Undergraduate Student Aid Recipients at Independent Colleges and Universities, 1978-79. Public Policy Monograph Series, Vol. 2, Issue 1, January 1980 [microform] / Virginia Ann Fadil and W. John Minter
- Bib ID:
- 5386395
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- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Fadil, Virginia Ann
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1980
- 77 p.
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A national study of student aid recipients during the 1978-79 academic year was undertaken to prepare for policy discussions on federal aid programs for reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. The report focuses on the characteristics of students receiving aid and the typical patterns of packaging financial aid for students in independent colleges and universities. Among the highlights are these: 58 percent of all undergraduates in independent colleges and universities received some form of financial aid. Parental income determined the range of schools to which students had access. The lower the family income, the larger the student's unmet financial need, despite availability of a variety of aid programs. Independent school undergraduate aid recipients had the highest unmet need, averaging $615 per student. The average parental contribution as a percentage of total student expenses ranged from 4.9 percent (for the $0 to $6,000 income group) to 77 percent (over $36,000 income). Need-based grants ranged from an average of 49.2 to 12.1 percent of total expenses for those income groups. Lower income groups received this aid primarily from state and federal programs, while higher income groups received it primarily from institutional funds. On the average, students supplied one-third of total college expenses, though upper-income students bore a greater self-help burden. Data tables accompany the survey analysis. (MSE)
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