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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 271 034 HE 019 334 Reauthorization of The DOCUMENT RESUME ED 271 034 HE 019 334 TITLE Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. Pell Grant and Campus Based Programs, Volume 2. Hearings before the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education of the Committee on Education and Labor. House of Representatives, Ninety-Ninth Congress, First Session (Washington, DC, June 25, 27, July 16, 1985). INSTITUTION Congress of the U.S., Washington, D.C. House Committee on Education and Labor. PUB DATE Jul 85 NOTE 231p.; For volume 1 of these hearings, see ED 270 059. PUB TYPE Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials (090) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC10 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Access to Education; College Students; *Federal Aid; *Federal Legislation; Financial Policy; Grants; Hearings; Higher Education; *Public Policy; *Resource Allocation; Student Costs; *Student Financial Aid; Student Loan Programs; Work Study Programs IDENTIFIERS College Work Study Program; *Higher Education Act 1965; National Direct Student Loan Program; *Pell Grant Program; State Student Incentive Grants; Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants ABSTRACT Pell Grants, based on need, have been the federal government's commitment and contribution to equal access to higher education. Topics addressed in these hearings include: the maximum award amount, the percentage of college costs to be covered by the award, the living allowance for students living off campus, the tax rates on discretionary income used to determine expected family contribution and compute the Pell Grant program, the definition of independent students, the effect of cuts in the Pell Grants program on Black and Hispanic students, proposed changes in need analysis, whether graduate students should be eligible for Pell Grants, validation in the Pell Grant program, ways to reduce redundancy in the Fell Grant processing system, and disseminating information regarding federal programs. The campus-based programs are also covered; they include the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, the College Work-Study Program, and the National Direct Student Loan Program. Testimony is also presentel on the State Student Incentive Grant Program, which is a partnership between the federal government and the states in making need-based grants available to students. (SW). *********************************************************************** * a-prvductions supplied by EARS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * ***************************************w******************************* REAUTHORIZATION OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT Pell Grant and Campus Based Programs Volume 2 HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-NINTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, DC, ON JUNE 25, 27, AND JULY 16 Serial No. 99-44 Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor U S GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 51-5W, 0 WASHINGTON 198E 51-566 0 - 86 1 .$ COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR AUGUSTUS F HAWKINS, California, Chairman WILLIAM D FORD, Michigan JAMES M JEFFORDS, Vermont JOSEPH M GAYDOS, Pennsylvania WILLIAM F GOODLING, Pennsylvania WILLIAM (BILL) CLAY, Missouri E THOMAS COLEMAN, Missouri MARIO BIAGGI, New York THOMAS E PETRI, Wisconsin AUSTIN J MURPHY, Pennsylvania MARGE ROUKEMA, New Jersey DALE E KILDEE, Michigan STEVE GUNDERSON, Wisconsin PAT WILLIAMS, Montana STEVE BARTLETT, Texas MATTHEW G MARTINEZ, California ROD CHANDLER, Washington MAJOR R OWENS, New York THOMAS J TAUKE, Iowa RICK C BOUCHER, Virginia JOHN R McKERNAN, JR , Maine CHARLES A HAYES, Illinois RICHARD K ARMEY, Texas CARL C PERKINS, Kentucky HARRIS W FAWELL, Illinois TERRY L BRUCE, Illinois PAUL B HENRY, Michigan STEPHEN J SOLARZ, New York MERVYN M DYMALLY California DENNIS E ECKART. Ohio TIMOTHY J PENNY, Minnesota CHESTER G ATKINS, Massachusetts SUBCOMMITTEE ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION WILLIAM DFORD, Michigan, Chairman MAJOR R OWENS, New York E THOMAS COLEMAN, Missouri PAT WILLIAMS, Montana STEVE GUNDERSON, Wisconsin MARIO BIAGGI, New York JOHN R McKERNAN, JR , Maine CHARLES A HAYES, Illinois PAUL B HENRY, Michigan CARL C PERKINS, Kentucky WILLIAM F GOODLING, Pennsylvania TERRY L BRUCE, Illinois THOMAS E PETRI, Wisconsin STEPHEN J SOLARZ, New York MARGE ROUKEMA, New Jersey MERVYN M DYMALLY, California THOMAS J TAUKE, Iowa DENNIS E ECKART Ohio JAMES M JEFFORDS, Vermont TIMOTHY J PENNY, Minnesota (Ex Officio) CHESTER G ATKINS, Massachusetts JOSEPH M GAYDOS, Pennsylvania AUGUSTUS F HAWKINS, California (Ex Officio) 4 CONTENTS Hearings held in Washington, DC, on Page June 25,1985 . 1 June 21, 1985.. 59 July 16, 1985 . 