The National Association of State Scholarship and Grant Programs/National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs conference on student aid is reported. Following the conference agenda and lists of registrants and conference speakers, the following papers are presented: (1) "Reinterpretation of Hansen's Census Data" (John B. Lee); (2) "Assessment of the Minnesota Tuition/Financial Aid Experience" (Susan Urahn); (3) "Middle Income Choice Problems in Illinois" (Thomas G. Mortenson); (4) "Institutional Selectivity and Higher Educational Subsidies" (John A. Muffo); (5) "How to Tell If Federal Student Aid Programs Are Working" (Michael McPherson); (6) "Overview of the Minority/Poverty Enrollment Problem" (Reginald Wilson); (7) "California State Report" (Samuel M. Kipp); (8) "New Jersey State Report" (Fran Atchison); (9) "Indiana State Report" (John Muffo); (10) "Illinois State Report" (John W. Huther); (11) New York State Report" (Marilyn Sango-Jordan); (12) "Southern States Report" (Joseph L. Marks); (13) "Access to Higher Education for Blacks and Hispanics in Chicago" (Gary Orfield); (14) "Financial Aid Packaging Policies Used for Minorities" (Robert Fenske); (15) "International Perspectives on Student Financial Aid" (Bruce Johnstone); and (16) "Survey Design and Administration" (Diane O'Rourke). References are provided at the conclusion of individual papers. (KM)