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- High School Completion and Postsecondary Enrollment Among First Generation and Low-Income Students
- This report reviews available data on these populations and attempts to measure the extent to which high school graduates from these groups go on to college. This report is intended as a supplement to CRS Report RL31622, TRIO and Gear Up Programs: Status and Issues.
- Federal Student Aid Need Analysis Simplification: Legislative Action
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- Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education: Background and Funding
- The Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) supports projects to encourage innovative reform and expand education opportunities to underrepresented groups. This report describes the historical context leading to the establishment of the Fund for Improvement of Postsecondary Education, provisions governing the program, and the variety of projects funded by FIPSE.
- Adult Education and Literacy: Reauthorization Proposals of the 108th Congress
- This report discusses how the 108th Congress considered, but ultimately did not reauthorize the federal adult education and literacy programs. Furthermore, the report covers what was passed specifically by the 108th Congress. The report largely examines the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) and its funding.
- Campus-Based Student Financial Aid Programs Under the Higher Education Act
- This report discusses the issues likely to be considered during reauthorization are whether the campus-based programs provide types of aid to students that are not or cannot be provided via other postsecondary aid programs, and whether the current formulas for allocating funds to institutions for the operation of these programs are optimal. Provisions specific to each program, such as requirements for community service under FWS and terms and conditions of Perkins Loans also may be considered.
- Federal Perkins Loans and FFEL/DL Stafford Loans: A Brief Comparison
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- Federal Funding of Programs for Minority-Serving Institutions of Higher Education
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- The Higher Education Act: Reauthorization Status and Issues
- This report provides an overview of post secondary education.
- Issues Raised by Hurricane Katrina: A Focus On Education and Training
- This report provides a general overview of the federally funded programs administered by the Department of Education (ED) that can be used to help those affected by this disaster, and the existing statutory and regulatory authorities available to assist individuals who have been affected by a major disaster, where applicable.