Students Receiving Federal Aid Are not Making Satisfactory Academic Progress: Tougher Standards are Needed.

Abstract

The Federal Government provides billions of dollars in student aid each year under programs administered by the Department of Education, the Veterans Administration, and the Social Security Administration. These agencies have widely varying policies regarding satisfactory academic progress of students receiving assistance. In reviewing the academic progress standards applied to students at 20 institutions of higher education, GAO found that these standards were often inadequate and not always enforced. Although each of the schools had established standards, they were often poor measurements of academic progress. Some schools had not enforced the standards they had established, resulting in overpayments of more than $1.2 million in Department of Education programs. More stringent Federal requirements would alleviate many of the problems resulting from poor academic programs by students receiving aid. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 03, 1981
Accession Number
ADA145129

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Congress
  • Education
  • Governments
  • Human Resources
  • Law
  • National Governments
  • Regulations
  • Schools
  • Social Sciences
  • Social Security
  • Standards
  • Students
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Education

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