Quality in Student Financial Aid Programs A New Approach (1993) / Chapter Skim
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1 Introduction
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point out, while some see the combined system of need-based aid and operating subsidies as a fundamental part of the higher education financing system, others see an ineffectual and ill-structured system that distorts the incentives of students and educational institutions. The current system has roots dating to 1965, when the Higher Education Act enacted into law the principle that the federal government should assume an important share of the responsibility for ensuring postsecondary educational opportunities for disadvantaged students.
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1Total available student aid includes specially directed federal aid, such as Social Security; generally available federal aid through Title IV of the Higher Education Act (the programs studied in this report) ; and institutional and state aid.
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aSources of aid do not add to "any aid" percentage since students often receive aid from more than one source. SOURCE: National Center for Education Statistics NPSAS:90 Undergraduate Table Generation System Questions have persisted concerning the adequacy of the delivery system for federal student financial aid.
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While addressing its charge of examining current quality control methods and procedures, the panel has kept in mind the broader educational objectives of the Higher Education Act. Although the panel found useful suggestions in many of the research reports that it studied, most of the suggestions in those reports are based on the paradigm that major aspects of the delivery and control systems (e.g., school-based verification)
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The topics addressed include knowledge and experience gained from quality control practices in other federal assistance programs and in service industries; the relationship between information collected and effective strategies to reduce errors; and institutional pilot study activities.
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