Abuses in Federal Student Grant Programs: Hearings Before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, October 27-28, 1993U.S. Government Printing Office, 1994 - 552 pages It appears that many of the problems plaguing the Federal Student Aid Programs are also undermining the Pell Grant program, not so much from dishonesty on the part of students, but by dishonesty on the part of schools. This document presents testimony and prepared statements concerning the allegations of fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in the Federal Pell Grant program and the effectiveness of the Department of Education in detecting and responding to these problems. Two-thirds of the document is an appendix of 96 exhibits of selected documents, letters, affidavits, and reports from witnesses in order of their appearance before the committee. Among the witnesses testifying before the committee were the following individuals: Senator Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island; Richard C. Stiener, Director of the Office of Special Investigations, U.S. General Accounting office; James B. Thomas, Jr., Inspector General, U.S. Department of Education; David A. Longanecker, Assistant Secretary, Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education; and Sister Janet Fitzgerald, President of Molloy College, Long Island, New York. (GLR) |
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... dents who attended multiple schools and received Pell Grants 30. Affidavit of Donald S. Bluestone made to the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations , dated July 20 , 1993 , regarding Sara Schenirer Teachers Seminary . 31. SEALED ...
... dents who attended multiple schools and received Pell Grants 30. Affidavit of Donald S. Bluestone made to the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations , dated July 20 , 1993 , regarding Sara Schenirer Teachers Seminary . 31. SEALED ...
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... dents . In some instances , the students already had received a degree in higher education . In other instances , the students were still enrolled in high school . Some schools have apparently paid brokers to provide them with Pell ...
... dents . In some instances , the students already had received a degree in higher education . In other instances , the students were still enrolled in high school . Some schools have apparently paid brokers to provide them with Pell ...
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... Pell Grant program was not to provide someone with a life stipend as appears to be the case in the example of the stu- dent who received Pell Grants for 17 years . Mr. Chairman , you have held hearings over the years 5.
... Pell Grant program was not to provide someone with a life stipend as appears to be the case in the example of the stu- dent who received Pell Grants for 17 years . Mr. Chairman , you have held hearings over the years 5.
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... dent aid programs depends upon its confidence in the Department's ability to administer those programs , root out abuse , and punish those who would cheat or defraud the Government . And we must also remember that the Department , in ...
... dent aid programs depends upon its confidence in the Department's ability to administer those programs , root out abuse , and punish those who would cheat or defraud the Government . And we must also remember that the Department , in ...
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... dents and taxpayers . Similar hearings on abuses in the programs were held by the Education Subcommittee of the Labor Committee in 1987 and the Permanent Sub- committee on Investigations in 1990. These earlier hearings laid the ...
... dents and taxpayers . Similar hearings on abuses in the programs were held by the Education Subcommittee of the Labor Committee in 1987 and the Permanent Sub- committee on Investigations in 1990. These earlier hearings laid the ...
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