Windsor University v. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Joseph A. Califano, and Commissioner of Education, T. H. Bell

This appeal involves the administration of the Federal Insured Student Loan Program [“FISLP”], 20 U.S.C. § 1071 et seq. (1974) [“the Statute”]. Under the FISLP, the federal government insures tuition loans made to students by eligible institutions of higher education. Appellant, Windsor University [“Windsor”], is a liberal arts institution in Los Angeles and serves primarily minority students. In September 1973, Windsor applied to appellees, the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare [“the Secretary”] and the Commissioner of Education [“the Commissioner”] for a Federal Loan Insurance Contract so that it could offer financial assistance to its students. In response, the Commissioner, through the Office of Guaranteed Student Loans, requested supplementary financial information ' with respect to an unpaid $229,500 tuition bill still due Windsor, , the qualifications of Windsor’s administrators of the loan program and appellant’s source of funding for loans to be made under the FISLP.

In April 1974, the Commissioner granted appellant’s request for a loan insurance contract but limited the amount appellant could lend under the contract to $30,000 for the time…