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Friday, June 22, 2001
http://www.chronicle.com/free/2001/06/2001062201u.htm An Audit Finds Flaws in How an Institution Counts Its Correspondence Students By DAN CARNEVALE Washington A federal audit has found that Indiana State University's student-aid program had trouble tracking students as they switched from taking traditional and online courses to correspondence courses. The audit reveals some of the difficulties that colleges' student-aid offices can encounter as they try to apply existing federal financial-aid rules to an increasingly complex mix of educational options. The full text of the report on the audit is available online (it requires Adobe Acrobat Reader, available free). The audit, conducted by the Education Department's Office of the Inspector General, was a fact-finding mission more than an investigation into wrongdoing, according to the report. After reviewing records of a sample group of students who were receiving financial aid for distance education, auditors concluded that Indiana State was generally enforcing federal aid rules well....
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