FRANK THOMPSON, JR., New Jersey DOMINICK V. DANIELS, New Jersey AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS, California Brown, Dr. Lester B., Florida Memorial College.. Brusha, Don, associate dean, Florida International University.. Butler, Dr. William R., vice president for student affairs, University Conlon, John, senior vice president, First National Bank of Miami.. Czerniec, Timothy, director of business affairs, Barry College, accom- panied by Sister Dorothy Brown, president, and Sister Trinita Flood, president-designate, Barry College.. Edgerton, Russell, deputy director, Fund for the Improvement of Gordon, Margaret, Carnegie Council on Higher Education_ Miskoff, John, Miami, Fla... Muirhead, Peter, Deputy Commissioner for Higher Education, U.S. Neal, Alfred C., president, Committee for Economic Development, 181 190 70 129 173 228 134 Powell, Tras, Division of Physical Education, Miami-Dade Commu- 113 99 Smith, Ernest E., Jr., Florida State Department of Education_. Stanford, Dr. Henry King, president, University of Miami.... Summers, Charles, Dade Federal Savings Bank, Miami, Fla., accom- Webb, Roscoe, dean of students, Florida Memorial College. Whitehead, Robert, Miami, Fla Wong, Peter, University of Southern California; Lee Altschuler, 2 Prepared statements, letters, supplemental materials, et cetera: Carreras, Francisco J., president, Universidad Catolica De Puerto Rico, Ponce, Puerto Rico, letter to Chairman O'Hara, dated Morales-Carrion, Arturo, president, Universidad De Puerto Rico, Eberle, William D., chairman, Subcommittee on Management and Financing of Colleges Committee for Economic Development, Gordon, Dr. Margaret S., associate director, Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education, prepared statement of.. Hartman, Robert W., and Hauptman, Arthur, paper entitled "The Effects of Two Proposals for Higher Education Finance". Section 140 of Public Law 92-318__. Stanford, Dr. Henry King, president, University of Miami, statement 22888 APPENDIX FOR FEBRUARY 27, 1974 Rodriguez, Robert L., vice president, Student Association of the State Wong, Peter, editor, Daily Trojan, University of California: Appendix E.-Report to the Minority Affairs Commission, revised draft: Ann I. Morey, Office of Institutional Studies. APPENDIX FOR JUNE 28, 1974 American Association of State Colleges and Universities, "Financing Postsecondary Education: The Case for Low-Tuition Public Higher American Council on Education, memorandum from Carol Van Alstyne, Lawrence, Ben, Brief analysis of the report "Financing Postsecondary Education in the United States" by the National Commission on the Ostar, Allan W., director, American Association of State Colleges and Universities, letter to Congressman Dellenback, dated May 7, 1974, enclosing Staff Paper on the Report of the Postsecondary Financing Commission_ Swanson, Carl V., Technology Management Inc., letter to H. Reed Saunders, Deputy Assistant Commissioner of Planning, Budgeting and Evaluation, U.S. Office of Education, dated February 27, 1974, enclosing STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (Miscellaneous) WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1974 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 9 a.m., pursuant to call in room 2257, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C., Hon. James G. O'Hara presiding. Present: Representatives O'Hara and Dellenback. Mr. O'HARA. The special subcommittee will come to order. As many of you are aware, this subcommittee meeting yesterday in open markup session agreed to legislation which will, I believe, improve access to guaranteed subsidized student loans for a great many students from middle-income families. In the course of that markup session I reiterated for the record what I have said a number of times earlier in other places. I said yesterday that as chairman of the subcommittee which has jurisdiction over student aid programs I intend to move forward rapidly and with a target date in this session to examine the operation of the existing student assistance package, title IV of the Higher Education Act, and to develop a new title IV to the extent that that appears to be necessary to put into place before the existing law expires on June 30, 1975. It seems to me that we must move now because lead time is essential. If we are going to be able to give a thorough review to the program and make whatever changes seem to be needed we are going to have to give the student community, the educational community, and the lenders and everyone else advance notice of what it is we are trying to do so they can gear up for the new program. It could be a tragedy if we tried to put into effect modified programs without sufficient lead time so that we would end up with students denied assistance while the agencies that deal with student assistance were trying to figure out the new law. We want to give them ample opportunity to do that before the time comes for them to use that law. This is not, as I have said before, a new undertaking, nor is it something we are now just about to begin. On the contrary. I think the hearings and the field studies that this subcommittee has undertaken over the past year have been an integral part of the process of review of title IV." But we are now ready to accelerate the process, and, with your testimony today we will, hopefully, move considerably closer to the conclusion of which I have spoken. (1) Our witnesses today appropriately speak for those Americans for whose benefit title IV is intended, and for whom whatever we develop in these hearings must be designed, the students in postsecondary education. The National Student Lobby is an ambitious undertaking to serve as a voice for students in all parts of the country and all walks of life. That organization is currently conducting a national legislative conference here in Washington and, at their request, I have invited the lobby to send a group of students here today to talk about their experiences with student aid programs and their proposal for new programs. The witnesses are Peter Wong of the University of Southern California, Lee Altschuler of the University of California at Berkeley, Janet Maciejewski, who appeared before us last week as well, from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and Bob Rodriguez from the State University of New York. We would appreciate it if you would proceed in whatever manner you have arranged among you. STATEMENTS OF PETER WONG, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; LEE ALTSCHULER, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY; JANET MACIEJEWSKI, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN AT MADISON; BOB RODRIGUEZ, STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK; AND BEN BLOOM, FERRIS STATE COLLEGE, BIG RAPIDS, MICH. Mr. BLOOM. Good morning, Chairman O'Hara and members of subcommittee. My name is Ben Bloom. I am a student at Ferris State College in Big Rapids, Mich. I am also a member of the National Student Lobby. We want to thank you very much for the opportunity for the National Student Lobby to testify before your subcommittee on the administration of financial aid programs. We are very gratified by the concern which your subcommittee has shown in this area, which is one of vital concern to all of the students of this country. It is my pleasure to introduce the four members of the National Student Lobby who will testify before you today. They are Peter Wong from Los Angeles, Calif., Bob Rodriguez from New York City, Janet Maciejewski from Madison, Wis., and Lee Altschuler from Berkeley, Calif. These people will be making an oral presentation and will provide the subcommittee with a much longer witness statement for inclusion in the record. It is now my pleasure to introduce Peter Wong. Mr. WONG. Good morning, Mr. Chairman and members of the subcommittee. I am Peter Wong, editor of the Daily Trojan at the University of Southern California. I am pleased to appear this morning. I would like to confine my remarks to two major topics and leave the rest of my comments for the record. As you know, the basic authorizing legislation for student assistance programs, the Education Amendments of 1972, will expire next year. In the consideration of new legislation I urge the Congress, particularly this committee, to continue all present programs. As you |