This publication is a resource document for developing recommendations concerning the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. This document describes the eight parts of Title IV, "Student Assistance," and the seven parts of Title IX, "Graduate Programs." Title IV covers the following areas: grants to students in attendance at institutions of higher education; the federal family education loan program; the federal work-study program; the William D. Ford federal direct loan program; the federal Perkins loan program; need analysis; general provisions and statutory requirements; and program integrity. Title IX covers: grants to institutions to encourage women and minority participation in graduate education; the Patricia Roberts Harris fellowship programs; the Jacob K. Javits Fellows program; graduate assistance in areas of national need; the faculty development fellowship program; assistance for training in the legal profession; and law school clinical experience programs. (CK)