This volume of essays on financing college education addresses topics including: how student aid policy and practice have changed; how student costs at US colleges and universities are being met; and how and why enhancements to existing programmes would make the system more equitable.
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..addresses the most perplexing policy issues concerning higher education finance, college access and affordability, and student financial aid in layman's language....a well-written monograph. Financing a College Education is an excellent resource for academics, policymakers, college leaders, and students of higher education. It is well written and accessible, yet provides detailed analyses that will be valuable for anyone who wishes to understand a very complex and rapidly changing topic that is critical to higher education today. (Community College Journal Of Research And Practice )
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JACQUELINE E. KING is director of federal policy analysis at the American Council on Education (ACE).
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In the preface, Jacqueline King rightly calls college financing a "complex and contentious policy arena." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
student loan industry, nontuition income, federal higher education policy, student aid process, undergraduate borrowers, unsubsidized loan program, donative resources, college affordability, student aid policy, student aid system, dependent undergraduates, dependent borrowers, convenience borrowing, guaranteed student loan program, student financial aid programs, net tuition, guaranty agencies, unsubsidized loans, student borrowing, student subsidies, federal student loan programs, student aid programs, college prices, loan volume, expected family contribution Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Department of Education, College Board, Pell Grant, Higher Education Act, New York, Hope Scholarship, Sallie Mae, Government Printing Office, National Commission, President Clinton, Lifetime Learning, Williams Project, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of the Census, President Bill Clinton, World War, American Council, United States, Department of Commerce, Internal Revenue Service, Williams College, College Entrance Examination Board, General Accounting Office, Oryx Press, Straight Talk New!
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In the preface, Jacqueline King rightly calls college financing a "complex and contentious policy arena." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
student loan industry, nontuition income, federal higher education policy, student aid process, undergraduate borrowers, unsubsidized loan program, donative resources, college affordability, student aid policy, student aid system, dependent undergraduates, dependent borrowers, convenience borrowing, guaranteed student loan program, student financial aid programs, net tuition, guaranty agencies, unsubsidized loans, student borrowing, student subsidies, federal student loan programs, student aid programs, college prices, loan volume, expected family contribution Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Department of Education, College Board, Pell Grant, Higher Education Act, New York, Hope Scholarship, Sallie Mae, Government Printing Office, National Commission, President Clinton, Lifetime Learning, Williams Project, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of the Census, President Bill Clinton, World War, American Council, United States, Department of Commerce, Internal Revenue Service, Williams College, College Entrance Examination Board, General Accounting Office, Oryx Press, Straight Talk New!
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- Condition of Education by Usgp on page 27, page 196, and page 197
- The Student Aid Game by Michael S. McPherson on page 118, and page 196
- George Washington (Let Freedom Ring: American Revolution Biographies) by Keller on page 195, and page 202
- Beating the Odds: How the Poor Get to College (Josse Bass Higher and Adult Education) by Arthur Levine on page 186, and page 196
- Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition by Milton Friedman on page 146, and page 150
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- Redesigning the Financial Aid System: Why Colleges and Universities Should Switch Roles with the Federal Government by Robert B. Archibald in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Teaching Faculty How to Use Technology: Best Practices from Leading Institutions (Oryx Frontiers of Science Series) by Rhonda M. Epper in Front Matter
- The Welfare State As Piggy Bank: Information, Risk, Uncertainty, and the Role of the State by Nicholas Barr in Back Matter
- Generation Debt by Anya Kamenetz in Back Matter
- Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research: Volume XIX by John C. Smart on page 80
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