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This directory presents information relating to institutional financial aid programs which were active during the 1959-60 academic year. To collect information for this directory, over 2,100 copies of a questionnaire, "Survey of Institutional Financial Assistance to Undergraduate Students, 1959-60," were mailed to institutions of higher education, their branch campuses, and certain professional schools as listed in the Educational Directory, Part 3: Higher Education, 1959-60. The resulting information was supplied by officials of the 1,677 institutions listed herein. A table of gross figures is also included which summarizes, by States, institutional scholarships, undergraduate employment, undergraduate loans, and all loans made under the National Defense Student Loan Program. (Contains 5 footnotes, and 1 table.) [Due to its size, this volume has been processed as two separate parts. The first part (ED544000) includes the foreword through the descriptions of institutions and their student financial aid programs 1959-60, alphabetically by state up to and including New Jersey. The second part (ED544001) includes the remaining descriptions by state beginning with New Mexico through the index. The cover page and table of contents are repeated in the second and third parts. Best copy available has been provided.]

In response to requests for more accurate and complete information about financial aid for college students, the 'Division of Higher Education, Office of Education, undertook its Student Assistance Project for the collection, analysis, and dissemination of information about institutional student financial aid. The present bulletin is the third in a planned series of 5 publications of the project. It is concerned with the several forms of institutional financial aid, such as fellowships, loans, and employment for graduate students in the academic year 1955-56. This bulletin is the result of several conferences and many discussions between staff members of the Office of Education and interested groups. The project has had, from its inception, the valuable counsel of a national advisory committee who helped to formulate the original questionnaire and who made many suggestions for the directory. This directory is based upon data assembled by questionnaires sent during May 1956 to 1,855 institutions of higher education listed in the "Education Directory Part 3, Higher Education." The student aid data sought included graduate fellowships, loans, and employment for the academic year 1955-56. An index is included. [Best copy available has been provided.]

During recent years more and more people have become interested in the question of financial aid to students in institutions of higher education. The Office of Education, in response to the need for more information on the problem, has planned a series of reports, of which this bibliography is the first. For the most part, the books and articles listed in this bibliography were found in the "Educational Index," "Dissertation Abstracts," "Doctoral Dissertations," and "Master's Theses in Education." Some of these were cited in the bibliographies of other theses. A few items are from the thesis catalog of the Office of Education library. An attempt has been made to include in this bibliography articles and other material describing research studies in the field of financial aid to students and in related areas. These areas cover plans of high school seniors, academic performance of scholarship holders, problems of administration of scholarship programs, and proposals for more student financial aid. Some of the material has been included because of its historical interest or because of the research techniques used. All of it is readily available through the usual library resources. Items are listed alphabetically by author, followed by a subject index. [This bibliography was prepared under the direction of Ralph C. M. Flynt. Best copy available has been provided.]