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Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance

Reports and Background Papers Produced by the Advisory Committee

Press Releases

Election of Chair and Vice Chair MS Word (195K)
Press Release: ACSFA Wins Bipartisan Support in Senate, September 2005 PDF (93K)
ACSFA Press Release--Update on HEA Reauthorization, July 2005 PDF (46K)

Meetings, Hearings & Symposium Summaries

Chicago Regional Hearing Registration Deadline Extended to December 11, 2006
Chicago Regional Hearing, December 18, 2006 MS Word
September 19, 2006 Hearing Summary MS Word | PDF
Updated April 2006 Hearing Summary PDF
April 2006 Hearing Summary PDF (211K)
April 4, 2006 Preliminary Agenda PDF(22K) | MS Word (26K)
April 4, 2006 Hearing Announcement PDF (73K) | MS Word (106K)
April 25, 2005 Hearing Summary MS WORD(30K)

Loan Programs Evaluation

Advisory Committee's Letter to the Honorable William F. Goodling on Implementing Full-Scale Direct Lending, December 11, 1996
Improving the Federal Student Loan Programs, August 1996.
A Comparison of Three Student Loan Origination Models. A Briefing Document, March 1996.
Integrity and Accountability: Recommendations for Improving the Management, Delivery, and Operations of the Federal Student Loan Programs, August 1995.
Update on the Budget Processes and the Direct Lending Bills. A Briefing Document, August 1995.
Issues for the Year II Loan Evaluation Report. A Briefing Document, June 1995.
Hearing on the Federal Family Education Loan Program. A Briefing Document, April 1995.
Improvements to the Ford Federal Direct Loan Program and the Title IV Delivery System. A Briefing Document, February 1995.
Ford Federal Direct Student Loan Program. A Briefing Document, November 1994.
Implementation of the Federal Direct Student Loan Program and Modifications to the Federal Family Education Loan Program, August 1994.
Update on the Loan Programs: Issues for Discussion. A Briefing Document, January 1994.
Evaluation Plan for the Examination of the Federal Direct Loan Program and the Federal Family Education Loan Program, December 1993.

Loan Simplification Study

A Section-by-Section Summary of the Student Loan Reform Act of 1993, September 1993.
Student Loan Program Simplification: Final Report, July 1993.
Proceedings: A Hearing on Loan Simplification, June 3-4, 1993.
Student Loan Program Simplification: Interim Recommendations, April 1993.
Proceedings: A Hearing on Loan Simplification, November 12, 1992.
Proceedings: A Hearing on Loan Simplification, October 16, 1992.
Proceedings: A Hearing on Loan Simplification, September 15, 1992.
Loan Simplification: Study Plan, July 1992.

Reauthorization of Higher Education Act

Implementing the Higher Education Amendments of 1998: Update on Key Issues, January 1999
The Higher Education Amendments of 1998: Advisory Committee Analytic Agenda, October 1998
The Higher Education Amendments of 1998. Meeting the Committee's New Challenges, September 1998
Side-by-Side Comparison of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998: H.R.6 and S.1882, April 1998
Analysis of the Office of Education's Prior, Prior Year (PPY) Income Proposal: PPY Causes Major Dislocations in the Pell Grant Program, October 1997
Analysis of the Office of Postsecondary Education's Prior, Prior Year (PPY) Income Proposal: PPY Has Serious Negative Implications for Equity, Burden and Program Integrity, September 1997
Compilation of Title IV Reauthorization Recommendations, July 1997
What Form Fits? An Analysis of Student Aid Organizational Innovations. July 1997.
Proceedings: Hearing on Department of Education Student Financial Assistance Information Systems Modernization, July 29,1997
Consensus or Disagreement: An Analysis of Community Recommendations for Title IV. July 1997.
Proceedings: Hearing on H.R. 6, the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, July 22, 1997
Proceedings: Hearing on H.R.6, the Higher Education Act Amendments of 1998, Student Financial Aid--the Foundation Programs: Pell Grants and Campus-Based Aid. June 1997.
ACSFA Title IV Reauthorization Recommendations, May 1, 1997
Proceedings: Hearing Before the Labor and Human Resources Committee. Student Aid Delivery: $320 Million, Too Much Money for Too Little Accountability, May 1997
Update on the 1998 Budget and Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, April 1997
Proceedings: Haring on Pell Grants and the Administration's Tax Proposals Before the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee, March 1997
Proceedings: Hearing on the Reauthorization Act Before the Senate Labor and Human Resouces Committee, February 1997
The 1997 Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act: An Analysis of the Current Policy Environment, March 1996
Technical Analysis of Title IV of the Higher Education Amendments of 1992, Jult 1992
Proceedings: A Hearing on Early Eligibility, Finance and Lending Issues, May 1992
Side by Side Comparison of H.R.3553 and S.1150, November 1991
Summary and Analysis of Selected Alternative Loan Proposals, October 1991
Priorities for the 1990s: Recommendations for Reauthorizaign the Higher Education Act of 1965, March 1991
Ensuring Access: Challenges in Student Aid in the 1990s, A Report of the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, July 1990

