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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... accrediting agencies . These actions should ultimately result in the accrediting agencies being held accountable for their accrediting decisions . However , until the National Advisory Committee is reactivated and the Department has had ...
... accrediting agencies . These actions should ultimately result in the accrediting agencies being held accountable for their accrediting decisions . However , until the National Advisory Committee is reactivated and the Department has had ...
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... accrediting agencies , resulting from the 1992 amendments , which will make it clear that the accrediting agencies are accountable for the schools they accredit . As required in the amendments , accrediting agencies must be separate and ...
... accrediting agencies , resulting from the 1992 amendments , which will make it clear that the accrediting agencies are accountable for the schools they accredit . As required in the amendments , accrediting agencies must be separate and ...
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... agencies and with accrediting bodies to maximize our combined on - site review capacity . These steps will enable us to employ our resources even more effectively . If you think about the number of different actors that are going in and ...
... agencies and with accrediting bodies to maximize our combined on - site review capacity . These steps will enable us to employ our resources even more effectively . If you think about the number of different actors that are going in and ...
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... accrediting agencies . We had that triad before , but it did not work . It did not work at all because everybody ... institutions with default rates that exceed the legislated limits are not going to be eligible for the Pell Grant ...
... accrediting agencies . We had that triad before , but it did not work . It did not work at all because everybody ... institutions with default rates that exceed the legislated limits are not going to be eligible for the Pell Grant ...
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... accreditation process . The recognition of accrediting agencies was handled by our Higher Education Programs unit . And the certification of institu- tions , on the other hand , was done in our financial aid office . When we reorganized ...
... accreditation process . The recognition of accrediting agencies was handled by our Higher Education Programs unit . And the certification of institu- tions , on the other hand , was done in our financial aid office . When we reorganized ...
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Page 123 - Such term also includes any school which provides not less than a one-year program of training to prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation and which meets the provisions of clauses (1), (2), (4), and (5).
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Page 123 - Commissioner has determined that there is satisfactory assurance, considering the resources available to the institution, the period of time, if any, during which it has operated, the effort it is making to meet accreditation standards, and the purpose for which this determination is being made, that the institution will meet the accreditation standards of such an agency or association within a reasonable time, or (B...
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Page 145 - State which, in lieu of the requirement in clause (1), admits as regular students persons who are beyond the age of compulsory school attendance in the State in which the institution is located and who have the ability to benefit from the training offered by the...