151 Statement of. Atwell, Robert H , president, American Council on Education. ....... 60 Bennett, William R, 1984-85 president, National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, and director of financial aid, Cleveland State University , OH 116 Carson, William C., president, American Technical Institutes... 208 Casteen, John, National Governors Association.. ........ 199 Chelimsky, Eleanor, Director, Program Evaluation and Methodology Divi- sion, General Accounting Office 107 Heffron, Mark, assistant vice president, Financial Aid Services, American College Testing Program 130 Leach, Jim, Congressman from Iowa. 152 Martinez, Hon. Matthew, a Representative in Congress from the State of California 2 Mitchem, Arnold, executive director, National Council of Educational Opportunity Associations. 176 O'Neill, Joseph, executive director, Conference of Small Private Colleges.. 162 Reyer, Otto, financial aid director, University of California, Irvine, CA; James E. Lyons, president, Bowie State College, Bowie, MD; and Greg- ory Moore, president, United States Student Association 3 Rotella, Salvatore G., chancellor, Chicago City-Wide College, Chicago, IL; William Carson, president, American Technical Institute, Chicago, IL; and Dorothy Shields, education director, AFL-CIO..... ......... 32 Sandler, Benjamin, director of financial aid, WashingtonUniversity........ 170 Saunders, Charles B., vice president for governmental relations, American Cou.icil on Education 156 Shook, Kenneth, State Scholarship Board of Maryland 204 Stephens, W. Richard, president, Greenville College, Greenville, IL 67 Strada, David, chairman, Student Financial Aid Administration Commit- tee, Association of Independent Colleges and Schools.............. 139 Tenzer, Morton J., chairman, Committee on Government Relations, American Association of University Professors, and professor, Universi- ty of Connecticut. 84 Tracy, Burke, executive director, Coalition of Higher Education Assist- ance Organizations 213 Prepared statements, letters, supplemental material, et cetera Atwell, Robert H., president, American Council on Education. Letter dated July 15, 1985 to Hon William D Ford enclosing addi- tional information 94 Pell grants proposal. 95 Prepared statement of.. 62 Bennett, William R., director of financial aid, Cleveland State Universny, prepared statement with appendixes, on behalf of the National Associa- tion of Student Financial Aid Administrators...... 120 Carson, William C., president, American Technical Institutes. Prepared statement of... 39 Prepared statement on behalf of the National Association of Trade and Technical Schools. .... 211 Chelminsky, Eleanor, Director, Program Evaluation and Methodology Di- vision, GAO, prepared statement of . 110 6 IV Page material, et ceteraContinued Prepared statements, letters, supplemental Financial Aid Services, the Heffron, Mai k, assistant vice president,prepared statement and position American College Testing Program, 133 paper . Congress from the State of Iowa, Leach, Hon Jim, a Representative in 153 prepared statement of Matejka. Larry E , executive director,Illinois State Scholarship Commis- 1985, to Hon William D Fordenclosing sion, letter dated August 1, 147 additional material . Mitchem, Arnold L , executive director,National Council of Educational of .. .. 178 Opportunity Associations, prepared statement Association, pre- Moore, Gregory T ,president, United States Student 14 . .. .. , . pared statement of Conference of Small Private Col- O'Neill. Joseph P , executive director, 164 leges, et al , prepared statement of .... Reyer, Otto, director, Office of FinancialAssistance, Univ i-sity of Califor- ......., 6 nia, Irvine, prepared statementof . .. Robb, Hon. Charles S , Governor ofVirginia, chairman, subcommittee on . 202 education, National Governors' Association,prepared statement of. Colleges of Chicago, prepared state- Rotella, Salvatore G , chancellor, City 35 Sandler, Benjamin, director of financialaid, Washington University, St. behalf of the Consortium on Financ- Louis, MO, prepared statement on 173 ing higher Education... Saunders, Charles B , Jr ,vice president for governmentalrelations, American Council on Education, et al.,prepared statement of . 159 Education, AFL-CIO, prepared Shields, Dorothy, director, Department of ........ 46 statement of . Shook, H , Kenneth, president, NationalAssociation of State Scholarship of .. 2,6 and Grant Programs, prepared statementUniversity, Raleigh, NC, prepared Smith, Dr Stanley, president, Shaw 10 statement of.... Greenville College, et al ,prepared Stephens, W Richard, president, 69 statement with attachments ... .......... - Strada, David, director of student financingand regulatory affairs, Kath- prepared statement on behalfof the Associa- arine Gibbs Schools, Inc , .... 142 Schools...... .. tion of Independent Colleges and statement on Tenzer, Morton, J ,Jniversity of Connecticut, prepared 86
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