Alexander, James, president, National Association of College Admissions Ballowe, James, associate vice president and graduate school dean, Bradley Bartell, Rev. Ernest J., Director, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecon- dary Education, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Wash- 155 Farma, Anthony, president, United States Association of Evening Stu- Frank, Dr. Murray, dean of College III, University of Massachusetts— Harrison, Dorothy, deputy commissioner for higher and continuing educa- 403 371 Henderson, Wade J., executive director, Council on Legal Education Oppor- 128 Kane, Joseph P., vice president, Association of Jesuit Colleges and Univer- 182 Kramer, John, dean, Georgetown Law School, Association of American 109 Martin, Dallas, executive director, National Association of Student Finan- 92 McGuinness, Aims, Education Commission of the States, Denver, Colo 368 442 234 143 Olson, Layton, vice president, National Student Educational Fund. Packer, Joel, legislative director, United States Student Association 29 438 Phillips, John, president, National Association of Independent Colleges and 390 Page Prepared statements, letters, supplemental material, et cetera— Ballowe, James, associate vice president for academic affairs and dean of the graduate school, Bradley University, Peoria, Ill., testimony presented Baron, Kathryn, National Student Educational Fund, testimony of Bolyard, Neil, president, National Association of Student Financial Aid Cook, Mattie, president, Malcolm-King: Harlem College, prepared state- 450 Eliot, Theodore L., Jr., dean, Tufts University, Medford, Mass., letter to 245 401 Frank, Murray, dean, College of Public and Community Service, University Henderson, Wade J., executive director, Council on Legal Education Oppor- Johnson, Norman J., associate dean, Carnegie-Mellon University, chair- person, Governmental Relations Committee, National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration: Kramer, John R., dean, Georgetown Law School, on behalf of the Associ- ation of American Law Schools and Law School Admissions Council, Qlson, James C., president, University of Missouri, on behalf of the Packer, Joel, legislative director, United States Student Association, pre- 134 Pelavin, Sol H., vice president, Social Science Research Division, NTS Planje, T. J., dean, School of Mines and Metallurgy, University of Missouri, Rolla, Mo., letter to Pat Rissler, enclosing statement, dated June 11, 1979 Phillips, John D., president, National Association of Independent Colleges Rhett, Haskell, assistant chancellor, New Jersey Department of Higher Education, Trenton, N.J., "State Plan To Develop and Implement a New Jersey Statewide Information Network for Education". Salinger, Pierre, chairman, board of trustees, American College in Paris/ an independent liberal arts college, letter to Chairman Ford enclosing a 418 383 250 186 Yegge, Robert, dean, University of Denver College of Law, "Legislative REAUTHORIZATION OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT AND RELATED MEASURES Part 7-Student Financial Assistance TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1979 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:45 a.m., in room 2261, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. William D. Ford (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Members present: Representatives Ford, Buchanan, and Bailey. Staff present: Thomas R. Wolanin, staff director; Patricia F. Rissler, deputy staff director; William Clohan, minority assistant education counsel; and Jennifer Vance, minority legislative associate. Mr. FORD. We will call the meeting to order this morning for the purpose of continuing the hearings on reauthorization of the Higher Education Act and related measures. Our hearing today will continue our consideration of issues related to the student financial aid programs, and the focus this morning will be on the issues of administrative allowances for the student financial aid programs and student information. Title IV presently authorizes three administrative allowances for institutions of postsecondary education which participate in the student financial assistance programs: First, payment to institutions of $10 for each basic grant recipient is authorized; second, payment of $10 for each student who has a guaranteed student loan is authorized; and third, institutions can use 4 percent of the total of their annual SEOG, college work study, and NDSL funds for administrative purposes. This third administrative allowance may not exceed $325,000 per institution per year. Current law requires that each of these three administrative allowances be used to carry out section 493A. This section requires that institutions provide information about the institution and about student financial assistance to all students and prospective students. No appropriations have been made for the administrative allowances under either the basic grant or the guaranteed student loan program since they were authorized by the Education Amendments of 1976. In addition to the mandate of section 493A that institutions provide information to students, section 418 authorizes the Com missioner to make grants to States to pay part of the cost of planning, establishing, and operating educational information centers which provide education information, guidance, counseling, and referral services for all individuals in the State; $3 million was appropriated for this program in the current fiscal year. Our witnesses this morning will include representatives of student organizations, States, and education professionals concerned with these topics. We will start with a panel consisting of Neil Bolyard, president of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, accompanied by Dallas Martin, executive director; James Alexander, president of the National Association of College Admissions Counselors; Joel Packer, legislative director, United States Student Association; Layton Olson, National Student Educational Fund; Haskell Rhett, New Jersey Department of Higher Education, and Ted Marchese, Director of Institutional Research, Barat College, Lake Forest, Ill. I am told, Neil, that you have to go to the Senate this morning, so do you want to proceed? Mr. BOLYARD. Thank you very much, sir. Mr. FORD. Without objection, the prepared statements of the members of this panel will be inserted in full at this point in the record. You may now proceed to comment on them, add to them, or supplement them in any way you wish. STATEMENTS OF NEIL BOLYARD, PRESIDENT, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT FINANCIAL AID ADMINISTRATORS, AND DALLAS MARTIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; JAMES ALEXANDER, PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE ADMISSIONS COUNSELORS; JOEL PACKER, LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, UNITED STATES STUDENT ASSOCIATION; LAYTON OLSON, NATIONAL STUDENT EDUCATIONAL FUND; HASKELL RHETT, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION; AND TED MARCHESE, DIRECTOR OF INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH, BARAT COLLEGE, LAKE FOREST, ILL. [The prepared statement of Mr. Bolyard follows:] PREPARED STATEMENT of NEIL BOLYARD, PRESIDENT, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT FINANCIAL AID ADMINISTRATORS Mr. Chairman and members of the Subcommittee, it is indeed a pleasure to have the opportunity to appear before you as you continue to review the Title IV student assistance programs. I am Neil Bolyard, director of financial aid at West Virginia University and president of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. Accompanying me today is Dr. Dallas Martin, executive director of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. Before beginning my remarks this morning, allow me a moment, Mr. Chairman, to sincerely thank you and your staff for the hours of hard work that have been spent in preparing for and conducting these reauthorization hearings. The task of carefully reviewing any major piece of legislation of the magnitude of the Higher Education Act is in itself a tremendous undertaking. However, you and your staff have taken extra steps in this reauthorization process to solicit, collect, and compile hundreds of recommendations from all sectors of postsecondary education, and to make these available in advance of the hearings. This has certainly been beneficial to us, and to the other parties who are equally concerned with this important piece of legislation. The systematic and open process of these hearings is a credit to your leadership and is a model of participatory democracy at its best. Today we would like to review a series of recommendations that would modify several of the General Provisions which currently affect the Title IV student assistance programs. As you know, the Higher Education Amendments of 1976 added a new section to the existing law (Section 493A) entitled "Institutional and Financial Assistance Information for Students." Under this provision, each institution which receives payments under Sections 411(d) (BEOG), 428 (C) (GSL), or 493 (NDSL, SEOG, and CWS), is required to disseminate |