Title IV

US law governing student financial aid

Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) covers the administration of the United States federal student financial aid programs.^[1]

American colleges and universities are generally classified with regard to their inclusion under Title IV, such as under the U.S. Department of Education statistics.^[2]

Content

Title IV was one of eight titles:

Title I, General Provisions;
Title II, Teacher Quality Enhancement;
Title III, Strengthening Institutions;
Title IV, Student Assistance;
Title V, Developing Institutions;
Title VI, International Education Programs;
Title VII, Graduate and Postsecondary Improvement Programs; and
Title VIII, Additional Programs.^[3]

Title IV contains nine parts that authorize a broad array of programs and provisions to assist students and their families in gaining access to and financing a postsecondary education. Programs authorized under this title are the primary sources of federal aid supporting postsecondary education.^[3]

The act is sectioned:

A- Grants to attend establishments in approved Title IV programs. (Ten sub-sections)
B- Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program
C- Federal Work-Study Programs
D- Direct Loan Program
E- Federal Perkins Loans
F- Need Analysis procedures
G- General provisions and definitions
H- Role of States, accrediting and eligibility ^[3]

References

^ "Overview of HEA". Retrieved August 28, 2008.
^ "Example statistics from National Center of Education Statistics". Retrieved August 28, 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c Hegji, Alexandra (October 24, 2018). "The Higher Education Act (HEA): A Primer" (PDF). Congressional Research Service. Retrieved August 13, 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.