General

An Overview of Issues and Recent Research Regarding Institutional Eligibility for Student Financial Assistance, September 1991.
Student Financing in the Health Professions: Dependence on and Interaction between the Higher Education Act and the Public Health Service Act Financial Aid Programs. A Background Paper, December 1990.

Need Analysis and the Delivery System

Award Year 2001-2002 Title IV Application Processing Statistics, (weeks 1-85)
Award Year 2000-2001 Title IV Application Processing Statistics, (weeks 1-85)
Award Year 1999-2000 Title IV Application Processing Statistics, (weeks 1-85)
Award Year 1998-1999 Title IV Application Processing Statistics, (weeks 1-85)
Opportunities for Consolidation/Re-engineering of the Department of Education's Title IV Delivery System. A Briefing Document, March 1996.
Simplifying Need Analysis and Delivery: A Comparison of Reauthorization Proposals, June 1991.
Phase One: Background and Problem Definition. Subcommittee on Need Analysis and the Delivery System, November 1989.
Hearing Report: Open Hearing on Simplification of Need Analysis and the Delivery System, and Outreach and Early Awareness Programs, August 1989.
Subcommittee on Need Analysis and Delivery System Background Paper:
Need Analysis Work Area, August 1989.
Subcommittee on Need Analysis and Delivery System Background Paper:
Data Requirements Work Area, August 1989.
Subcommittee on Need Analysis and Delivery System Background Paper:
Forms and Processes Work Area, August 1989.
Hearing Report: Report on Student Financial Aid Issues, November 1988.
Report to the Congress of the United States: Recommendations on Multiple Data Entry Processors, August 1988.
Interim Report to the Congress of the United States on Selected Need Analysis and Student Aid Delivery Issues, April 1988.

Access

The Impact of Unmet Need on Access for Low-Income Students, September 2001
Access Denied: Restoring the Nation's Commitment to Equal Educational Opportunity, February 2001
Factors Affecting Access in the Twenty-First Century. A Round Table Discussion of Early Intevention, Remediation, and Support Services, September 2000
Challenges to Maintaining Access in the Twenty-First Century: A Round Table Meeting, April 2002
Challenges to Maintaining Access in the Twenty-First Century, April 1999.
Proceedings: Challenges to Maintaining Access in the Twenty-First Century, A Round Table Meeting of the ACSFA, April 1999.
Proceedings: Symposium on Information Resources, Services and Programs, May 1990.
Factors Affecting Minority Participation in Higher Education: A Research Synthesis, May 1990.
A Review of the Level and Quality of Information Resources and Programs
Available to Students and Parents, May 1990.
A Description of Federal Information and Outreach Programs and Selected State, Institutional and Community Models, May 1990.

PBO and Modernization

The PBO and Title IV Modernization: An Update, September 2001
The Advisory Committee's PBO Recommendations to the Congress and the Secretary of Education, November 30, 1999
The PBO and Modernization: Progress to Date, November 1999
Access America for Students: Implications for Modernization, November 1999

Distance Education

Hearing Summary: Exploring the Benefits and Challenges of Web-Based Education, September 2002
Distance Education Demonstration Program: Progress to Date, November 1999
The Federal Role in Distance Education: Improving Access and Maintaining Program Integrity, April 1999

Early Information

Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP): Analytical Framework for Evaluation, April 2000
An Update on the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undegraduate Programs, November 1999

Institutional Lender Study

Special Institutional Lender Study: Final Report to the Congress of the United States, June 2, 1989
Summary of the Symposium on Institutional Lending in the Stafford Loan Program, March 1989
Special Institutional Lender Study: A Background Report to the Congress of the United States, February 1989

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