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Packer, Joel, legislative director, U.S. Student Association, Washington, D.C.;
Steve Leifman, national director, the Coalition of Independent College and
University Students, Washington, D.C.; Anthony Farma, president, U.S.
Association of Evening Students, Boston, Mass., a panel...
Evans, Jay, Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, Harrisburg,
Pa.; John Brugel, director of financial aid, Pennsylvania State University,
State College, Pa.; and Dr. Haskell Rhett, assistant chancellor, New Jersey
Department of Higher Education, Trenton, N.J..

Nelson, James E., vice president of College Board and College Scholarship
Service, New York, N.Ÿ..

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1979

Kaysen, Dr. Carl, vice chairman and director of research, the Sloan Commis-
sion on Government and Higher Education, Cambridge, Mass., accompanied
by Kenneth M. Deitch, senior member, research staff..
Gordon, Margaret S., associate director, Carnegie Council on Policy Studies
and Higher Education, Berkeley, Calif.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1979

Lauve, Ronald F., associate director, Human Resources Division, General
Accounting Office, accompanied by Edward A. Niemi and Frankie L. Fulton...
Berry, Dr. Mary F., Assistant Secretary for Education; Dr. Alfred L. Moye,
Deputy Commissioner for Higher and Continuing Education; and Dr.
Edward Brantley, Director, Division of Institutional Development, Office of
Education, a panel..

Beaudet, Raymond A., associate director, Audit Agency, Office of Inspector
General, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare......
Allen, Dr. Van, executive director, Tactics, Washington, D.C.; Dr. Fred Patter-
son, chairman, Moton Memorial Institute, Washington, D.C.; Dr. Frank
Rose president, University Associates, Inc., Washington, D.C.; Dr. Robert
Shepherd, Institute for Services to Education, Washington, D.C., and Mr.
George Stokes, Phelps Stokes Fund, Washington, D.C., a panel

STATEMENTS

Allen, Dr. Van, executive director, Tactics, Washington, D.C.: Dr. Fred Patter-
son, chairman, Moton Memorial Institute, Washington, D.C.; Dr. Frank
Rose, president, University Associates, Inc., Washington, D.C.; Dr. Robert
Shepherd, Institute for Services to Education, Washington, D.C., and Mr.
George Stokes, Phelps Stokes Fund, Washington, D.C., a panel
American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, John Terrey, execu-
tive director, Washington State board for Community College Education,
representing the, prepared statement...

Beaudet, Raymond A., associate director, Audit Agency, Office of Inspector
General, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.....
Bellmon, Hon. Henry, a U.S. Senator from the State of Oklahoma.

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Prepared statement

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Berry, Dr. Mary F., Assistant Secretary for Education; Dr. Alfred L. Moye,
Deputy Commissioner for Higher and Continuing Education; and Dr.
Edward Brantley, Director, Division of Institutional Development, Office of
Education, a panel

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Prepared statement

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Betterton, Don M., director of undergraduate financial aid, Princeton University, prepared statement.

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Brugel, John F., director, Office of Student Aid, Pennsylvania State University, prepared statement....

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Chisholm, Hon. Shirley, a Representative in Congress from the State of New
York..

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Coalition of Independent College and University Students, Steve Leifman, national director, prepared statement..

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Commission of Independent Colleges and Universities, Henry Paley, president, prepared statement........

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Consortium on Financing Higher Education, prepared statement.

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Coor, Dr. Lattie F., president, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt.; Dr.
John Terrey, executive director, Washington State Board for Community
College Education, Olympia, Wash.; Dr. Kermit Morrissey, president,
Boston State College, Boston, Mass.; and Dr. Melvin Eggers, president,
Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.

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Prepared statement

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Davidson, James M., vice president and senior installment loan officer, National Community Bank of New Jersey, Maywood, N.J., representing the American Bankers Association.....

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Prepared statement

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Dickinson, Eileen D., executive director, New York State Higher Education
Services Corporation, Albany, N.Y..

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Prepared statement

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Dunlap, Dr. E. T., chairman of the board, Student Loan Marketing Associ-
ation, Washington, D.C., and Edward A. Fox, president and chief executive
officer, Student Loan Marketing Association, Washington, D.C., a panel........
Prepared statement

Evans, Jay, Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, Harrisburg,
Pa.; John Brugel, director of financial aid, Pennsylvania State University,
State College, Pa.; and Dr. Haskell Rhett, assistant chancellor, New Jersey
Department of Higher Education, Trenton, N.J.....

