Government Modifies Guidelines On Registration - Aid Policy

The Education Department will next week modify its regulations linking draft registration and federal financial aid after Harvard and other universities complained about increased bureaucratic and ethical problems with the guide lines.

Students will now only have to confirm that they registered on their financial and form, said Robert Jamraz, an Education Department federal spokesman Earlier guidelines required students to get a verification of registration from the Selective Service System before receiving financial aid.

Harvard in its official comment to the Education Department submitted in February, objected to the universities role in withholding aid from students who had not filed the verification notice.

The University stated in the official comment that the original regulations would in crease bureaucratic paperwork for the financial aid office and force Harvard into becoming a policeman over its students on behalf of its government.

My feeling is that it they're going to have a regulation tying financial aid to draft registration they should accept students word in stead of going through cumbersome procedures." L. Fred Jewett '57. Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid said yesterday.

Audits Would Check Compliance

According to new regulations government officials would check students compliance with registration during the normal random audits they make of financial aid forms at the University.

Jewett added that the forms with the asking off had not been received by the University from the Education Department yet, and that he would probably distribute the forms unless barred by future court action.

The law linking draft registration to financial aid is currently in question. A federal District Judge in Minnesota recently issued a preliminary injunction preventing the government from implementing the statute because of constitutional violations.

The Massachusetts Civil Liberties Union has written the presidents of all Massachusetts colleges and universities making it clear to them that until the final decision is made institutions do not have to comply with the law.