It's Time for Serious Reform of the Student-Aid System

Autor/in	Baum, Sandy
Titel	It's Time for Serious Reform of the Student-Aid System
Quelle	In: Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 39 (2007) 2, S.15-20 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-1383
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Grants; Educational Opportunities; Student Financial Aid; Funding Formulas; Change Strategies; Finance Reform; Strategic Planning; Higher Education; Policy Analysis; Financial Policy; Educational Policy; Educational Finance + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Grant; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Studienfinanzierung; Studienförderung; Funding; Finanzierung; Lösungsstrategie; Financial reform; Finanzreform; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Politikfeldanalyse; Fiscal policy; Finanzpolitik; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsfonds
Abstract	This article discusses the current student-aid system in American higher education and the policy issues surrounding it. The author asserts that it is time to consider serious reform of the complex system of federal, state, and institutional subsidies that has evolved to support postsecondary students. A rational long-term planning process never would have generated the array of programs that today's students face, with complicated application processes, inconsistent rules and regulations, and problematic interactions when students seek aid from multiple programs. Given the billions spent on student aid and the critical role of these subsidies both in opening opportunities and in developing a skilled and flexible workforce, people can no longer ignore the system's inequities and inefficiencies. (Contains 14 resources.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10