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Fox, Edward A., president and chief executive officer, Student Loan Marketing Association, prepared statement.

Gordon, Margaret S., associate director, Carnegie Council on Policy Studies and Higher Education, Berkeley, Calif.

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Prepared statement

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Irwin, David M., executive vice president, Washington Friends of Higher Education, Seattle, Wash.; and Henry Paley, president, Commission of Independent Colleges and Universities, State of New York, Albany, N.Y., a panel.

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Prepared statement

Johnstone, Dr. D. Bruce, president, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, N.Y..
Prepared statement

Kaysen, Dr. Carl, vice chairman and director of research, the Sloan Commis-
sion on Government and Higher Education, Cambridge, Mass., accompanied
by Kenneth M. Deitch, senior member, research staff.
Prepared statement

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Kornfeld, Leo, former deputy commissioner of education for student financial assistance, Princeton, N.J....

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Lauve, Ronald F., associate director, Human Resources Division, General
Accounting Office, accompanied by Edward A. Niemi and Frankie L. Fulton...
Prepared statement.

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Martin, Dr. Dallas, executive director, National Association of Student Finan-
cial Aid Administrators, Washington, D.C...........
Prepared statement

Martin, Dallas, executive director, National Association of Student Financial
Aid Administrators, Washington, D.C., William Nester, director, student
financial assistance, New Jersey Higher Education Loan Authority, Tren-
ton, N.J; Carol Wennerdahl, director, State student loan programs, Illinois
guaranteed loan program, Deerfield, Ill.; Donald Betterton, director, student
aid office, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.; and Joel Packer, legisla-
tive director, U.S. Student Association, Washington, D.C., a panel..
Morrissey, Kermit C., president, Boston State College, prepared statement
Moynihan, Hon. Daniel Patrick, a U.S. Senator from the State of New York....
Prepared statement

Mundel, David S., assistant director, human resources and community devel-
opment, Congressional Budget Office, Washington, D.C., accompanied by
Alfred Fitt, General Counsel, Congressional Budget Office; David Longan-
ecker, analyst, Human Resources and Community Development Division,
Congressional Budget Office; and Deborah Kalcevic, analyst, Budget Analy-
sis Division, Congressional Budget Office..

Prepared statement

National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, Melvin
Eggers, chancellor and president, Syracuse University, representing the,
prepared statement...

Nelson, James E., vice president of College Board and College Scholarship
Service, New York, N.Ÿ.

Prepared statement

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Nester, William C., director, New Jersey Higher Education Assistance Authority, prepared statement...

New Jersey Department of Higher Education, Haskell Rhett, assistant chan-
cellor, prepared statement...

Packer, Joel, legislative director, U.S. Student Association, Washington, D.C.;
Steve Leifman, national director, the Coalition of Independent College and
University Students, Washington, D.C.; Anthony Farma, president, U.S.
Association of Evening Students, Boston, Mass., a panel.........

Prepared statement

Reeher, Kenneth R., president, National Association of State Scholarship and Grant Programs, executive director, Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, prepared statement....

Robinson, Dr., Prezell L., president, St. Augustine's College, Raleigh, N.C.; secretary of board of directors, National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education

Prepared statement

Shaw, Dr. Kenneth A., chancellor, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale,
Ill.

Prepared statement

Swearer, Dr. Howard, president, Brown University, Providence, R.I..

Prepared statement

U.S. Association of Evening Students, Anthony F. Farma, president, prepared statement..............................................

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Articles, publications, etc.:

"Medical Schools Found Admitting Fewer Lower-Middle Income Students," by Gene I. Maeroff, from the New York Times, September 30,

1979

Purpose, function, and operating progress, a statement of, from the Student Loan Marketing Association.

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Recommendations for reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, from
the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators......
Staff draft of recommendations of the Sloan Commission on Government
and Higher Education on financial aid.......
Subminimum wage applications by private colleges, list of, from the U.S.
Student Association

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"Target Report No. 12-Sub-Minimum Wage," by David Patterson and Bruce Horowitz, from NSA-NSL Coalition.

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Communications to:

Fenwick, Hon. Millicent, a Representative in Congress from the State of
New Jersey, from Patricia Roberts Harris, Secretary, Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare, September 4, 1979.

Pell, Hon. Claiborne, chairman, Subcommittee on Education, Arts and
Humanities, from Alfred L. Moye, Deputy Commissioner for Higher
Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, January 22,
1980

Williams, Hon. Harrison A., Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of New
Jersey, from:

Dedmon, Donald N., president, Radford University, Radford, Va.,
February 14, 1980.

