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Federal Pell Grants for Prisoners

Description: This report includes a brief discussion of the Pell Grant program, and the prior participation of prisoners, as well as a review of the current legislative activity.
Date: December 14, 2004
Creator: Mercer, Charmaine
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federal Pell Grant Program of the Higher Education Act: Background and Reauthorization

Description: This report reviews how the Federal Pell Grant program works and provides analysis of program funding, recipients (numbers and characteristics), and the role being played by the program in the distribution of federal student aid. It concludes with an examination of several Pell-related issues that may be considered by the Congress in the HEA reauthorization process.
Date: January 19, 2007
Creator: Mercer, Charmaine
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federal Pell Grant Program of the Higher Education Act: Background and Reauthorization

Description: This report reviews how the program works and provides analysis of program funding, recipients (numbers and characteristics), and the role being played by the program in the distribution of federal student aid. It concludes with an examination of several Pell-related issues that may be considered by the Congress in the HEA reauthorization process.
Date: February 16, 2005
Creator: Mercer, Charmaine
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Academic Competitiveness Grants: Background, Description, and Selected Issues

Description: From Summary: "This report describes the AC grant program, including the eligibility criteria and the various ways of satisfying the rigorous secondary school requirement. It also includes a discussion of the funding levels for the program. Finally, the report concludes with a discussion of selected policy issues related to the AC program.
Date: August 18, 2006
Creator: Mercer, Charmaine
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Concurrent Enrollment Programs

Description: Initiated in part as a proposal to reform U.S. high schools, concurrent enrollment programs enable high school aged students to take college level course work and receive college credit while enrolled in high school. Concurrent enrollment programs can be best described as a secondary/postsecondary school hybrid. This report provides a brief history of these programs and a description of the different types of programs, including participation data.
Date: December 14, 2004
Creator: Mercer, Charmaine
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federal Student Aid Need Analysis System: Background, Description, and Legislative Action

Description: A federal need analysis system underlies the annual allocation of billions of dollars (more than $73 billion in FY2005) in student financial aid supported by Title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA) (P.L. 89-329, as amended). The system has regularly been characterized by many as too complex, creating a barrier for students seeking financial assistance, especially low-income students. This report provides an overview of the federal need analysis system, including a discussion of recent legisl… more
Date: February 3, 2006
Creator: Mercer, Charmaine
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federal Pell Grants: Implications of Increasing the Maximum Award

Description: Every year the maximum Pell Grant award is established during the appropriations process. Debate often ensues during this process about the feasibility of increasing the maximum Pell award. As families continue to confront rising college prices, federal student aid in general, and Pell Grants specifically, become particularly important for needy students.
Date: May 17, 2005
Creator: Mercer, Charmaine
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Higher Education Tax Credits and Deduction: An Overview of the Benefits and Their Relationship to Traditional Student Aid

Description: This report in intended to provide information about the direct assistance for education expenses provided through the federal income tax system, thereby placing HEA student aid programs in a broader context. The key features of these tax provisions--which largely dictate whom they assist and by how much--are explored. Further, it examines the relationship of the traditional student aid delivery system with the tax system as a conduit for postsecondary education assistance.
Date: January 8, 2008
Creator: Levine, Linda & Mercer, Charmaine
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Student Loans, Student Aid, and FY2008 Budget Reconciliation

Description: This report reviews and briefly describes the major proposals contained in both the House-passed and Senate-passed versions of H.R. 2669 to achieve savings in mandatory spending through changes to federal student loan programs and to enhance student aid benefits or make other changes to existing federal student aid programs. It also reviews and describes the major changes enacted under P.L. 110-84 that are projected to achieve savings in mandatory spending and those that establish new or enhanc… more
Date: October 23, 2007
Creator: Stoll, Adam; Smole, David P. & Mercer, Charmaine
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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