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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... millions of young men and women to pursue edu- cational opportunities which they otherwise would be forced to fore- go because of their income levels . This is a goal which is not only laudable , but is very important to our country's ...
... millions of young men and women to pursue edu- cational opportunities which they otherwise would be forced to fore- go because of their income levels . This is a goal which is not only laudable , but is very important to our country's ...
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... millions of dollars in Pell Grant funds over the past 10 to 15 years . Just last week , the Department of Education sent letters to 20 such schools , questioning their eligibility to participate in the Fed- eral student aid programs ...
... millions of dollars in Pell Grant funds over the past 10 to 15 years . Just last week , the Department of Education sent letters to 20 such schools , questioning their eligibility to participate in the Fed- eral student aid programs ...
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... million in- crease over fiscal 1993 , so there is tremendous support for the pro- gram . Roughly one out of every four postsecondary students now receives a Pell Grant . What is most troubling from the Chairman's statement is that the ...
... million in- crease over fiscal 1993 , so there is tremendous support for the pro- gram . Roughly one out of every four postsecondary students now receives a Pell Grant . What is most troubling from the Chairman's statement is that the ...
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... million dollars to that foundation . Now we have the son lodging a challenge , an accusa- tion , where he accuses ... million increase over the 1993 level . Accord- ing to one of our witnesses from the U.S. Department of Education ...
... million dollars to that foundation . Now we have the son lodging a challenge , an accusa- tion , where he accuses ... million increase over the 1993 level . Accord- ing to one of our witnesses from the U.S. Department of Education ...
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... million awards , totally $ 64 billion in Pell Grants to help pay for postsecondary education . I would just repeat , 55 million separate awards going to young Americans and sometimes to older Americans seeking more education . Of this ...
... million awards , totally $ 64 billion in Pell Grants to help pay for postsecondary education . I would just repeat , 55 million separate awards going to young Americans and sometimes to older Americans seeking more education . Of this ...
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