The following study grew out of the Ball State University Student Financial Aids Office desire to identify certain characteristics of those students filing a late financial aids application for the 1971-72 school year. The researcher, who was serving as a graduate assistant, agreed to locate that data as well as provide additional information through extensive research. Knowledge concerning student aid programs and their application to the needs of students became increasingly clear to the researcher as the study progressed.Generally the findings indicated that there were many different types of students who were in the late applicant category. Some had received academic scholarships, many parents would be identified as middle income, and others represented several income groups. An important finding was that 70.9 percent of the whole group of late applicants were able to register as students at the University even though financial aid was not available to them through the Office of Student Financial Aid. This initial finding motivated the researcher to look at those variables, namely financial resources, that might have had an effect on the student's ability to enroll without direct financial aid from the University aid office.
Research Papers [5100] Research papers submitted to the Graduate School by Ball State University master's degree candidates in partial fulfillment of degree requirements.