Thompson, W. Fred, member of Congressional Liaison Committee of
the National Alumni Council of the United Negro College Fund,
Washington, D.C., February 15, 1980.

Questions and answers: Congressional Budget Office responses to questions
asked by Senator Pell...

Selected charts: Comparison between student loan rates and treasury bond rates (calendar years 1958-79)...

Selected tables:

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Breakdown of seven current student loan programs
Comparative cost estimates for student loan programs......
Five-year cost projections of student loan programs (in billions of dollars).

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HIGHER EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OF 1979

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1979

U.S. SENATE,

SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, ARTS AND HUMANITIES,

OF THE COMMITTEE on Labor AND HUMAN RESOURCES,

Washington, D.C.

The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:30 a.m., in room 1318, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Senator Claiborne Pell (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.

Present: Senators Pell, Kennedy, Javits, and Stafford.

OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR PELL

Senator PELL. The subcommittee will come to order. At the request of one of my colleagues, we have opened early at 9:30. And today we will continue our hearings on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act.

Our focus the next 2 days will be on student loan programs. There are several proposals pending to revise the existing loan programs. Without prejudging any of them, we are looking for several features to be contained in any revision of student loans. First, I would like to see a loan program that is available to any student who seeks a loan. Second, I would like to see a program administered in such a way that defaults are no longer a major scandal and ripoff on the taxpayer.

Third, I would like to see a loan program that has a realistic payback provision so that a young student fresh out of college is not swamped with debts.

And finally, I would like to see a loan program that has borrowing limits more in tune with the cost of postsecondary education. Obviously, preferable to any loan program is a grant program. That is why we have pursued the basic grants, created it and pursued it, as we have.

But I recognize that to supplement the grant program there must also be a loan program.

Today we will be examining one of the pending proposals, S. 1600, the Kennedy-Bellmon bill. We will then hear from several witnesses who will give us their insight into as many of the pending proposals as possible.

Our first witnesses today will be a panel on S. 1600. And as some of you know, we are pressed for time. We are going to try doing it this morning without the bells and the light system, but would hope that the various witnesses would keep to 5 minutes in their presentation. The full statement of every witness will be put in the record.

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Senator Bellmon I do not think is here yet. Representative Chisholm? Not here. Dr. Swearer? Dr. Kenneth Shaw? Could he come forward, please? Dr. Bruce Johnstone? Could he come forward, please? And President Prezell Robinson. If those three could come forward and we could get started, I think it would be helpful. Which one of you would like to start out? Alphabetical or reverse alphabetical or age? There is only one man with white hair. That is Dr. Robinson. And being old myself, I have sympathy to him. Dr. Robinson.

STATEMENT OF DR. PREZELL L. ROBINSON, PRESIDENT, ST. AUGUSTINE'S COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N.C.; SECRETARY OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Dr. ROBINSON. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. My name is Prezell Robinson. I am president of St. Augustine's College of Raleigh, N.C., and secretary of the Board of Directors of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, whose acronym is NAFEO.

Today I appear before you on behalf of NAFEO. NAFEO is the membership organization of 107 historically and predominantly black colleges and universities. These colleges enroll more than 200,000 students and continue to account for approximately onehalf of the black recipients of baccalaureate degrees.

I thank you, Mr. Chairman, for this opportunity to comment on various proposals concerning student financial aid, particularly student loans. Consistently, in testimony before congressional committees, we have stressed the importance of increasing the flow of students from low-income families into the mainstream of society.

Not too long ago, one of my colleagues stressed before this committee the importance of funding higher education for needy students.

Our position was then and is now that no civilization has long flourished that has catered only to the privileged few. We know that by bringing into the mainstream of our society through the higher education the sons and daughters of the poor, we strengthen the economic base of our Nation. We utilize otherwise underutilized talent to serve and resolve the problems of our Nation. We avoid the discord and the threats to the tranquility of our society that inevitably result when hordes of people are dispossessed.

By expanding opportunities, we give hope and encouragement to our general populace to work toward the realization of the American dream and in so doing elevate our Nation as a beacon light that guides and inspires the poor and the needy of the entire world.

Mr. Chairman, in most NAFEO institutions 80 to 90 percent of the students are needy. Indeed, recent census data indicate that three-fourths of the students at historically black colleges split almost evenly between homes with families of income under $5,000 and those with incomes from $5,000 to $10,000 annually. We feel, accordingly, well qualified to comment on student financial aid programs from the vantage point of the low-income student.

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