational Programming, July 24, 1997, Volume 4 |
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Page 56 - Colleges National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education National Association of College and University Business Officers National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities National Association of...
Page 2 - Nothing matters more to the future of our country: not our military preparedness — for armed might is worthless if we lack the brain power to build a world of peace; not our productive economy — for we cannot sustain growth without trained manpower; not our democratic system of government — for freedom is fragile if citizens are ignorant.
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Page 27 - I want again to thank you for the opportunity to testify today. I look forward to answering any questions you may have. IRVIN W. BODOFSKY HOME ADDRESS: DATE OF BIRTH: FAMILY: PRESENT POSITION: TYPE OF INSTITUTION: PRIOR POSITION: MILITARY SERVICE EDUCATION. 113 Goodrtcft Av«ou« Syracuse, New York 13210 D«*n*»r 12.
Page 60 - Indeed, in many cases, the connection between federal law and higher education is not immediately apparent. For example, institutions of higher education are, as an industry, the nation's second largest producers of low-level nuclear wastes. Properly disposing of such wastes is a national imperative, and we are committed to best and safe practices. But complying with the federal EPA regulations poses just as much cost pressure on colleges and universities as it does on the private sector. In the...
Page 21 - I'm appearing on behalf of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA)-a membership organization representing nearly 9,000 financial aid administrators at over 3,200 schools in all postsecondary sectors.
Page 57 - ... financial aid recipients. Few media stories concentrate on the range of options and few stories focus on the choices most students and families actually make. At the University of Illinois at Urbana, for example, tuition and fees are $3,150 this year. At Ohio State University, tuition and fees cost $3,300. Taken together, these two schools alone enrolled 20,000 more undergraduate students than all the universities in the Ivy League combined, but that is not the story one typically hears.
Page 20 - Increased grant funding is necessary to redress both the reduction in purchasing power of Federal Pell Grants and the shift away from grants to loan funding.
Page 26 - With this change, the law will provide income protection for these students at the same level as for independent students with dependents and parents of dependent students. This change will increase the eligibility of such students for Pell Grants and other need-based student aid.
Page 70 - Therefore, we recommend that the statutory language in the "exceptional mitigating circumstances" be altered so that an institution that has fewer than 15 percent of its eligible borrowing population relying on either the FFEL or DSL programs will be exempt from any default-related penalties.