The 2016 Condition of Higher Education in Iowa Report

Investigating trends and current issues affecting degree and certificate attainment in the State of Iowa. The report considers workforce demands for educated workers, population and demographic trends and projections, educational preparation for college, financial preparation for college, enrollment trends at Iowa colleges and universities, entering the Iowa workforce, and meeting the needs of the Iowa workforce. Data compares Iowa against national trends.

How to Apply for Scholarships and Grants (2016)

A short guide highlighting federal and state scholarships and grants, including Pell Grant, career-related training grants, opportunities for foster youth and state-funded scholarships.

Sexuality & Aging: Debunking the Myths, May 19, 2015

comparing the myth to the fact

Report of Recommendations to Iowa State University of Science and Technology on the Review of Selected General and Application Controls over the University's Student Financial Aid System, April 24 through May 12, 2006

State University Audit Report

Report on a review of selected general and application controls over the Iowa State University of Science and Technology student financial aid system for the period of April 22, 2013 through May 17, 2013

Report on a review of selected general and application controls over the Iowa State University of Science and Technology student financial aid system for the period of April 22, 2013 through May 17, 2013

Report on a review of selected general and application controls over the State University of Iowa MAUI Student Financial Aid system for the period May 19, 2014 through July 31, 2014

Report on a review of selected general and application controls over the State University of Iowa MAUI Student Financial Aid system for the period May 19, 2014 through July 31, 2014

The use of automated data management in the institutional delivery of student financial aid.

Includes bibliographical references.

Facts to aid student consideration of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Formerly The Handbook for better student choice.

A geographical hand book: or, A description of the different countries ... : also a concise outline of the principal cities, towns and villages of each, giving their kind of manufactures, population and notable events of history ... Adapted as an aid to the student of history /

Mode of access: Internet.

Adam's Latin grammar : with numerous additions and improvements, designed to aid the more advanced student by fuller elucidations of the Latin classics / by C.D. Cleveland.

Mode of access: Internet.

Outlines of oryctology. An introduction to the study of fossil organic remains; especially of those found in the British strata; intended to aid the student in his enquiries respecting the nature of fossils, and their connection with the formation of the earth.

Mode of access: Internet.

The student's manual : designed, by specific directions, to aid in forming and strengthening the intellectual and moral character and habits of the student /

Mode of access: Internet.

Student Financial Aid:The Roles of Loans and Grants (Working Paper 37)

This paper addresses the roles of loans and grants as forms of student financial aid. It begins with a simple choice model where individuals decide to pursue post-secondary studies if i) the net benefits of doing so are positive and ii) no financing or liquidity constraints stand in their way. The effects of loans and grants on these two elements of the schooling decision are then discussed. It is argued that based on equity, efficiency, and fiscal considerations, loans are generally best suited for helping those who want to go but face financing constraints, whereas grants are more appropriate for increasing the incentives for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds to further their studies. Loan subsidies, which make loans part-loan and part-grant, are also discussed, including how they might be used to address “debt aversion”. Given that subsidised loans have a grant (subsidy) element, while grants help overcome the credit constraints upon which loans are targeted, the paper then attempts to establish some general rules for providing loans, for subsidising the loans awarded, and for giving “pure” grants. It concludes with an application of these principles in the form of a recent proposal for reforming the student financial system in Canada. *

Student modeling based on fuzzy inference mechanisms

The paper presents a competence-based instructional design system and a way to provide a personalization of navigation in the course content. The navigation aid tool builds on the competence graph and the student model, which includes the elements of uncertainty in the assessment of students. An individualized navigation graph is constructed for each student, suggesting the competences the student is more prepared to study. We use fuzzy set theory for dealing with uncertainty. The marks of the assessment tests are transformed into linguistic terms and used for assigning values to linguistic variables. For each competence, the level of difficulty and the level of knowing its prerequisites are calculated based on the assessment marks. Using these linguistic variables and approximate reasoning (fuzzy IF-THEN rules), a crisp category is assigned to each competence regarding its level of recommendation.

Activist Women's Voices Oral History Collection, 1995-2000 Finding Aid

The Activist Women's Voices Oral History Project, funded by AT&T, the Ford Foundation, the Ms. Foundation for Education and Communication, and the New York Council for Humanities, is committed to documenting the voices of unheralded activist women in community-based organizations in New York City. The archive was established in 1995 under the direction of Professors Joyce Gelb and Patricia Laurence with the aim of creating linkages between activist women in the New York City community and student and faculty researchers at the City University of New York.